Background
Rekha Thapa was born in Salakpur in Morang district of Eastern Nepal.
model producer social worker actress
Rekha Thapa was born in Salakpur in Morang district of Eastern Nepal.
She was a top ten finalist for Mission Nepal in 1999. Two years later she made her movie debut in Chhabiraj Ojha"s Hero. She has worked in around 200 Nepali movies and has gained popularity in the Nepali cine world because of her glamorous role.
She owns the movie production house Rekha Entertainment.
After graduating from school, she moved to Kathmandu for her higher studies. As she had strong desire to be an actress, she continued to participate in various modelling glances & glamorous programs.
Later she took part in the Mission Nepal Pageant in 1999, and ended up in second place. Thapa worked as a model, and was subsequently approached by the producer Chhabiraj Ojha with a proposal to work in the movie "Hero" with Rajesh Hamal.
During the shooting of Hero, Chhabiraj Ojha proposed to her, and the two were married in traditional style.
After ten years, the couple separated. In November 2009, while protesting for Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on supremacy in the government, Rekha Thapa was seen dancing with the Prachanda who encircled Durbar Square, the government headquarter. In December 2009, Rekha Thapa was seen kissing the shortest man in the world, Khagendra Thapa Magar.
Rekha Thapa was on the cover page of Wave Magazine in June, 2013.
Thapa"s entry in a top Political Party UCPN (Maoist) amidst a public program at party headquarters office of UCPN (Maoist) in Koteshwor, Kathmandu has been criticised by some of her fans.
Thapa is a member of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).