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Director Diwakar Bhattarai was on the lookout for an actor with a tough and action-ready physique for his action drama Narasimha Avatar.
The film required faces that embodied such qualities. For the lead role, he found Raj Katuwal. While searching for another face, he discovered Ramesh Chand Sodari.
“Director Diwakar Bhattarai Sir was apparently looking for someone skilled in action for Narasimha Avatar. Choreographer Michael Chand showed him my photos. After seeing them, I was called in for a meeting and was narrated the script,” Ramesh said, sharing how he got his first big-budget film.
His attractive physique—built through regular gym sessions—combined with years of mixed martial arts training, qualified him for the role.
In addition to mixed martial arts, he holds black belts in Taekwondo and Shitoryu Karate, and is also skilled in gymnastics.
Even now, he reaches the gym at 4 AM every day and practices mixed martial arts from 8 to 11 AM. It has become a part of his daily routine.
In Narasimha Avatar, he will appear in a positive role. He expresses great optimism about the film.
“I’ve worked really hard, so I hope my efforts will be recognized. I believe audiences will appreciate my character and feel that I’ve done a good job,” he said.
He describes Narasimha Avatar as a full entertainment package.
“It’s a package film with action and a love story. The film is complete with all the essential elements of a package.”
This is Ramesh’s fourth film on the big screen.
He got his debut in the Nepali film industry with Mehendo, but the film never made it to theaters. It was shot in Dolpa but never released.
He considers the unfortunate outcome of his debut a broken dream—one that fuels his determination every day, pushing him to work harder with the hope of eventually forgetting that unfulfilled dream.
He believes that if that film had been released, his career path might have taken a different trajectory. Since it wasn’t released, his struggles haven’t yet yielded the results he had hoped for.
After that, he worked in three films: Man Ta Pardeshi, Biraj Bhatt’s Sanglo, and Vanar Sena.
He considers all of those films as learning experiences, while Narasimha Avatar, in his view, is the real “board exam.”
“I’m optimistic about this film. It’s a big-budget, big-banner, big-canvas film. It’s a film that has created expectations in the market. The story and its presentation have been designed with the audience’s taste in mind. My earlier films were like classroom lessons; I consider Narasimha Avatar my board exam, and I expect to graduate with distinction. Now it’s all up to the audience,” Ramesh said, expressing his confidence in the film.
Having already proven his skills in numerous music videos, Ramesh has been struggling in the Nepali film industry for almost a decade. He strongly believes Narasimha Avatar will be the result of that long effort and hard work.
The result of that belief will be revealed on Jestha 9 (May 22).
