Santosh Panta was born in
Kathmandu. He started his acting journey at the age of 7 as a school representative, for which he was awarded a gold medal by
King Mahendra. At 15, he auditioned for the movie
Maan ko Baadh; however, he could not act in the movie because of age bar. In 2040 BS, he acted in his first movie,
Badalido Aakash directed by
Laxminath Sharma. When he started to direct and act in the sitcom
Hijo Aja Ka Kura, he stopped acting in the movies. The sitcom showed contemporary social issues. Initially, the name of the series was
Aja Bholi Ka Kura; however, after the 17th episode, it was renamed to
Hijo Aja Ka Kura based on a suggestion from
Neer Shah. The sitcom ran for 13 years with 699 episodes. After a break of about 10 years, the sitcom was restarted on
Kantipur Television and ran for 117 episodes. The series is considered as a platform for various Nepalese comedian artists such as
Rama Thapaliya,
Bijaya Giri,
Dinesh D.C.,
Deepak Raj Giri,
Deepa Shree Niraula and
Jitu Nepal. The series was also turned into a feature film in 2020. Panta was in the culture division of
Nepalese Army where he directed the series called
Matole Magdaina, Affaile Dinu Parcha. He also directed and acted in various
Gaijatra comedy performances, theatre and television series. Panta is married to Pratibha Panta. He has a child born as male (named Pratik) but changed her gender to female by surgery and renamed herself to Caitlin.
Movies He has acted in various movies. Some are as follows: • Chauka Dau, 2019 • Kismat 2, 2016 • Saavadhan, 2006 • Mitini, 2002 • Badalpari, 2001 • Koseli, 1993
Awards • Basudev-Bidhyadevi Luintel Guthi awards in 2016. ==Controversies==