“Music is all about colouring silence with melody,” says Nabin K Bhattarai, a well known artist in the Nepali Music Scenario. Including his recent album, Nakshyatra, he already has 10 solo albums to his credit. He has won hearts with melodies like Aakhama Timilai, Sajha pakha, and many more. However, this time around, he has opted to take a step further and go for a film soundtrack.
As a high school student, he had a profound interest for music; this passion drove him to create a band of his own-The Steel Wheels when he was at his intermediate levels. Although the band had not produced any hits, he carried on his pursuit of music and joined music school at Kathmandu University. His musical journey started off with the hit number Aakhama timilai; then he came up with other hits, one after another. However, he feels very lucky because he didn’t have to struggle a lot because he shot to fame soon, after his first hit number. For him, coming up with new tunes was a practical application to whatever he had been studying at the university.
Bhattarai believes in constant improvisations and believes that to be a complete singer one should learn and understand music to the core. He has constantly tried to add a new touch to his music, and this year he has completely moved on from solo records to music direction in the film-Challenge. He has given music to 6 songs in the movie which is directed by Shyam Bhattarai. The film itself is going to be different than the mainstream Nepali cinema and he believes that these songs will add a new dimension to the movie as the songs have moved away from typical dance numbers.
Challenge was indeed a challenge for him because of the completely new experience of creating music based on a particular storyline, and with the entire team coming up together to listen to each songs, passing on views from various angles. He confessed that it had been difficult to convince everybody one by one; nevertheless, he enjoyed the entire process.
Though his soft rock numbers are usually based on love themes, he shared that he wants to come up with themes that carry social messages. He complained that producers usually play a role in commercializing the art and this hinders the artists to come up with their own themes and points that there is a dire necessity to prioritize true art rather than commercializing it. Moreover, he believes that a lot of Nepali numbers, nowadays, tend to imitate other music rather than sticking to originality. He also commented that music companies have been focusing more on glittery music videos rather than creating good music.
He is currently engaged in the promotion of Nakshyatra. Moreover, his fans have also uploaded a music clip for the song Timilai mann parauchhu on Youtube.
As a high school student, he had a profound interest for music; this passion drove him to create a band of his own-The Steel Wheels when he was at his intermediate levels. Although the band had not produced any hits, he carried on his pursuit of music and joined music school at Kathmandu University. His musical journey started off with the hit number Aakhama timilai; then he came up with other hits, one after another. However, he feels very lucky because he didn’t have to struggle a lot because he shot to fame soon, after his first hit number. For him, coming up with new tunes was a practical application to whatever he had been studying at the university.
Bhattarai believes in constant improvisations and believes that to be a complete singer one should learn and understand music to the core. He has constantly tried to add a new touch to his music, and this year he has completely moved on from solo records to music direction in the film-Challenge. He has given music to 6 songs in the movie which is directed by Shyam Bhattarai. The film itself is going to be different than the mainstream Nepali cinema and he believes that these songs will add a new dimension to the movie as the songs have moved away from typical dance numbers.
Challenge was indeed a challenge for him because of the completely new experience of creating music based on a particular storyline, and with the entire team coming up together to listen to each songs, passing on views from various angles. He confessed that it had been difficult to convince everybody one by one; nevertheless, he enjoyed the entire process.
Though his soft rock numbers are usually based on love themes, he shared that he wants to come up with themes that carry social messages. He complained that producers usually play a role in commercializing the art and this hinders the artists to come up with their own themes and points that there is a dire necessity to prioritize true art rather than commercializing it. Moreover, he believes that a lot of Nepali numbers, nowadays, tend to imitate other music rather than sticking to originality. He also commented that music companies have been focusing more on glittery music videos rather than creating good music.
He is currently engaged in the promotion of Nakshyatra. Moreover, his fans have also uploaded a music clip for the song Timilai mann parauchhu on Youtube.
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