Kali Prasad Baskota

Kali Prasad Baskota (Nepali: काली प्रसाद बास्कोटा) is a Nepali singer, musician and lyricist.[1] Baskota has also judged in first three season of Nepali Reality show Nepal Idol.

Kali Prasad Baskota
कालीप्रसाद बास्कोटा
Kali Prasad Baskota
Kali Prasad Baskota
Background information
Born (1979-12-16) 16 December 1979
Nepal
GenresPop Folk
Occupation(s)Lyricist
Singer
Musician
Instrument(s)Guitar
Keyboard
Years active2008 – present
LabelsTHT Live
Kali Prasad Baskota
WebsiteOfficial website

Career

He started his music career since 2007/8, as a lyricist and composer for the song Chahana Sakiyo Bahana Sakiyo sung by Sashi Rawal. Some of his earlier hits are Laija Re sung by Hemant Rana, Bida nai deu baru sung by Azad Dhungana. His 2017 song called Saili sung by Hemant Rana[2] was trending worldwide on No. 14 on YouTube after the first week of its release. The song also made the record for getting more than 400,000 views in YouTube in first 24 hours of release, which was the most views any Nepali song got till that date.[3] In feature films he gave songs like Jaalma, Nira, Lappan Chappan, Panchi, Daiba Hey.[4][5][6][7] Kali did his singing debut from song Jaalma from the movie Resham filili which is of the biggest hit songs in Nepali movie industry.

In recent times, his song "Thamel Bazaar" from the movie Loot 2 (a sequel to the highly successful movie Loot and directed by Nischal Basnet) is one of the most viewed Nepali songs; it ranks third amongst the most viewed Nepali songs on YouTube. Some of his most recent songs are Ajambari sung by himself and Melina Rai for the movie Gangster Blues starring Aashirman DS Joshi and Anna Sharma, and Okhati from the movie Mr. Jholay starring Dayahang Rai.

Kali is a mechanical engineer by education, and worked at the famous Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Kathmandu for over a decade before becoming a full-time musician since 2015.

In 2023, he wrote and sang a song named Chari Basyo for a film Jaari.[8]

Awards
Year Ceremony Category Work Result
2007 Hits Fm Awards Best Pop Composition Chahana Sakio Nominated
2010 Hits Fm Awards Best Pop Composition Ke Nai Runu Chha Ra Nominated
2013 Hits Fm Awards Best Song Originally Recorded for a Movie Sound Track Ekkai Chin Ma Nominated
N/A 5th Annual Annapurna Awards Best Pop Composition Ke Nai Runu Chha Ra Won
2014 Nefta Awards Best Music Composer Malati Ko Bhatti Nominated
2015 Hits Fm Awards Best Song Originally Recorded for a Motion Picture Soundtrack Jaalma Won
2015 Pratibha Puraskar N/A Chhinnalata Nava Won

Discographys

References
  1. "5 things about Kali Prasad Baskota". Republica. 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. "Rana's Saili launched - The Himalayan Times - Nepal's No.1 English Daily Newspaper | Nepal News, Latest Politics, Business, World, Sports, Entertainment, Travel, Life Style News". The Himalayan Times. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. "'सुन साहिँली' ले तोड्यो युट्युबकै रेकर्ड, २४ घण्टामा ५ लाख बढि पटक हेरियो (भिडियो)". www.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. "Choose the right subject". thehimalayantimes.com. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  5. "Nira Jahile Risaune Singer Kali Prasad Baskota's Interview on Canada Nepal". ecanadanepal.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. "KALI PRASAD BASKOTA – Street Nepal". streetnepal.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  7. "My Daily Bread With Kali Prasad Baskota, singer". ekantipur.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  8. "फिल्म 'जारी'को पहिलो गीत 'चरी बस्यो'मा दयाहाङ र मिरुनाको नोकझोक". Online Khabar (in Nepali). 25 March 2023. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.


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