Kali Prasad Baskota

Kali Prasad Baskota (Nepali: काली प्रसाद बास्कोटा) is a Nepali singer, musician and lyricist.[1][2][3] Baskota has also judged in first three season of Nepali Reality show Nepal Idol.[4]

Kali Prasad Baskota
काली प्रसाद बास्कोटा
Kali Prasad Baskota
Background information
Born16 December 1979
Nepal
OriginNepal
GenresPop Folk
Occupation(s)Lyricist
Singer
Musician
Writer
InstrumentsGuitar
Keyboard
Vocal
Years active2008 – present
LabelsTHT Live
Kali Prasad Baskota
Websitekaliprasadbaskota.com

Career

He started his music career since 2007/8, as a lyricist and composer for the highly popular 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 was trending worldwide on No. 14 on YouTube after the first week of its release. In feature films he gave hit songs like Jaalma, Nira, Lappan Chappan, Panchi, Daiba Hey.[5][6][7][8] 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 fact, almost all his songs are hits and very well-received by Nepali music lovers.

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 hits 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.

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
  • Entrance (2009) "with Sashi Rawal"
  • Resham Filili (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2016)

References
  1. "Kali Prasad Baskota (@kaliprasadb) | Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. "Kali Prasad Baskota – Google+". Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  3. "Kali Prasad Baskota". facebook.com. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  4. neostuffs.com http://neostuffs.com/2017/01/nhyoo-barjracharya-kali-prasad-baskota-indira-joshi-judge-nepal-idol/. Retrieved 23 May 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "You are being redirected..." thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. "Nira Jahile Risaune Singer Kali Prasad Baskota's Interview on Canada Nepal". ecanadanepal.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  7. "KALI PRASAD BASKOTA – Street Nepal". streetnepal.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  8. "My Daily Bread With Kali Prasad Baskota, singer". ekantipur.com. Retrieved 6 May 2017.


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