Shiva Shankar's Rare Song: "Lakh Lakh Baleko Batti Pankha le hamkera..."

Shiva Shankar Rare Song: "Lakh Lakh Baleko Batti Pankha le hamkera..."

Shiva Shankar Manandhar(22 February 1932 – 14 November 2004) was a singer, music composer of Nepali songs and the chief actor in the first Nepali movie,Aama.[1]For nearly a half century beginning from 1950 to late 1990, his name has probably been mentioned more often in books, journals, lectures and conversations about Nepalese music than any other musicians.[citation needed]Singing and composing music for songs of love, tragedy, devotion (bhajan) and patriotism, he pioneered many of the genres of modern Nepali music. He has composed music for around 1,200 Nepalese songs. He himself sang about three hundred songs. For these contributions Shankar received dozens of prestigious national awards.Shankar was recruited to the service of the state-owned Radio Nepalin 1951 by Bal Krishna Sama, the pre-eminent playwright of Nepal. Soon he was tasked with exploring and mentoring new musical talent and overseeing the recording of songs in the studio for radio broadcast.
 Together with his colleague Nati Kaji, he made Radio Nepal an institution for breeding modern Nepalese music and songs. All Nepalese singers and musicians of the later half of the twentieth century came into prominence through this institution.[citation needed]Radio Nepal fostered not only the in-country musical talents, but also motivated several prodigious musicians of Darjeeling(India) to blossom in Nepal. They included Ambar Gurung,Gopal Yonzan,Aruna Lamaand several others.While working at Radio Nepal, Shiva Shankar composed music for many prominent Nepalese singers. These included Tara Devi (singer),Mira Rana,Nirmala Shrestha,Gyanu Rana,Aruna Lama,Kunti Muktan,Ganga Malla,Puspa Nepali,Narayan Gopal,Prem Dhwoj Pradhan,Yogesh Vaidhya,Udit Narayan,Dhruba KC,Manik Ratna,Deep Shrestha,Bhakta Raj,Bacchu Kailash,Rubi Joshi, and Deepak Bajracharya. He composed music for prominent lyricists such asRam Man Trishit, Kiran Kharel, Bhabuk, Yadab Kharel, Laxman Lohani, and MBB Shah (Mahendra of Nepal).