Nabin Bhattarai

Nabin K. Bhattarai (born March 14, 1974, in Kathmandu, Nepal) is a singer.^[1]

He has won the 'Sajha Smriti Award' for Best Male Vocalist on two occasions, first for Preetka Geet (Raharai Raharama) and then for Aankha ma Timilai. He also won Album of the Year Award for Raharai Raharama. He further won the 'Shikhar Hits FM Music Award 2054 B.S.' as the Best Male Vocal for Saanja Pakha. His album 'Avash' is arguably one of the most popular albums of all time in Nepal's modern music industry. He has won several Hits FM Awards.^[2] Some of his notable hits include 'Sajha Pakha', 'Timilai Ma Dobato Maa', 'Timile Herda Kasailai', 'Timilai Bhetne','Chaina Joona', 'Yaad Le Timro' and many others. He is considered to be the first real popstar of Nepal with a huge number of fans.

Personal Life

Painting, sports and listening music were his interest since childhood and they still are. As soon as he graduated high school from Budhanilkantha, he established a band 'The steels Wheel' with some of his friends. Nabin was the rhythm guitarist in the band.Band performed few concerts but was largely unkwon in the mainstream. All the band members except Nabin left Nepal for career abroad.However the band acted as the catalyst in his musical career. As per his personal interest, he recorded his first song 'Aakhama Timilai' which was an instant hit.

Later he contributed a lot in Nepali music. As a result he was rewarded with different awards. The man with huge fan following was himself a fan of Pink Floyd and was highly inspired by his music although Nepali people loved him as a sentimental singer. He is not only a singer but a good music composer too. One of the most popular and the hit album of Nabin are ‘Avash’ then comes other like, G-Major, Smriti, Smriti Re-loaded etc. His latest album ‘Nakshetra’ has just hit the market a month back.

Nabin got married with Nabina Rajbhandari on June 23rd, 2010.

Discography

• Raharai Raharma
• Aavas
• Smriti
• Samjhana
• Samarpan
• Nabin
• The Blue
• Smriti Re-loaded
• G Major
• Nakshatra

References

1. ^ Acharya, Madhu Raman (2002). Nepal culture shift!: reinventing culture in the Himalayan kingdom. Adroit Publishers. p. 151. ISBN 9788187392262. 
2. ^ "Upclose with Nabin K Bhattarai". CyberSansar. http://www.cybernepal.com.np/music/upclose/nabin.php. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 

External links

• Nabin Bhattarai, Dhaka Topi Nepali Music Collection
• Nabin k Bhattarai Songs on NepaliCollections
• Nabin k Bhattarai Songs on Nepali.im

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Name	Bhattarai, Nabin
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Date of birth	March 14, 1974
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