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Kathmandu Wednesday December 19, 2001 Paush 04, 2058.
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Music Nepal Awards presented
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 18 – Music Nepal today gave away Music Nepal Award –
2057 to singer Yam Baral and musician Alok Shree for the album Maan. On the occasion, the
Bro-Sis Band was also awarded for their collection of modern songs in the album entitled
Bro-Sis.
Likewise, Khem Raj Gurung was awarded for his album Jeeban- Part 2, a
collection of folk songs and Gopal Karmacharya, director of Laxmipuja Films and musician
Sambhujit Baskota were awarded for the film Ashirbad.
The awards were presented amidst a function organised to celebrate the 18th
anniversary of Music Nepal here today. Devi Bhakta Shrestha,Sangeet Saugat, from Birtamod
was honoured with best seller award.
At the function, litterateur Satya Mohan Joshi released the cassettes and the
CDs Antaral and Lahana of senior artistes Ganesh Rasik and Manoj Siva respectively.
Addressing the function, litterateur Kali Prasad Rijal remarked that Music
Nepal succeeded in fulfilling the demands of music lovers by producing new cassettes and
CDs.
"Music Nepal last year released 138 albums (folk 26, modern 77 and
others 35)," said Santosh Sharma, managing director of Music Nepal. "This year
Music Nepal paid 5.7 million rupees as income tax to the government with the annual
increment of 63 percent."
"The future of upcoming singers is bright because every year new singers
are entering the field of music," remarked Rijal.
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