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Kathmandu Sunday November 11, 2001 Kartik 26, 2058.
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A multi-lingual songster, 9-year-old Suman
enthrals audience
By Ranjana Pradhan
KATHMANDU, Nov 10 – She is just a little girl. Looks
like the one living next door. But nine-year-old Suman Chettri mesmerizes everyone with
her stunning performance displaying her singing talents so well in seven different
languages and that too at such a young age. Nepal can now be proud of her new upcoming
star.
Suman can do justice to all the different languages that she
sings in. She amazes people when she sits down with her singing aid Harmonium and gets
lost in her songs. She sings Nepali, Hindi, English, Tharu, Bengali, Assamese and Bhojpuri
songs so well as if she were a native speaker of all these languages.
Suman sings songs written by different writers but she fondly
remembers late Narayan Gopal, the Swar Samrat or the melody king of Nepali music as her
sole inspirer. Suman is full of praises for the late Swar Samrat, and Indian singer Lata
Mangeskar for their awesome voice and undying contribution towards the music world.
"I want to sing and become someone like Lata Mangeskar when I grow up," a young,
innocent yet confident- looking Suman said as she glanced across her first released album,
Pahila Baddaichha.
Noted lyricist Dinesh Adhikari released the album featuring
eight songs in the capital Saturday.
"She is simply fabulous, an amazingly talented girl with
lots of potentials," he remarked after releasing the album. "We have to protect
and nurture Suman’s incredible talent. We should not burden her with heavy
loads….We should let her bloom with time and let her present her talent according to
her age."
Born on September 21, 1993, in the eastern Indian state of
Assam, Suman is presently studying in standard five in Oxford English Boarding School,
Butwal in western Nepal. And it is not only singing that she has given all her time and
attention to. According to Poonam, one of her two elder sisters, Suman is as attentive
towards her studies as she is towards her singing.
"Suman always stands second or third in her exams and it
is amazing to see how well she can concentrate on her singing classes as well as in her
school works. She is quite an extraordinary child,"she says.
Suman’s parents - father Hira Chettri and mother Shanti
Chettri - came to Nepal nine years ago from Assam. Now the Chettris are settled in Butwal
with their family of three daughters and a son. Suman was born in Digboi, Assam. Her
family migrated to Nepal after her birth.
Suman’s family has full confidence that she has the
capabilities to make it big one day. "I am sure she has the talent to excel in the
music world," says Suman’s proud father. "I could always see the look of
love and admiration for music in Suman’s eyes. She picks up any kind of music that
she listens to. She has the inborn talent to sing and tune in to any language as well.
Suman began her singing career two and a half years ago under
the guidance of Krishna Ghatani, a musician. Ghatani does not hesitate to give his genuine
comments on Suman’s performance. "To possess such exceptional talents and that
too at such a young age is very rare," he says. "She has tremendous skills to
grow in the music field. I am all praises to her talent and credit also goes a great deal
to her family and their undivided support."
Manjul, a renowned musician and poet is full of praises for
the budding artiste. "She is indeed talented," he said after listening to her
singing in the capital Saturday. "It is the responsibility of we elders to let such
talents grow up and prosper. We should help in providing her an independent environment to
grow and learn more."
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