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Popular Playback Singer A destined singer, Sapana Shree has contributed hundreds of modern songs and songs for feature and video films
By THAKUR AMGAI
For many singers there is a ready answer if they are asked ‘What would you have been, if you had not become a singer?’ But, such a question would probably bewilder Sapana Shree. Before she understood what career, profession or job meant, she was already and unknowingly into singing.
At five, when she had not even joined school, she recorded her first song at Radio Nepal – ‘Purba Tira Ujyalo Ghamko, Maya Lagchhha Nepal Amako’. After that, singing child songs became a routine for her. Her aptitude for singing got further recognition when she won the nationwide children’s song contest consecutively twice when she was seven and eight years old.
Born in 2028 (Bikram Era), Sapana Shree was privileged to be groomed in an environment conducive to nurture her innate talent for singing. Her father Madan Pariyar was a famous music composer who taught her the fundamentals of music and encouraged her to sing. Impressed by her flair for singing, famous singers, musicians and lyricists, who gathered at her house for practice sessions or discussions, requested her to sing.
The tender age or the school curricula and assignments were no barrier for Sapana Shree to move ahead in her destined career. At the age of ten, before her voice matured she recorded her first modern song ‘Tolai Baschhu Kahile Kahin’. Devoted Sapana Shree utilized the privileges she had enjoyed in the most optimum way. It is this persistence and devotion that has led her to this position today.
Today, the audience knows Sapana Shree for her forte in playback singing. She has sung equally large number of modern songs saying that she prefers herself to be identified as a modern song singer.
Started play back singing at a young age, Sapana Shree sang six translated Pakistani songs for the translated film ‘Sahas’ at the age of thirteen or fourteen. The first Nepali film she sang for is ‘Cheli’ for which she had sung the song ‘Gaunbhari Bajirahyo.’
Her skills to sing in a way that suits the actress and situation in the movies have attracted many producers. She - who has already sing songs for more than one hundred films- is probably the most sought after female playback singer of this era in Nepalese film industry.
Sapana Shree, whose songs are collected in dozens of collection albums, has got three albums solely to her credit and is preparing for the forth one. She has more than 600 songs of all genres on record.
Along with other genres, she is an equally sought after singer for stage concerts. In addition to her melodious voice, her amicable nature easily wins the hearts of the audience. Shortly after the Dashain Festivals, she is traveling nationwide along with her counterparts to perform concerts at eight different parts of the country. The ‘Shanti Sangeet Yatra’ that was also organized two years back had become very popular then.
Sapana Shree, who represents the artistes of the new generation by age, matches senior artistes in quality and holds a lot of expectations from audiences.
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