Ankit Babu Adhikari
Ankit Babu Adhikari (Nepali: अंकित बाबु अधिकारी) is a musician, singer and lyricist from Kathmandu, known from his appearance as top-8 finalist in Nepali Tara season 3.[1][2]
Ankit Babu Adhikari अंकित बाबु अधिकारी | |
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Background information | |
Born | Tulsipur, Dang | 22 January 1991
Genres | Sufi, Semi-classical music, Fusion |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Composer, Songwriter |
Instruments | Guitar |
Years active | 2014 - present |
Website | ankitbabu |
Music
Ankit started his musical career by composing and performing songs for a post-modern play Coma; A Political Sex staged at Shilpee Theatre, Kathmandu in 2014.[3][4] His another major milestone includes his solo concert organised in tribute to Narayan Gopal.[5] In 2014-15 he made it to Nepali Tara after which he gained wider audience throughout Nepal and abroad. His first original release is Ram Naam, a song that questions the physical existence of God; that was critically acclaimed in Nepal.[6][7][8] He continued his experiment in a 2016 release Nau Futey Bhoot (9 ft. ghost), a song about Indian Blockade in Nepal, for which the Japan-based magazine The Diplomat named him Nepal's Singing Storyteller.[9][10][11][12]
Dr Govinda K.C Anthem
Ankit has released an anthem for Dr Govinda K.C. while he was in his 11th hunger-strike against Nepal's medical mafia.[13] The song contributed to mass campaigns to his support on social media. The song Ma Govinda Banchu (I will be Govinda) explains what it means to be like Dr. Govinda K.C.[14][15][16]
Journalist
He was a journalist with The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times before switching into music. At the age of 19, he started his career as a correspondent covering crime, security, history and human rights. Before coming into music full-time, he was a copy-editor.[17] He is also a co-producer of the critically acclaimed documentary Looking The Un-eyed Way. Produced with Pradeep Bashyal and Kumar Paudel, the documentary featured Deurupa Pandey, a 75-year-old blind woman from a village in the hills of Syangja district, who lived alone creating wonders about herself.[18]
See also
References
- "Master of his own style". REPUBLICA. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "नाकाबन्दीको समस्या बोल्ने 'नौ फुटे भूत'". kantipur.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "A crazy kaleidoscope". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- "Music at Gothale". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- "स्वरसम्राटमा पोखिए अंकित". Kantipur Daily. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- "अंकितले ल्याए भजनजस्तो पप (भिडियोसहित)". Kantipur Daily. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- "भाइरल बन्दै अंकितको गीत". Saptahik. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- "In pursuit of God". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "Nepal's Singing Storyteller". The Diplomat. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "कसरी गरायो 'नौ फुटे भूत'ले नाकाबन्दी ?". Nepal Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "अंकितले ल्याए 'नौ फुटे भूत'". ratopati.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "अंकितको 'नौ फुटे भूत...' बजारमा (भिडियोसहित)". baahrakhari.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "'Dr KC anthem' hits YouTube". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- "डा. केसीमाथि अंकितबाबुको गीतः म गोविन्द बन्छु". Swasthya Khabar. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- "डाक्टर केसीको पक्षमा रचनात्मक समर्थन, गोविन्द एन्थम 'म गोविन्द बन्छु'". Pahilo Post. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- "यस्तो छ डा. गोविन्द केसीको समर्थनमा अंकितले गाएको गीत (भिडियो)". Nepal Khabar. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- "Der singende Geschichtenerzähler von Nepal". DW.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- "A story of resilience". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 8 March 2017.