Santosh Lama
Santosh Lama (Nepali: सन्तोष लामा): (born June 20, 1986) is a Nepalese singer.
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| Background information | |
| Born | June 20, 1986 Naubise, Dhading, Nepal |
| Genres | R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, playback |
| Instruments | Vocal |
| Years active | 2007– |
| Associated acts | Indira Joshi |
He started his singing career in Nepali music industry after winning the second season of the singing reality show Nepali Tara in 2007 AD.[1] He has done playback singing for hundreds of Nepali film songs and collection albums. He has released three albums. He is known for the songs ‘Batuwa’, ‘Behuli’, ‘Pheri Farkera’, and ‘Jindagiko Goretoma’.[2] [3]
Early life
Santosh was born on June 20, 1986 AD in Naubise, Dhading to his mother Bishnumaya and father Surendra Lama as the youngest son. He has one sister and two brothers. He started out with singing competition ‘Timro Sur Mero Geet’ when he was studying in Grade 8. He secured third place in the competition and further participated in other national singing contests later.[4]
Education
Santosh completed his secondary education from Chandika Devi Secondary School, Naubise and later joined Mangalodaya Secondary School, Thankot. He attended Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus for his higher education, later receiving bachelor's degree in Major English.
Nepali Tara
He first participated in the first edition of Nepali Tara in 2005 AD where he was able to make it to Top 20. When Nepali Tara returned with its second season in 2007 AD, he again participated and won the title of ‘Nepali Tara 2’ in 2007 AD. As the winner of ‘Nepali Tara’, he was introduced to Nepali music industry.[5]
Career
He started playback singing with Chetan Sapkota's "Ke Saaro Chitikka Mileko" for the film Bhagwan Sabaiko and went on to sing for films like First Love, Visa Girl, Ek Din Ek Raat, Swor and for films that were not released, during this period. Santosh released his debut album Batuwa in 2010 and won Best Newcomer award at Annapurna Awards.[4] The song "Kasle Suruwat Garyo Hola" from a collection album was released during the same time; this song took him to another level as a singer.[1]
In his career of more than one decade, he has come up with three solo albums as a singer while he has sung for about 50 collection albums, and more that 40 films. After Batuwa, he released his second album Ambar in 2013. In August 2015, he came out with his third album titled Akshata.
Personal life
Santosh married his wife Geeta in early 2014. Trivia: When he is not doing music, he is hanging out with his friends or reading books. His musical inspirations include Gopal Yonjan, Narayan Gopal, Bhakta Raj Acharya and Deep Shrestha as well as Pakistani singer Safqat Ali Aman.
Songs and albums
Solo albums
- Batuwa (2010)
- Amber (2012)
- Akshyata (2015)
Playback Singing
- Bhagwan Sabaiko (Feature film 2007)
- Godeva (a movie made in Tamang dialects 2007)
- First Love (2010)
- Swor (2010)
- Nigarani (2010)
- Ek din ek raat
- Jaba jaba maya bascha
- New generation
- Mrigathrisnaa
- Visa Girl
- Drabya
- Birkhelai chinchas?
- Aabhas
- Alvida
Collection albums
- Maan Vitra
- Rachana
- Ishara
- Aasaya
- Sanghaar
- Birsana Sakdina
- Antara
Movies
- Shiris ko phool (as supporting actor)
References
- "CS : CyberSansar.com – Santosh Lama wins the Nepali Tara-2 title". cybersansar.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- "सन्तोष लामालाई गाउँकी मायाको पलपल याद आयो रे हेर्नुहोस (भिडियोसाहित्)". onlinepana.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- "प्रेम दिवसको अवसरमा सन्तोषले ल्याए 'के यो माया हो'". dcnepal.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- "Santosh Lama". Artist Sansar. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- "Santosh Lama wins Nepali Tara 2". EkendraOnLine.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
