Kali Prasad Baskota
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| Background information | |
| Native name | काली प्रसाद बास्कोटा |
| Born | 16 December 1979 (age 37), Nepal |
| Origin | Nepal |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) |
Lyricist Singer Musician Writer |
| Instruments |
Guitar Keyboard |
| Years active | 2008 – present |
| Labels | THT Live Kali Prasad Baskota |
| Website | kaliprasadbaskota |
| Notable instruments | |
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Vocals Guitar |
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Kali Prasad Baskota is a Nepalese singer, musician and lyricist. Currently, Baskota is appearing as a judge on the first Nepal Idol Reality show.
He started his music career since 2007/8, as a lyricist and composer for the highly popular song Chahana Sakiyo Bahana Sakiyo sung by Sashi Rawal. Some of his earlier hits are Laija Re sung by Hemant Rana, Bida nai deu baru sung by Azad Dhungana. His 2017 song called Saili sung by Hemant Rana was trending worldwide on No. 14 on YouTube after the first week of its release. In feature films he gave hit songs like Jaalma, Nira, Lappan Chappan, Panchi, Daiba Hey. Kali did his singing debut from song Jaalma from the movie Resham filili which is of the biggest hit songs in Nepali movie industry. In fact, almost all his songs are hits and very well-received by Nepali music lovers.
In recent times, his song Thamel Bazaar from the movie Loot 2 (a sequel to the highly successful movie Loot and directed by Nischal Basnet) is one of the most viewed Nepali songs; it ranks third amongst the most viewed Nepali songs on Youtube. Some of his most recent hits are Ajambari sung by himself and Melina Rai for the movie Gangster Blues, and Okhati from the movie Mr. Jholay starring Dayahang Rai.
Kali is a mechanical engineer by education, and worked at the famous Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Kathmandu for over a decade before becoming full-time musician since 2015.
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