Watching Resham.....

First time i watched resham video was in a tv show in Nepal television.. I cant remember the show name but it was definitely hosted by Shivani Singh Tharu and was Music Nepal produed. I remember Shivani because she is from Nepalgunj and Music Nepal because it was the same company which had brought out the Album Resham. At first It was a live show only.. As Resham was recorded live as they told then, this was the same video and seeing Amreet Gurung singing and his long hair moving around with the tune of the song was definitely entertaining. And moe over I got a chance to see the people who made the song.. so it was always special for me.

But now we have an another video which has some glimpse of the old live recorded video but along with it is a beautiful girl and a handsome guy having a small story related to the song. Nonetheless very entertaining..(maybe I am biased towards Nepathya and it made me think so!!)

U can have a look at this new videobelow. (courtesy Youtube.com)

Resham...

Resham was the first Nepathya song that created a direct impact upon me with distinction. Earlier sons like “Jomsom’mai Bazzar ma”, “Chekyo Chekyo” had definitely struck my auditory cortex but I think I was quite young then to feel a distinct Nepathya in those songs. But by the time Resham was released, I was already 14yrs and able to comprehend at least something.

I was an avid reader of Kantipur daily (which I still am) and its announcement of Nepathya beings back had made me happy (though I cant remember why I was so excited about them but as a matter of fact, I definitely missed the makers of folk poop songs like Udayo railaile and Jomsomai bazzar ma). But when I read the Resham virus article in Saturday special of Kantipur (Brajesh Khanal had written it), my excitement reached anew level. And I found companion in ganesh parajuli dai to help me. And I made sure that all of my fellow friends and villagers listened to the songs (at least passively!!). needless to mention it was a big hit.

My excitement and unexplained elation was justified. For me Resham was everywhere, class, school, home, playground. Like brajesh had written, we really started calling our friends Resham. Oie Resham’ ‘ke cha resham’ had become our new found linguo. So much so she was also being called Resham!!!

The craze is over now but every now and then I listen to the song..

“Allare thiti jiskauche malai

Resham…

Yo maya chodi kaha jail umkera ho resham”

those days come back again to my mind..vivid and clear... Not going much personal.. i will like to say I miss u guys..those days and those everythings...

Nepathya- I remember

First time I heard of Nepathya must have been with “छेक्यो छेक्यो” ,” जाँउ भने जाँउ‘तनि”. I should have been listening to Ba ba black sheep and things but radio Nepal made it inevitable. I exactly don’t remember remembering the word Nepathya back then but with “जोमसोमै बजारमा” and “गण्डकीको तिरैमा”, Nepathya shifted from Hippocampal centers to permanent memory centers of brain.

Next thing I remember is reading about Nepathya in Kantipur daily. That Saturdays special paper, along with general introduction to the band, also had given me a bad news that the band will dismantle later, for personal careers of the members.

Next thing I remember is reading Kantipur(again but after almost 3-4 years). But this time it was “Nepathya back”. With ‘Resham’ Nepathya was back, back with a bang rather. Only later I came to realize what Nepathya went through in between ‘Sringaar’ and ‘Resham’ (To know read this). But anyway they were back. How much didn’t I try to get their album?

But living 10 km away from the nearest music shop didn’t help either.. then I Saturdays special, comes another article “the new Rersham virus” (Brajesh Khanal had written that). This told me how much the people liked them. And also did it told I wasn’t among them.

Myself going to buy the album wasn’t practical as it was far from home and tight schedules at school meant I left home at 8 in the morning to come back by 5 in the dusk. So I just kept yearning for it.

Next thing I remember is Ganesh Parajuli dai (now Dr. Ganesh Parajuli) giving me the audio cassette. And I remember many things; playing it all the times possible to singing the songs at odd hours and odd instants, making people dance in “मै नाचे छमछम्ती” to spending hours trying to discern the meaning of song ‘Ghatana’ in relation to The Royal massacre.

After this Nepathya has become am important part of my music and will definitely remain for the rest of my time in this planet.

And the most important thing I remember is Meeting Amrit Gurung and I remember it vividly. Post-concert in BICC Kathamndu, I and one of my friend wen t him and talked to him. We thanked him, congratulated him and requested him to keep it up. For about 10 minutes we talked of his collecting songs and our experiences listening to them. Unfortunately by then I had no camera to physically capture that moment (mentally its still clear and bright). That night I was so happy that I just kept on playing his songs in my old cassette player. I played all the night repeating the sides.

The next thing I remember is In the morning next day, smoke was coming from my old cassetteplayer.