Nepathya dedicates music video to National Poet Ghimire

Kathmandu / Sept 27: Nepal’s premier folk-rock band, Nepathya, today released a music video for ‘Aina Jhyal‘ in honour of National Poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire’s 100th birthday celebration.

The song was written by Madhav Prasad Ghimire, arranged by Nepathya in the year 2010 and incorporated in the Aina Jhyal album, Nepathya said in a statement today.

“Although King Mahendra had declared democracy in the country, in reality, people’s movement was restrained during that time, I had written this song,” Ghimire recalls.

Earlier, I had lied to the then Panchayat system saying this song was written ten years ago and doesn’t have any political significance in order to protect myself from the autocratic regime, Ghimire shared.

Band’s lead singer Amrit Gurung said, “I arranged this song after the then King Gyanendra Shah took power in his hand in 2004.”

“Earlier composition and modern music acted as a bridge in connecting new political scenario repeating after almost forty years in the country,” Gurung who arranged most of Ghimire’s song said.

According to Kiran Krishna Shrestha of Nepalaya who manages the band, this video also features clips of Madhav Prasad Ghimire while arranging this song.

This video can be viewed at the band’s official youtube channel www.youtube.com/nepathyaofficial, reads the statement.

Amrit Gurung is currently accompanied by Dhruba Lama on drums, Suraj Thapa on the keyboard, Subin Shakya on bass guitar, Niraj Gurung on guitar and Shanti Raymajhi on madal.

As part of the band’s silver jubilee celebration, Nepathya is performing live in concert at Swayambhu in Kathmandu, on Saturday. Courtesy: The Himalayan Times