Badri Pandey
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Badri Pandey | |
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![]() B. Pandey holding the best movie songwriter award at National Brand Music Award 2021 | |
Background information | |
Born | Nuwakot District, Nepal | 4 March 1980
Genres | Flimi, Romantic, Ghazal, Lok Pop, Sentimental |
Occupations | Lyricist, Composer, and Producer |
Years active | From 2001 |
Labels | Music Plus, Music Nepal, OSR Digital |
Badri Pandey (Nepali: बद्री पाण्डे; born 4 March 1980) is a Nepali songwriter, producer, and music composer. He is mostly known as B. Pandey, a versatile lyricist of the Nepali music industry.[1][2] He has written more than 150 songs of different genres. He began his career with his first song "Shankha Nagara" in 2001. The song was voiced by Rajesh Payal Rai and Binaya Niroula.
Early life
Badri Pandey was born and bred in the Nuwakot District of Nepal. His Father is Nim Prasad Pandey and his mother is Batumaya Pandey. He attended Dupeshwor Higher Secondary School. He was a decent student and was adored for his passion for music. He started writing songs and performing in the annual function of the school from a very early age.
Career
Pandey wrote and recorded "Shankha Nagara" in the voice of Rajesh Payal Rai and Binaya Niroula in 2001 after he came to Kathmandu on completion of his high school.[3] Instantly he was given opportunities to write new songs for movies.
He was given the opportunity to write songs for the album Pancha Ratna. Pancha Ratna was considered a music jewel for its uniqueness.[4] It also marked the debut of Pancha Ratna Music and Melody in the Nepalese music industry. It was a unique album in the sense that it contained a set of four audio CDs and a VCD. Each audio CD contained 8 songs while the VCD contained music videos of the eight most loved songs by the audience. Pandey's 'My Hundred Songs', a poetic anthology has been published in 2022. He has included 100 different lyrics on different themes in his first anthology.[5]
Of the 32 songs in Pancha Ratna, Chandra Dong wrote three songs, Buddhabir Lama wrote two, and Sangeeta Rai and Ram Kumar Adhikari had a song each to their credit. The rest of the 25 songs were written by B. Pandey.
The music composer in the album included Pravin Baraily, Suresh Adhikari, Narendra Pyasi, Chandra Dong, Uday Sotang, Raju Singh, Raj Sagar, Shishir Yogi, Deep Chandra Moktan, and Chitra Lal Sharma.
Likewise, The singers are Ram Krishna Dhakal, Jagadis Samal, Shailesh Singh, Madavi Tripath, Anju Panta, Narendra Pyasi, Thupten Bhutiya, Reema Gurung, Suresh Manandhar, Anjana, Uday, and Manila Sotang, Purna Pariyar, Manoj Rai, Ram Kumar Adhikari, Sangeeta Rai, Swaroop Raj Acharya, Deepak Limbu, Shishir Yogi, Rajesh Payal Rai, and Mani Kumar Rai.
After the success of Pancha Ratna, Pandey wrote songs for various movies. In 2018, he was given the opportunity to write a song for the Prasad movie. He wrote, "Banki Chari" which was a massive hit.[6] He was able to bag the best lyricist of the year award with this song. Aside from this, Pandey has been contributing to Nepali Music Industry as the chairman of the Music Producer Association of Nepal since 10 November 2019.[7] Pandey was also appointed as General Secretary of Music Royalty Collection Society of Nepal (MRCSN) after the general meeting held on 22 September 2021.[8][9][10]
He has been felicitated with dozens of honors, prizes and awards for being the song writing. He has received the 8th Bindabasini Music Award - 2017, as a good songwriter. 7th National Rapti Music Award -2019 (Best Film Songwriter), Genius Music Award-2018 (Best Film Songwriter), Sagarmatha Music Award 2019 (Best Songwriter), National Brand Music Award 2020 (Best Film Songwriter), National Personality and Creator Honor 2021, National Songwriter Honor 2022,[11] Senior Creator Honor 2022, Jayaprapti Kala Samman 2022 Including them he received Nepal Music and Fashion Award-2022 (Best Modern Songwriter), 13th Bindabasini Music Award (Best Lyricist) and has acted as a skilled judge in many competitions of music.[12][13][14][15][16] The book written by Pandey My Hundred Songs has been published on 2022, which was released by famous screenwriter, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar of Bollywood film industry. This book garnered buzz as a canvas of love.[17][18]
Lyricist B. Pandey received Nepal's highest civilian award 'Jansewa Shree Medal' from the Rt. Honorable President of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel on 14 April 2023.[19][20]
Awards and recognition
Title | Song | Movie | Year | Label |
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Best Movie Song Lyricist | Banki Chari | Prasad | 2018 | 7th Rashtriya Rapti Music Award |
Best Lyricist of the year | Banki Chari | Prasad | 2018 | Genius Music Award |
Best Movie Song Lyricist | Banki Chari | Prasad | 2019 | Sagarmatha Music Awards |
Best Movie Song Lyricist | Jali Rumal | Selfie King | 2020 | National Brand Music Award |
Best Lyricist of the year (Jury Award) | Pahile Dil | Modern Song | 2020 | 11th Bindabasini Music Award[21] |
Best Lyricist of the Year | Dhan Bir | Modern Song | 2022 | Nepal Music & Fashion Awards[22] |
Best Lyricist of the Year | Jhumke Bulaki | Modern Song | 2022 | 13th Bindabasini Music Award[14] |
References
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- ^ "पाण्डेको पुस्तक प्रकाशित". Annapurna Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "३२ वटा गितको एउटै एल्बम "पन्चरत्न"ल्याएर चर्चित बनेका गितकार बि.पाण्डेले लिखित गीति सग्रह ल्याउदै !". 3 August 2021.
- ^ "३२ वटा गितको एउटै एल्बम "पन्चरत्न"ल्याएर चर्चित बनेका गितकार बि.पाण्डेले लिखित गीति सग्रह ल्याउदै !". 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Hundred Songs, A Canvas Of Love".
- ^ "Rupak Dotel & Anju Panta: Banki Chari". IMDb. 14 October 2018.
- ^ "म्यूजिक प्रोड्युसर एसोसिएसनमा बी. पाण्डेको नेतृत्व". 13 November 2019.
- ^ "संगीत रोयल्टी संकलन समाज नेपालको १२औं साधारणसभा सम्पन्न".
- ^ "Executive Team – MRCSN".
- ^ "संगीत रोयल्टीका चुनौती र सम्भावना". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "प्रहरी इन्सपेक्टर भुपेन्द्रलाई उत्कृष्ट गीतकारको अवार्ड". www.ratopati.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ thepowernews (28 June 2022). "राष्ट्रिय गीतकार सम्मान २०७९ बाट बि पाण्डे सम्मानित". The Power News. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "यी हुन् 'विन्ध्यवासिनी म्युजिक अवार्ड-२०७९' का विजेता". Kalakarmi.com. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ a b "२१ विधामा विन्ध्यवासिनी म्युजिक अवार्ड २०७९ प्रदान". Online Khabar. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ काठमाडौँ, केन्द्रबिन्दु संवाददाता. "विन्ध्यवासिनी म्युजिक अवार्ड भव्यताका साथ सम्पन्न, कसले कुन अवार्ड पाए ?". kendrabindu.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "दोस्रो रास्ट्रिय ब्रान्ड म्युजिक अवार्ड सम्पन्न". Annapurna Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Hundred Songs, A Canvas Of Love". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "पाण्डेको पुस्तक प्रकाशित". Annapurna Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "B. Pandey". Lens Nepal. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ thepowernews (17 April 2023). "गीतकार बी पाण्डेलाई जनसेवाश्री पदक". The Power News. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "11th Bindabasini Music Award concludes".
- ^ "म्युजिक एन्ड फेसन अवार्ड प्रदान". SouryaOnline. Retrieved 7 September 2023.