Ankit Babu Adhikari

Ankit Babu Adhikari
Background information
Native name अंकित बाबु अधिकारी
Born (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991
Tulsipur, Dang
Genres Sufi, Semi-classical music, Fusion
Occupation(s) Singer, Composer, Songwriter
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2014 - present
Website ankitbabu.com.np

Ankit Babu Adhikari (Nepali: अंकित बाबु अधिकारी) is a musician, singer and lyricist from Kathmandu, known from his appearance as top-8 finalist in Nepali Tara season 3.[1][2]

Early life

As a child, Ankit grew up in different cultural environments. His parents, who both serve in government, gave him birth in an inmates’ hospital in Tulsipur Jail in Dang, where his father was then a Jailor. His parents got transferred to Nepalgunj, where Ankit grew up to his mother’s collection of Narayan Gopal, Bhaktaraj Acharya, Tara Devi, Aruna Lama, Gopal Yonjan, Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. He participated in school function and was a rock star among family and relatives. At the age of nine, Ankit’s family moved to Capital city Kathmandu, where he learned guitar in school, took vocal classes and further ventured into music.[3][4]

Music

Ankit started his musical career by composing and performing songs for a post-modern play Coma; A Political Sex staged at Shilpee Theatre, Kathmandu in 2014.[5][6] His another major milestone includes his solo concert organised in tribute to Narayan Gopal.[7] In 2014-15 he made it to Nepali Tara after which he gained wider audience throughout Nepal and abroad. His first original release is Ram Naam, a song that questions the physical existence of God; that was critically acclaimed in Nepal.[8][9][10] He continued his experiment in a 2016 release Nau Futey Bhoot (9 ft. ghost), a song about Indian Blockade in Nepal, for which the Japan-based magazine The Diplomat named him Nepal's Singing Storyteller.[11][12][13][14]

Dr Govinda K.C Anthem

Ankit has released an anthem for Dr Govinda K.C. while he was in his 11th hunger-strike against Nepal's medical mafia.[15] The song contributed to mass campaigns to his support on social media. The song Ma Govinda Banchu (I will be Govinda) explains what it means to be like Dr. Govinda K.C.[16][17] [18]

Journalist

He was a journalist with The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times before switching into music. At the age of 19, he started his career as a correspondent covering crime, security, history and human rights. Before coming into music full-time, he was a copy-editor.[19] He is also a co-producer of the critically acclaimed documentary Looking The Un-eyed Way. Produced with Pradeep Bashyal and Kumar Paudel, the documentary featured Deurupa Pandey, a 75-year-old blind woman from a village in the hills of Syangja district, who lived alone creating wonders about herself.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Master of his own style". REPUBLICA. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "नाकाबन्दीको समस्या बोल्ने 'नौ फुटे भूत'". kantipur.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "नगरकोटी–चेलाको सङ्गीतः दुई वर्ष दुई गीत". www.nepalkhabar.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ankit Babu Adhikari". www.musiccafenepal.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "A crazy kaleidoscope". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Music at Gothale". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "स्वरसम्राटमा पोखिए अंकित". Kantipur Daily. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "अंकितले ल्याए भजनजस्तो पप (भिडियोसहित)". Kantipur Daily. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "भाइरल बन्दै अंकितको गीत". Saptahik. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "In pursuit of God". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Nepal's Singing Storyteller". The Diplomat. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "कसरी गरायो 'नौ फुटे भूत'ले नाकाबन्दी ?". Nepal Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "अंकितले ल्याए 'नौ फुटे भूत'". ratopati.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "अंकितको 'नौ फुटे भूत...' बजारमा (भिडियोसहित)". baahrakhari.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  15. ↑ "'Dr KC anthem' hits YouTube". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "डा. केसीमाथि अंकितबाबुको गीतः म गोविन्द बन्छु". Swasthya Khabar. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "डाक्टर केसीको पक्षमा रचनात्मक समर्थन, गोविन्द एन्थम 'म गोविन्द बन्छु'". Pahilo Post. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  18. ↑ "यस्तो छ डा. गोविन्द केसीको समर्थनमा अंकितले गाएको गीत (भिडियो)". Nepal Khabar. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  19. ↑ "Der singende Geschichtenerzähler von Nepal". DW.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  20. ↑ "A story of resilience". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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