Where is Karma Band's home?

Surendraman Singh, vocalist of Karma band, understands well that the taste of music has changed in this 10-year interval. The taste of music has changed. It changes with time," he said, "but we have to convey to the world what our Nepali music is. We are in that effort.'' Singer Vidhan Shrestha said that he wants to see

Karma follow his old style. Now the atmosphere of Nepali music has become different. However, the taste of folk style captured by the band is still loved by the Nepali audience,' he said, 'If Karma follows the old style, the audience will definitely welcome it.'

Karma Band is said to have a distinct flavor and singing style. 'Karma' is a band born in Kirtipur. It is believed to be blending the Newari culture into music. Singer Vidhan also says that Karma has influenced rock music in folk style since its inception. The use of guitars and drums in the folk songs made Karma's debut stand out from the rest. Hookah is my very catchy song. I really liked Hari Maharjan's guitar and the plucking of that guitar," Vidhan said. "Channel Nepal used to play this group's song a lot." "He likes their songs very much," he said, "I also liked Hari Maharjan's style of playing the guitar in Mayalu kin ho aaj tu maun khau. "

This band continues to embrace the fusion of folk and rock. As it heads into its 25th year of formation, the band is also looking back at itself. This is the music that introduced us. We must not forget that truth. Looking back on this journey makes me happy," said Surendraman, "As mentioned in the title of the album, let's look at our own land, we are trying to see where we are. To show that Karma is still alive, we have brought an album titled Look.'

Bhushan Dahal, a journalist and music video director who closely observed this group at a time when music was not the basis of survival, believes that this band should not stick to past achievements. "Reuniting after the band's disbandment is also about creating new music," he said. The style of recording has changed since the instruments used in music. The singing pattern has also changed, he said. "You can't just get confused between the old audience," he said, "It is important to try to reach between the new audience and the audience." Now the dimension of music has become wider. It is not easy to win the hearts of the audience," he said. "Songs like Hukka Mero of the band were of a very different style. Now Karma should bring better music than that.

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• • There was a time when music did not earn much and singing had not become a career. At that time, Mohan Bhusal, Karna Das, Vivek Shrestha and Nima Rumba went abroad. Karma Band's vocalist Surendraman Singh Parivar has 'rejected Moved to America to adopt

love. "I came to America because I didn't want to leave," he said. Then suddenly Karma came from the peak of discussion. Rumors spread among the music industry that 'Karma' broke when the members of the band were scattered between different countries. Sometimes life becomes bigger than music. At that time, it was not possible to survive only by making music," said journalist and director Dahal, "so the members of this band went abroad. At that time, there were many desires, and also many talents. However, music had not become a source of livelihood for everyone.' According to

vocalist Surendraman, the music started moving away from 'Karma' as the band went abroad. "Everyone went to Australia, UK, America, Canada looking for their own career," Surendra, who was in Nepal in preparation for Karma's comeback, recalled, "even in the meantime, we wanted to continue music. However, our family life also increased the distance in music. The long stay abroad caused a rift between the band. According to him, even after the band members went abroad, Karma continued to perform abroad, but they could not resonate with the Nepali audience. Therefore, the band became anonymous among the Nepali viewers/listeners for a long time. However, their evergreen songs kept reminding listeners of the band. Meanwhile, as the audience/listeners kept demanding for Karma's concert, the band traveled to Nepal twice in 2019 to fulfill that demand.

Karma's team came to America for a musical tour in 2011 when the song 'Ko Hau Tu?' from the movie 'First Love' was very popular. At that time, the family did not consider music as a career. After that trip, Anil Shakya, Prashant Maharjan and Vasudev Shrestha returned to Nepal. Vocalist Surendra and Pramod Dangol stayed in America. While still in America, the band released an album titled 'New Dream'. After that, other members of the team started going abroad. Amid the busy life of America, music was also removed from Surendra's life, as mentioned in 'New dream' - 'New dream, new city. With some desire in mind. I came from home, I was far, far away...' Then Karma disappeared for a decade. Surendraman admits that he was a factor behind the band becoming inactive. "I am the special factor of selling our band. At one time I was busy with my family. I couldn't give time to the band, the moment of having to start from scratch abroad was a bit complicated,'' he says, remembering the initial days of his stay in America, 'so I ran a production house.

I sold the products of Nepal. Surendra's complicated situation trying to embrace America seems to be reflected in the video of the band's last album 'New Dream'.

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• Karma is a band born in Raharirahar. Surendra's father was a government employee. Because of his father, Surendra sometimes used to visit Kirtipur and sometimes Birganj. Through Birgunj, Surendra along with Prashant started a band named 'Narrow Beats'. Allare said that these two became passionate when they decided to do music at an early age. Prashant used to play drums. After returning to Kirtipur, two other friends of Sanepa also joined the band. Surendra was a vocalist from the beginning. A relative of Prashant Surendra, he also studied music. Surendra was also inclined towards music. After everyone's first choice was music, these four started a band while Siddharth was studying Vanasthali. The band formed, but by the time they were working on their first album, they hadn't come up with a band name. spent months in the studio for the first album. They say that they work till 3 am. Young Josh could not even sleep because of the music. Even today, Surendra enjoys reminiscing about the days he worked while falling asleep. While working on it, the group suddenly felt that we have done a lot of work on this album. The word 'karma' touched Surendra's heart. The name of the band was decided to be Karma. That name was gradually written by the media as 'Karma' from Karma. Surendra said that the name of the band was 'Karma' from Karma. There was no dream at that time. I didn't think we would come this far,' he said, 'Music was like fashion at that time.' The album was a superflop. The album was heavily influenced by western music. So it didn't take long for the band to realize that it was not popular with the audience. Then the group started to explore the taste of Nepali music. At that time, I didn't even know what Nepali music was. Eyes opened after the first album flopped. Even though the album, which was recorded with pocket expenses, did not bring the expected results, the passion for music did not disappear,'' Surendra went into flashback, 'I had to listen to many words from home/family. Didn't you see? Wasn't this what you wanted? used to say In that statement, he added that he would prove himself. I turned over an old diary because I thought I should do Nepali music.'

When Birganj, a friend wrote two songs to Surendra, which he kept in his diary. When asked what kind of song is sung in your village, Surendra said that the person mentioned that song. Surendra composed the same song. A video was made on the song. Gradually the demand for songs on FM increased. The music company sought them out. Then Karma felt, 'Oho hookah mero dalle dalle' heated up the market. 'Hukka Mero...' is a popular song by the band Karma. At that time, Image channel used to broadcast music with a lot of importance. At that time, the song was playing on Image for a long time. "They made the kind of music that the audience likes," said Dahal, a former journalist and video director.

'Hukka Mero...' got to know the Karma band, but even then Surendra's father, a good government employee, had not yet known him. After playing 'Hukka Mero...', Surendra felt that he had proved himself in music. Before that, Surendra did not have the support of his family to do music. Father and son used to express concern that they were getting 'singed'. So Surendra started import/export business when he sang 'Hukka Mero...'. After 'Hukka Mero...' and 'Kan Hola Gharbar...', Karma continued to play music. Slowly Karma's 'Yanimaya' and 'Supari Dana' songs started playing. In between, the Maoist conflict continued. Meanwhile, Surendra went to America.

At that time, only melodious voice was given importance as song-music. Surendra's voice did not belong in that group. In the beginning, it was difficult to digest a voice like his. Surendra's voice has a different texture. He stood out from the crowd," journalist Dahal praises his voice. Surendra felt that he proved himself even with a different voice after 'Hukka Mero...'. The song 'Maunata' from the album 'Hukka' earned similar applause. Karma tried to move away from the field when he felt that his passion for music was fulfilled, but the music company did not stop encouraging him. Then he brought the 'SMS' album. The family also started accepting after the hit song 'Kan Hola Gharbar...' from that album. "My father started accepting me only when some people started saying that you are Surendraman's father," Surendra recalled, "father then started boasting that his son proved his mother/brother."