National Music Awards: Sundar and Sujitha dressed as Madankrishna and Durgesh

NMA will be held at the Godavari Sunrise Convention on Saturday

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National Music Awards: Sundar and Sujitha dressed as Madankrishna and Durgesh

Imagine, artist Madankrishna Shrestha and now popular young singer Durgesh Thapa are on stage. What will the atmosphere be like when Madan is teaching Durgesh to sing? Comedians Sundar Khanal and Sujitha Shrestha are appearing as Madan and Durgesh at the 'National Music Awards 2081' (NMA) to be held at the Godavari Sunrise Convention on Saturday. Which is a surprise performance for the audience.

  Durgesh is also giving his banging performance in 'NMA' organized by

Radio Kantipur. She will be seen as Sujitha Durgesh on stage while facing the audience, and beautiful as Madan Baa. 3,000 spectators are expected at this concert program with awards. 

This is Sujita's first experience of performing live in an event with this kind of audience presence. So she is 'nervous' about the performance. Earlier, Sujitha has been giving comedy and satirical performances to certain audiences of 'Comedy Darbar'. However, when Kantipur Television CEO Surajsingh Thakuri offered to perform, Sujitha's heart immediately cooled down. In the beginning, Sujitha thought that she was the responsibility of the 'host', but when she had to perform a comedy show, she started to get excited as well. 

Sundar had not thought of the idea of ​​Durgesh and Madan before. He turned his mind on many subjects, will he become a journalist Prakash Subedi? Many characters flashed through my mind. Meanwhile, he thought of converting the conversation between Madan and Durgesh into a comedy. Despite performing opposite Durgesh Thapa in the

comedy Darbar, Sujitha had never played Durgesh before. So initially the idea of ​​Sundar made Sujitha 'nervous'. However, in the meantime, Sundar sought permission from Durgesh, the 'script' was prepared. The final preparation of the presentation has given Sujitha more courage, she is preparing to make the audience laugh as much as possible. 

I really like Durgesh Thapa's energy. Now I am observing his energy, clothes, behavior. However, no matter how many times I perform as an avatar, I get nervous. I am still nervous,” said Sujitha. Being a woman, she is now being challenged to take down the male gaze on her body. However, she has made the audience laugh by becoming a male avatar before.

Sujitha herself is also excited for this award show with performances by many famous artists from Durgesh, Kum: Sagar. This kind of presentation was done for the first time in the award program. Sujitha said, "When you step on the stage as a comedian, fear is added along with excitement." The organizing team has allotted them 8 minutes. They want to make the audience laugh every minute. So Sundar himself is feeling a kind of fear along with excitement. Sundar said, "I am excited and scared to perform in front of everyone."

Why Durgesh's character? Sundar said that he chose Durgesh because he is currently in the limelight. It is a pleasure to join such a big platform. That's why we are excited," Sundar said. There is still no big platform for comedy in Nepal. Barely a few comedy shows have started taking place. That's why a big show like NMA has given a platform to an artist like him. 

'In such a big event, we get to meet other artists,' Sundar said, 'We get to directly get feedback on our performance. Through satire we find the inconsistencies and distortions of art. With this quality of satire, we are expressing what we think through this medium, how much fun it would be if there was an award program for comedy as well.'  For

, there is no good platform for 'dance' in Nepal. Dancers get opportunities in reality shows and some fairs/festivals. Many viewers have to wait for the chance even if there is a lot of confusion. The dance group 'Kartunj Crew' is also surprised that 'NMA' has given them a platform. The 'Kartunj Crew' will perform a dance performance on the lyrics of 'Jalma,' 'Nai Malai Thane Chan,' 'Maya, Maya,' 'Katta Handindehu,' 'Bari Lai' and 'Maya Lukiluki'. They have been practicing for 2 weeks.  This performance will also be the first for the

'Kartunj Crew' among a large number of viewers. Saroj Adhikari says the energy added to his group when the organizers offered to perform. The experience of performing live among the audience is different. Moreover, it has been a long time since our group performed at such an event. That's why we are excited about this presentation," said Saroj.  For

, Saroj and Ashma Vishwakarma are performing duets in many places. Sometimes only Ashma comes to perform and sometimes Saroj alone. However, this time in NMA they are dancing in a group of 10 people. Apart from us, good artists are performing. And getting on the same stage with them will be a matter of excitement,' said Saroj. 

Saroj has not been able to watch the performance of Kum Sagar live before. He is waiting for NMA to witness the performance of Swapna Suman from Kum. There is no such big platform for dance in Nepal. Seeing us, many dance groups came out in Nepal. I am hopeful that our performance like this will inspire them too,' Saroj said, 'This is a big achievement for us too.'

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