Impressive Beauty Poojana Pradhan!

Poojana Pradhan is already an established name in the glamour circles of Nepal. She has been in the entertainment business for almost five years and now she informs us that her last name is actually not Pradhan but Gurung. She says, "My mother's name is Uma Pradhan and my father's Khadga Bahadur Gurung. They divorced when I was a kid and my dad married another woman. I started living with my mom and since the time I can remember I have always used Pradhan and not Gurung. However, on my citizenship and passport, I am referred to as Gurung!" Quite a dilemma one would reckon! She further informs, "I used to spell my name as Puja and it has just been only a few months that I have started writing my name as Poojana. Numerological effect you know!"

As of now, she is working on two movies simultaneously. "I am quite busy with the shooting of 'Kalo Baaz' directed by Deepak Basnet. The other one is 'Timi Ko Hau'. This is again directed by Deepak Basnet. Come Chait and I will be doing another movie called 'Champion' directed by Pradip Shrestha and produced by Maunata Shrestha," informs Poojana.

Things have been going pretty good for her lately. Only yesterday she completed the shooting of a music video -- "Mero Yaad Timilai", directed by Suresh Darpan Pokahrel and Dinesh Adhikari. And this is not where her hectic activities end. She just came back from a trip to Qatar where she had a show and come February 15, she will be leaving for Korea along with 1974 AD. This program is scheduled for February 20. As soon as she returns back from Korea, she will be leaving for Belgium, UK and Australia, for performances for which the dates have already been finalized. "I shall be performing on songs from Nepali films as well as remixed numbers!" states Poojana. Impressive!

Udesh Shrestha's Rahasya

Udesh Shrestha had released his second solo album 'Rahasya' about five months and now he is already working on the third tentatively titled 'Rahasya Vol II'. He mentions that he will be releasing it within three months time, for which he has already started working on the details. He says, "So far, I have recorded five songs! They are called "Pagal Banayou Malai", "Timi Bina Garo", "Jiundo Manche", "Ma Ta Haarharu" and "Nachocha Timi". This album will be in the market under the label of Reeyaz Music Company. My last album was also released from the same company. After the recording is over, we will start working on a music video as well as on the promotion of this album," further adding, "As soon as we are done with the promotional activities of 'Rahasya Vol II', we intend to go back to 'Rahasya' and make a new video from it. Then on, we will promote both the albums together." That is quite a strategy!

Besides all this, he has also been contributing for a collection album titled 'Speed' by DJ Yuva. I have sung a number called "Timilai Chahera" and "Naam Leyera". Both the songs have been visualized. The former one is already released and the latter one is going through some editing." According to information provided by him, he has also sung in an album -- 'Rap Game' -- by Aago Jwala who resides in the UK but is in the country at the moment. "'Rewind II' is scheduled to hit the stands shortly and I might sing in this album as well. Talks are going on!"

Pramod Kharel…New Kid On The Block

Aspiring and talented new artist Pramod Kharel is all geared up to release his second solo album very soon. His first album 'Prapti' released some two years back did receive lukewarm response with the song "Lagcha Timi Sagar Sari" doing the rounds frequently at various countdowns.

He informs us that this second album will be in the music stands under the label of Dhaulagiri Cassette Centre. "I had made up my mind to name this album 'Realize' but an astrologer suggested that I name the album with the initial 'S'. Hence, I have still not been able to figure out the name!" Any suggestions?

Because he had an infection to his throat, he relates that he was not able to release this album much earlier. "I took my own time to prepare this album and during all this while I didn’t do any stage shows as such. In fact, I won't be signing at any shows till 2063 BS is over!" confirms Pramod.

On his previous album, he had just incorporated adhunik songs with a touch of classical flavor. However, this time round, he has worked on "total melodious numbers". "I have eight songs on it and each one of them is different from the other. The songs are of high pitch and have a base of classical but are presented in a ‘westernized format’. (Whatever that means) Most probably, this album will be released by the first week of Falgun and together with it, a music video will also be premiered. The song is called "Bacheko Thiye" and will be directed by Alok Nembang. The shooting of this video is scheduled to happen very shortly!"