1. Shiva Shankar Manandhar was a singer, music composer of Nepali songs and the chief actor in the first Nepali movie, Aama.
11 Facts About Shiva Shankar
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Shiva Shankar has composed music for around 1,200 Nepalese songs.
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Shiva Shankar was recruited to the service of the state-owned Radio Nepal in 1951 by Bal Krishna Sama, the pre-eminent playwright of Nepal.
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Shiva Shankar composed music for prominent lyricists such as Ram Man Trishit, Kiran Kharel, Bhabuk, Yadab Kharel, Laxman Lohani, and MBB Shah.
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Shiva Shankar demonstrated how folk songs rendered with a few simple musical instruments could be enriched with an ensemble of modern contemporary orchestra instruments.
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The trend of modernization with the introduction of pop-style songs, which Shiva Shankar played a large role in starting, catalyzed the emergence of the present day full-fledged Nepalese pop songs.
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Shiva Shankar played the leading role of a "Lahure Dai" in the film Aama, the first Nepali feature movie, produced in 1964 by the Government of Nepal.
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Shiva Shankar was born to mother Ram Maya and father Man Bahadur on 22 February 1932 in a Manandhar household of the Newar community, in Pako, Newroad of Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Shiva Shankar completed his secondary school education, but did not pursue any formal musical education before becoming established as a singer and music composer.
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Shiva Shankar took a job at Radio Nepal in May 1951 and served there for the next 42 years.
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Shiva Shankar was married to Badri Kumari Manandhar at the age of 24 and had three sons: Gauri Shankar, Rabi Shankar and Shashi Shankar.