Assam: Gorkha girl Surekha Chhetri takes Assamese culture to Voice of Nepal
TNT News | November 13, 2018
It is said that music crosses all barriers and unites people and nations irrespective of their culture and traditions and this is exactly what this 21-yr-old girl hailing from Assam is doing.
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Surekha Chhetri is one of the contestants in Voice of Nepal. She originally hails from Narangi, Guwahati in Assam and has carved a niche for herself in the field of music through her melodious voice.
Recently, she left the judges of Voice of Nepal stunned after her killer performance wherein she fused an Assamese song with a Nepalese song and left the audience mesmerized. Dressed in a makhela-sador, the traditional Assamese attire, the judges admired her unique effort.
Watch her performance at the Voice of Nepal below:
It may be mentioned that Surekha's song named 'Nepali Jadio Axomiya' that was uploaded on Youtube on October 2015 has garnered more than 9 million views with more than 34 thousand likes. This was her first solo hit song. You can watch the video below:
New assamese song Nepali Jadio Axomiya by surekha chhetri
She sings in various languages including Rajasthani, Assamese, Hindi, Bodo, Karbi as well as Manipuri. She has also received the Best female singer award twice at radio Gupshup music awards. Voice of Nepal is her first ever attempt at any reality show.
The Voice of Nepal is the Nepalese format of the international TV singing reality series called The Voice. You can show support to her by voting for her. The details are given below:
The host of this new series is Sushil Nepal and Oshin Sitoula, the coaches are Deep Shrestha, Sanup Poudel, Abhaya Subba and Pramod Kharel and the series is directed by Laxman Paudyal, the former director of Nepal's first international franchise singing reality show Nepal Idol season one.
The first episode was broadcast on Kantipur TV and on Ramailo HD on 25 August 2018. The show times are every Saturday and Sunday 9:00 pm (NPT) onward.
The writer can be reached at shwetarajkanwar@gmail.com or shweta@thenortheasttoday.com
