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Badri Pandey
B. Pandey holding the janasewa shree bibhushan from president
B. Pandey holding the janasewa shree bibhushan from president
Background information
Born (1980-03-04) 4 March 1980 (age 44)
Nuwakot District, Nepal
GenresFlimi, Romantic, Ghazal, Lok Pop, Sentimental
OccupationsLyricist, Composer, and Producer
Years activeFrom 2001
LabelsMusic Plus, Music Nepal, OSR Digital

Badri Pandey (Nepali: बद्री पाण्डे; born 4 March 1980) is a Nepali songwriter, producer, and music composer. He is also known as B. Pandey, a lyricist of the Nepali music industry.[1][2] He has written more than 150 songs of different genres. He began his career with his first song "Shankha Nagara" in 2001. The song was voiced by Rajesh Payal Rai and Binaya Niroula.

Early life[edit]

Badri Pandey was born and bred in the Nuwakot District of Nepal. His Father is Nim Prasad Pandey and his mother is Batumaya Pandey. He attended Dupeshwor Higher Secondary School. He was a decent student and was adored for his passion for music. He started writing songs and performing in the annual function of the school from a very early age.

Career[edit]

Pandey wrote and recorded "Shankha Nagara" in the voice of Rajesh Payal Rai and Binaya Niroula in 2001 after he came to Kathmandu on completion of his high school.[3] Instantly he was given opportunities to write new songs for movies.

He was given the opportunity to write songs for the album Pancha Ratna. Pancha Ratna was considered a music jewel for its uniqueness.[4] It also marked the debut of Pancha Ratna Music and Melody in the Nepalese music industry. It was a unique album in the sense that it contained a set of four audio CDs and a VCD. Each audio CD contained 8 songs while the VCD contained music videos of the eight most loved songs by the audience. Pandey's 'My Hundred Songs', a poetic anthology has been published in 2022. He has included 100 different lyrics on different themes in his first anthology.[5]

Of the 32 songs in Pancha Ratna, Chandra Dong wrote three songs, Buddhabir Lama wrote two, and Sangeeta Rai and Ram Kumar Adhikari had a song each to their credit. The rest of the 25 songs were written by B. Pandey.

The music composer in the album included Pravin Baraily, Suresh Adhikari, Narendra Pyasi, Chandra Dong, Uday Sotang, Raju Singh, Raj Sagar, Shishir Yogi, Deep Chandra Moktan, and Chitra Lal Sharma.

Likewise, The singers are Ram Krishna Dhakal, Jagadis Samal, Shailesh Singh, Madavi Tripath, Anju Panta, Narendra Pyasi, Thupten Bhutiya, Reema Gurung, Suresh Manandhar, Anjana, Uday, and Manila Sotang, Purna Pariyar, Manoj Rai, Ram Kumar Adhikari, Sangeeta Rai, Swaroop Raj Acharya, Deepak Limbu, Shishir Yogi, Rajesh Payal Rai, and Mani Kumar Rai.

After the success of Pancha Ratna, Pandey wrote songs for various movies. In 2018, he was given the opportunity to write a song for the Prasad movie. He wrote, "Banki Chari" which was a massive hit.[6] He was able to bag the best lyricist of the year award with this song. Aside from this, Pandey has been contributing to Nepali Music Industry as the chairman of the Music Producer Association of Nepal since 10 November 2019.[7] Pandey was also appointed as General Secretary of Music Royalty Collection Society of Nepal (MRCSN) after the general meeting held on 22 September 2021.[8][9][10]

He has been felicitated with dozens of honors, prizes and awards for being the song writing. He has received the 8th Bindabasini Music Award - 2017, as a good songwriter. 7th National Rapti Music Award -2019 (Best Film Songwriter), Genius Music Award-2018 (Best Film Songwriter), Sagarmatha Music Award 2019 (Best Songwriter), National Brand Music Award 2020 (Best Film Songwriter), National Personality and Creator Honor 2021, National Songwriter Honor 2022,[11] Senior Creator Honor 2022, Jayaprapti Kala Samman 2022 Including them he received Nepal Music and Fashion Award-2022 (Best Modern Songwriter), 13th Bindabasini Music Award (Best Lyricist) and has acted as a skilled judge in many competitions of music.[12][13][14][15][16] The book written by Pandey My Hundred Songs has been published on 2022, which was released by famous screenwriter, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar of Bollywood film industry. This book garnered buzz as a canvas of love.[17][18]

Lyricist B. Pandey received Nepal's highest civilian award 'Jansewa Shree Medal' from the Rt. Honorable President of Nepal Ram Chandra Poudel on 14 April 2023.[19][20]

Awards and recognition[edit]

SN Award Title Award Category Notable work Result
1 7th Rashtriya Rapti Music Award -2018 AD[21] Best Movie Song Lyricist Banki Chari - movie Prasad Won
2 Genius Music Award - 2018 AD[22][23] Best Lyricist of the year Banki Chari - moviePrasad Won
3 Sagarmatha Music Awards - 2019 AD Best Movie Song Lyricist Banki Chari - movie Prasad Won
4 National Brand Music Award - 2020 AD Best Movie Song Lyricist Jali Rumal - movie Selfi King Won
5 11th Bindabasini Music Award- 2020 AD[24] Best Lyricist of the year (Jury Award) Pahile Dil Won
6 3rd Nepal Music & Fashion Awards - 2022 AD[25][26] Best Lyricist of the Year Dhan Bir Won
7 13th Bindabasini Music Award - 2022[14] Best Lyricist of the Year Jhumke Bulaki Won

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  24. ^ "11th Bindabasini Music Award concludes".
  25. ^ "म्युजिक एन्ड फेसन अवार्ड प्रदान". SouryaOnline. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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