5}Phatteman Rajbhandari

Phatteman Rajbhandari
"If one have high desire to achieve something and dedicated all life to the activity with confidence and honesty then nothing can stop to achieve the goal. Even the age bar" This statement is proved by Phatteman Rajbhandari, who is most senior and very old singer in Nepali music field and the best known figures in the field of religious hymns for last six decades. Starting his career by singing live in radio Nepal during its initial period in 1960's, Phatteman reached the pinnacle of popularitywith his best known performances which included the patriotic song 'rato ra chandra surya' and ballads such as 'yesto pani hundo rahechha' and 'marnu baru garo hundo rahechha' which have always won the hearts and minds of nepali audiences of all ages and these song has made the nepali music at the top of mountain.
He is now 70 but the interesting fact is that, with increasing oldness, he is being more active in this field. He is turning the old age into youngness by performing the live concert, recording the new album and so on. What the truth is; the septuagenarian singer Phatteman is now turning towards a different breed of audiences with his debut recorded album of adhunik (contemporary) songs -'gayek phatteman at 70'. In his debut record, youth composer aavaas has helped phatteman to remarry his early nepali adhunik styles and the universal romantic sentiments with a strong juxtaposition to the social suffering and angst of the present day nepal. The influence of the classical devotional ragas resonates in phatteman's style. Amazingly, his vocal has hardly dropped out from his yesteryears even at 70.
Venturing into new realms have always fascinated veteran singer phatteman who started his solo debut on stage with 'gayek phatteman sanjh' in 2002 after singing in radio nepal with his contemporary singers swor smarat narayan gopal, natikaji, ambar gurung, bachchu kailas and gopal yonzan for decades. The success of the solo stage show first held on the 10th august 2002 at the birendra international convention center encouraged the organizers 'nepa-laya' to move ahead with the veteran "gayak" to travel to various parts of the country. The solo concert was also recorded and released along with his earlier compilation of devotional songs which included 'santa hridaya', 'deu darshan' and the ballad collection 'prem pida' that was recorded in radio nepal.
'Nepa-laya', the official management company, accompanied Phatteman on his solo concert tour to hetauda, narayanghat, pokhara and palpa within two months of 2002. The response in all these places was overwhelming.
Phatteman Rajbhandari in brief

Date of Birth
: 1993/8/13 B.S
Education
: Lower Secondary
Career Beginning
: 2018 B.S
Number of Songs
: More than 400.
Number of Albums
: 4
Most popular Songs
: यस्तो पनि हुदो रहेछ, मर्न बरु गाह्रो हुन्न, रोतो र चन्द्र सूर्य, वनै खायो डढेलोले
Achievement
: शुभराज्यभिषेक पदक (२०३१),छिन्नलता गीति पुरस्कार (२०५२)प्रवल गोरखा दक्षिणवाहु (२०५५)गद्दी आरोहण रजत महत्सव पदक (२०५९)भुपालमान सिंह सङ्गीत पुरस्कार (२०६१)