Kunti Moktan

Kunti Moktan (Nepali: कुन्ती मोक्तान) is a Nepali singer. She is classically trained and sings folk and modern songs.

Kunti Moktan
Birth nameKunti Sundas
Born (1962-07-11) 11 July 1962
Darjeeling district, India
GenresFolk, Modern
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1977–present

Personal life

Kunti Moktan was born in Margaret's Hope tea estate, Darjeeling district, India. She moved to Kathmandu, Nepal in 1983 to pursue her musical career. She is married to Sila Bahadur Moktan, a Nepali musician and lyricist and has two daughters Shital Moktan and Shubani Moktan who are also musicians.[1]

Music

Kunti started singing from an early age. She started her musical journey from St. Xavier's High School in Dilaram, India.[2] When in Class 8, she passed the vocal test at All India Radio station in Kurseong and recorded her first song with All India Radio at the age of 15 and second song for Radio Nepal at the age of 18 in 1980. Both Kunti and her husband Shila Bahadur initially learnt music from Jagdish Chandra Rai in Sonada. Kunti has performed in about 20 countries, including the India, United States, Japan, UK, Hong Kong, Germany, Switzerland and South Korea.[3] Apart from singing, she plays the harmonium. Some of her most popular songs are Khutta Tandai Gara, Choli Ramro Palpali Dhakako, Sunkai Bhau Chha, Bhanchan Kohi Jindagi Yo, Mathi Mathi Sailungey Ma and Dali Dali Ma.

Albums

Hit Songs of Kunti Sundas (disc record)
Kahile Kahi
Mayalu Lai
Mero Man
Kriti
Kusum
Kamero
Sailungey
Man Ko Sapana
Choli Ramro
Nisturi Mayalu

Awards
  • Chinnalata Geet Puraskar, Nepal[4]
  • Bhupalman Singh Yuba Puraskar, Nepal
  • Nirman Samman, Sikkim
  • Hits FM Music Award, Nepal
  • Budha Subba Music Award

See also

Music of Nepal

References
  1. "Family Affair II". Wave Mag. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  2. "Kunti Moktan". Wave Mag. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  3. "Kunti Moktan's Kusum album's Nepali songs". Nepali Matters. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  4. "Chinnalata *Award". SangeetSansar.com. Retrieved 11 March 2012.



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