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Yogeshwar Amatya—born on April 3rd, 1964 in Kathmandu, Nepal—is a Nepali singer, musician, producer, actor, social activist, and photographer, best known for his song Jaba Sandhya Hunchha and the 1998 album Karai Kara Le. In his career, he has sold more than 1 million records, making him one of Nepal's best-selling music artists. In 1998, he released his Ahile Chaahin Drabya Ko Aaasha Ma, Bastoo album which included Wakka Dikka. Amatya has also collaborated with 365 other Nepali singers and musicians in the song Melancholy as a solo artist. The song set the Guinness World Record of "Most Vocal Solos in a Song Recording".

Biography

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Amatya has not used his middle name since his father dropped it. His father, Bhubaneswar Amatya, was the founder and first president of Nepal's professional film company, Nepal Chalchitra Sangha in 2024. He also founded Kanti Ishwori Sishu Vidhyalaya, where two crown princes and a few princesses studied. He also motivated the queens, Kanti and Ishwori, to start a school in the late king's name called Tribhuvan University.

His mother, Lamu Amatya, pursued an education in Nursing. She established the first nursing school in Nepal at Chettrapati, and was the founder and first president of the Nursing Association of Nepal.

Yogeshwar Amatya has a diploma in gemology from the Gemological Institute of India, Bombay. He enrolled himself in interior design courses for three semesters in the Department of Architecture, Southern Illinois University (SIU-C), Carbondale, USA.

Amatya represented football team Shreenath Gana and the A division club NRT as a forward. He has scored numerous hat-tricks for NRT. He was declared "Man of the Match" in the WAVE Kick Off Cup 2006, and was one of the few who played the whole 90 minutes. Amatya is also an expert in Tae Kwon Do. He has a black belt and is considered an expert in theoretical aspects of Tae Kwon Do. Amatya also won several medals in Tae Kwon Do in the United States.

Amatya gave his first performance at the Mayur Chalchitra Mandir in Banepa, Nepal. After receiving a positive response from his first show and having his photo printed in the only English newspaper in the country, The Rising Nepal, he began performing across the country. He released his first album after encouragement from Brajesh Khanal and Prabhat Rimal. He dedicated the album to them and named it, in their honor, Karai Kara Le.

Discography

Compilation albums

• Yogeshwor Amatya Jaba Sandhya
• Bhanchan Logne Manche Bhayar

References

1. Thisaway (7 October 2007). "Profile of Nepali pop music artist..........: Yogeshwar Amatya". Retrieved 18 September 2010.
2. "Most vocal solos in a song recording". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
3. "Nepali house-hold names go for the Guinness World Records". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
4. Pandey, Shreedhar. "National poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire turns singer". My Republica. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
5. "Historical Timeline of Nepali Cinema". Film Government of Nepal. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
6. "Government declares late Lamu Amatya Nepal's first nurse". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
7. "Yogeshwor Amatya - Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 December 2023.

External links

• "yogeshwor-amatya-collection". Nepal: jnepal.info.

• 1964 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Nepalese male singers
• Nepalese male actors
• Musicians from Kathmandu