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The Kathmandu Post
Patan Breaks Pop Express Record
March 8th - 2006
 

Nikesh Maharjan, a ninth grader from Patan was trying hard to find his place in the hysteric crowd that had gathered beside the van that housed the resting artistes. They all wanted the same thing: their names scribbled by their favorites on a piece of paper. Nikesh wanted one too from his favorite singer Kranti Ale.

Young Puja, a seventh grader from Bhaktapur was also trying to get hold of Nirnaya Da NSK's autograph. The performing artistes of the “Shikhar Lights Music Pop Express - Concert on Wheels” - Mausami Gurung, Kamal Man Singh, Nirnaya Da NSK and Kranti Ale - had no respite even after completing their job on the stage. They were, nevertheless, thoroughly enjoying this extra work behind the stage as well, happily obliging to their fans' requests.

The concert on Wednesday morning at Patan Durbar Square certainly had the largest and the most extravagant crowd of all the venues so far of the five-day Pop Express. The grounds and the temples were filled with a record audience of more than 6,000 that mostly comprised of youngsters and students as usual and a couple of old people.

Right from the word go till the end, the euphoric crowd made the most out of the hour-long concert, singing and swinging along with the singers who belted out their regular numbers as in the earlier venues. Kranti Ale didn't sing the whole of She's The Bomb but his duet with Mausami in Chyangba Hoi Chyangba once again wrapped up the concert in a grand fashion. The second show of the day that took place on the Chuchchepati Grounds from 3:30 in the afternoon was equally successful and drew almost 3,000 people.

Nirnaya, who seemed to have a massive fan following wherever he went, termed the concert as a “unique experience”.

“Because of the show, we are getting the chance to visit and know different places we had earlier only heard of. Besides, it has also given us the opportunity to interact with a wide range of audience unlike other shows which usually have mostly youngsters only,” the rapper shared his thoughts. “It's obviously tiring to perform at two different venues in a day but the audience has been very appreciative.”

The concert, organized by Surya Nepal Pvt Ltd and managed by Party Nepal moves on to the Sifal Grounds and Sankata Square today. Show timings are 11 am at Sifal and  3:30 pm at Sankata.