KATHMANDU: Singer Pashupati Sharma surprised the Nepali populace with the drop of his new song ‘Lutna sakay lut’ loaded with sardonic lyrics.
From a popular singer, Sharma became an overnight controversial star after his newly-released song went viral on the Internet.
Amid speculations that the government removed the song from YouTube, singer Sharma wrote on his Facebook clarifying that he removed the song himself after his friends, fans and well-wishers “suggested” him to do so.
Nepal’s social media was flooded with comments — positive and negative, and a few quips from his haters – for the new track that he released on Thursday.
Facebook posts show that many people have been mesmerized by the song and the lyrics, though the video looks not very exciting. Social media are still flooded with interesting arguments, debates, and disputes between the supporters and opponents of the song.
Amid speculations that the government removed the song from YouTube, singer Sharma wrote on his Facebook clarifying that he removed the song himself after his friends, fans and well-wishers “suggested” him to do so.
However, it has been reported that the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) expressed serious objection on the lyrics of the song that ridiculed President Bidya Devi Bhandari for her interest to ride on an expensive and sophisticated helicopter.
Singer Sharma sarcastically mentions that Nepal, despite being heaven, has been ruled by devils while making a mockery of the failure to develop the country’s infrastructure.
Now that, judicious he seemed to be, he has vowed to re-release the song and upload it on YouTube after revising the ‘controversial’ words. “I will come up with the song at the earliest with some amendments,” he wrote on his Facebook wall.
Singer Sharma has also denied having chosen the lyrics on the basis of political bias or prejudice. “I do not have any political inclination,” he says.
The song, according to observers, has been a satire that ridicules the country’s current political and bureaucratic system. “This shows dissatisfaction towards the government and the political parties,” comments Rama Acharya, a businesswoman.
Sharma has tried to envisage the government’s failure in delivery as promised to the people. “The government and the parties made tall promises, which they failed to deliver,” the lyrics of the song says.
Interestingly, the song expresses how a government clerk erected a posh house in the capital city worth over 15 million within a few years of joining the service. The song has given the messages that everyone can ‘loot’ this country and that no one gets punished for any acts of corruption. The song gives the impression that Nepal is the only country where one indulges in amassing wealth through corruption. Sharma released the song coinciding with the government’s completion of one year tenure.
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