Pramod Kharel: Ditching a dream to dedicate life to music–and singing forever

On a humid, warm summer day, Pramod Kharel is at a studio in Anamnagar of Kathmandu, recording a song. He has been there for over four hours and he is still going strong. For a boy who came to Kathmandu to become a doctor, never did he think that he would become a singer, let alone one of the most popular singers in Nepal.

With over 2,000 songs under his belt, it is safe to say that Kharel has made it in Nepal’s music scene. But, he does not take this for granted as he knows that it does not take long for things to go away. “To stay relevant and in the scene, I must carry on working hard. I’ve been lucky to have the love and support of the fans, but I know what I have to do to carry on doing things I’ve been doing to stay where I am,” says Kharel.