10 classic Nepali songs from before 1990 that you should add to your playlist

Nepal’s musical history is short as musicians started recording their music only after the establishment of Radio Nepal in 1952. Radio Nepal became an important platform and gave a wide range of audiences to the legendary musicians like Shiva Shankar, Narayan Gopal, Gopal Yonjan, Tara Devi, Aruna Lama, Arun Thapa, Koili Devi and so on. These artists did not only became household names for the people but also established the golden era of the Nepali music industry.

To celebrate the treasured generation of Nepali music industry, we are making a list of the greatest classic Nepali songs of all time that you should add to your playlist. And, as Hari Bansha Acharya’s character, Sur Mandal, in Maha’s Sur Besur would say, “Lakhaun geet chhan” (there are lakhs of songs), it is one of the most difficult lists we have ever made.