Dharmendra Sewan

Dharmendra Sewan (Nepali: धर्मेन्द्र परियार (सेवान)) is a Nepali singer, songwriter, composer and performer. He released his debut single "Yo Andheri Raat" in 2002. Sewan was also involved in Melancholy, an environmental song by 365 artists, written, composed and directed by environmentalist Nipesh Dhaka in which the song has been featured in Guinness World Records entitled "Most Vocal Solos in a Song Recording" , recorded on 19 May 2016 at Radio Nepal studio.^[1][2][3]

Dharmendra Pariyar (Sewan)
Born	(1982-03-15)March 15, 1982
Genres	Acoustic, Folk Pop Music, Electronic
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, Composer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2002–present
Website	dharmendrasewan.com

Musical career

He started his career a band called Damage Glitters. Later he had a solo career as a singer in venued in Lakeside, Pokhara.^{[4][circular reference]} Sewan auditioned for season 1 of Nepali Tara by singing "Aba Chotharule Piroldaina Malai" from the movie 'Allare'. He ended up as a first runner-up in 2005 behind winner Deepak Limbu.^[5]

He recorded his first song 'Yo Andheri Raat' in 2002. His famous songs are Yo Andheri Raat, Herda Ramro Machhapuchhre, Ranga Ranga, Joripari, Dherai Nai, Pahadama Hurkeki, Ek Mitho Muskaan, Timro Tyo Rupley, Ful Samjhi and many more. He has won numerous awards from his time of singing and has been an inspiration for most of the youth singers of Nepal. His new released song is Kata Hideki. His albums released so far is 'The 2nd', 'Mero Idol' which consists of songs like Joripari, Dherai Nai, Papi Nazar, and his third album is 'Rastra ko Geet' from which he won 18TH ANNUAL IMAGE AWARD on the category of "Best song with national feelings 2073 by the song 'Aba Uthau'.^[6] He has also been a playback singer in many feature films like Raghubir, Ilaka,^[7] Kanchhi,^[8] Jhyanakuti,^[9] Yatra,^[10] Kina Kina,^[11] Love Love Love,^{[12][circular reference]} Chapali Height 2,^{[13][circular reference]} Karkhana,^[14] 3 Lovers, Safar,^[15] and many more. He did a cover of his father's song 'Herda Ramro Machhapuchre' which won HITS FM MUSIC AWARD in the category of Best Vocal Performance Pop Male in 2014.^[16]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2060	Dhuk Dhuki Pop Award	Best New Artist	Won
2064	Annapurnna Award	Annapurna Best Album of the Year	Won
2065	Image Award	Best New Artist Of The Year	Nominated
2067	Annapurna Award	Annapurna Best Pop Singer Male	Won[17]
2068	Image Award	Best Vocal Performance Pop Male	Nominated
2070	Hits FM Music Award	Best Vocal Performance Pop Male	Won[16]
2070	First Young Minds Award	Best Vocal Performance Pop Male	Won
2073	Image Award	Best Song with National Feelings	Won[18]
2074	Radio Kantipur's National Music Award	Best Pop Singer Male	Nominated[19]
2074	Image Award	Best Vocal Performance Pop Male	Won[20]
2075	Hits FM Music Award	Album Of The Year	Nominated