Sanjay Shrestha
{{short description|Nepali singer and musician}}
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Sanjay Man Shrestha ({{langx|ne|सञ्जय श्रेष्ठ}}) is a Nepali singer and musician. In 1992, Shrestha founded the pop music band Crossroads, which fused western-style singing and traditional Nepali instrumental music.{{cite book|title=South Asian Media Cultures|last1=Banaji|first1=Shakuntala|date=2011|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=9780857284099|location=London|page=97}}{{cite journal|last=Greene|first=Paul D.|author2=Yubakar Raj Rajkarnikar|date=Fall 2005|title=Echoes in the Valleys:A Social History of Nepali Pop in Nepali's Urban Youth Culture, 1985-2000|journal=Echo|publisher=University of California at Los Angeles|volume=7|issue=2|url=http://www.echo.ucla.edu/Volume7-Issue1/yubakar_greene/yubakar_greene2.html|issn=1535-1807}}{{cite book|title=Global Pop, Local Language|last1=Greene|first1=Paule D.|last2=Henderson|first2=David R.|date=July 17, 2003|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781578065363|editor=Harris M. Berger|pages=[https://archive.org/details/globalpoplocalla0000unse/page/99 99–100]|chapter=At The Crossroads of Language, Musics and Emotions in Katmandu|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/globalpoplocalla0000unse/page/99}} Shrestha produced several popular songs, including the hit Maya Meri Maya (Nepali: माया मेरी माया).
In 2013, Shrestha represented the Rastriya Prajatantra Party in local election of the constituent assembly from the Kathmandu-6 constituency.
Early life
Career
In 1992, Shrestha formed the five-person pop music band Crossroads in which he performed as lead singer. Shrestha and the band gained popularity for creating songs which combined western-style sentimental singing and traditional Nepali instrumentation. Popular songs included Ghumda ghumdai, Euta gaun Thiyo, Anjan mayalu, Tadha nagai deu and Euta gaun Thiyo.{{cite web|last1=Song list|first1=Sanjay Shrestha|title=Community Radio|url=https://archive.org/details/SongsOfSanjayShrestha|website=archive.org|accessdate=22 October 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Apple|first1=Itunes|title=Crossroads (Sanjay Shrestha)|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/crossroads/id348261517|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408033607/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/crossroads/id348261517|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 April 2011|website=apple.com}}
Shrestha has also worked in Nepali movies as a singer and musician. He became involved in producing TV commercials for Nepali products.
Politics
In 2013, Shrestha ran in the constituent assembly election from Kathmandu-6 constituency representing Rastriya Prajatantra Party but was defeated.{{cite web|last1=Election|first1=Candidates|title=List|url=http://topnepal.com/election/kathmandu|website=Topnepal.com}}{{cite web|last1=Sagarmatha|first1=Television (Nepal)|title=Interview with Sanjay Shrestha|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQTXyet2uSc|website=YouTube}}{{cite web |url=http://election.ujyaaloonline.com/electionarea/242/Kathmandu-6/ |title=Kathmandu-6 |website=election.ujyaaloonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104194120/http://election.ujyaaloonline.com/electionarea/242/Kathmandu-6 |archive-date=2013-11-04}}
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Category:21st-century Nepalese male singers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:20th-century Nepalese male singers
Category:Musical groups from Kathmandu
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