Dibya Subba

I think it was about three years back that some media people and artists were on their way to
Pokhara to attend a function. It was during the midsummer and a guy was with his shirt off in the bus. He had a big tattoo on his back! He had short hair and looked innocent and quiet. I talked to him about the tattoo and some other things on the way. We reached Pokhara and attended the musical function the other day. The boy was somewhere with us as an audience and at that time I think nobody had the slightest clue that he would one day be rocking the crowd himself, toping the countdown charts and becoming one of the
most popular rock singers in the country. Yeah! I’m talking about our very own talented singer Dibya Subba. His debut album ‘Pratha’ was able to garner him enough popularity and establish himself as a rock singer in the industry though there were a few controversies along the way but people simply couldn’t deny the fact that he possessed immense talent. His just recently released album ‘Pariwartaan’ is doing well in the market and his song ‘Timro Mann’ has been topping the charts on different FM stations. A few days back I bumped into him and it was nice to hear him talk about the present situation in the country and his keen interest in politics. It feels good to see the positive change in the youth lately. Let me tell you a funny thing that Dibya told me during our informal talk. Few days back when we had massive fuel shortages, somebody brought him a few liters of Chinese petrol somewhere from Khasa. He was surprised to see the color of pure form of petrol because he had never seen it before. The guy who brought him petrol asked him to mix some kerosene with it before filling his bike because the pure petrol might harm the engine as our engine is only familiar with mixed petrol…ha …ha…. See! Well what do I say? Ok let’s get started with the interview. Here we go!

You've just released the video of your song 'Timro Mann', how has the response been?
I've been getting good response from various FM stations. Probably the song has remained in the top five for a while and the video has been receiving decent frequency. I feel that the response for the song is better than the video… may be it’s because of the load shedding and people haven't been able to watch the video. The situation isn't good right now. People are busy trying to get their share of basic necessities, queuing up for fuel, cooking gas etc. At this moment I just can't only talk about my music. People are going through hard times. I hope the situation will get better!

Yeah! We hope the same. The album 'Pariwartaan' was released almost three months back, what is the reason behind the delay of the video?
Actually, we started the shoot as soon as we released the album. We had some difficulties then. We had to stop the shooting because of numerous problems that kept cropping up and the company was also not able to provide the finances on time. However, its better to be late than never!

Do you believe music video affects the sales of an album?
Well! I don't think it'll improve the sales but yeah! It definitely gives some mileage to the album. It could help in the popularity of the album.
When we talk about sales of an album, the situation of our country also needs to be taken into account.
]Entertainment is a secondary thing. As you know people start getting frustrated as soon as they get up in the morning because of the present situation and chaos in the country. So at this moment and coming back into the question,
I don't think the video would be helping in the sales of the album.