Tuesday, September 30, 2008

DANNEY DENJONGPA-SIKKIM

Danney Denzongpa (Real name: Tshering Phinsto Bhutia) was born in Yoksom, Sikkim, grduated from St. Joseph’s college(B.Sc. / Bio science) Darjeeling.
He started his career by singing
Indian Nepali songs and acting in Indian Nepali movies and has acted in more than 150 hindi movies, several Indian Nepali movies.
He has also done some international projects, the most famous being
Seven Years in Tibet where he acted alongside famous Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree, India's fourth highest civilian honour.
A few people know that he is also an accomplished singer having sung with
Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, three stalwarts of Indian music. He has sung for several Indian Nepalese movies. His most famous songs are “kanchi lai ghumauney kathmandu sahaara”, “maan ko kura lai badhi narakha"“Chiso Chiso Hawama", “Suna katha”and "Rato Rani Phule".

My salute to such a great personality of SIKKIM!!!

Song: Suna Katha(Saino)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

a salute to such an idol for us .....