no...its not the artist......they r the best..and they tried their best......but the organizers ..n the way the show went....
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ITS THE WORST SHOW I"VE EVER BEEN TOO.....so far in the us...
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the organizers should at least check the sound system.n make sure the show goes smooth...when they have that amount of audience payin 25 bucks each ..........thats the least they could've done...
instead the show ended with a mixture of appreciation (solely for the artists) but more. BOOOOOOOs (solely blame the organizers).....am sure ma-ha and the others felt ashamed for how it went...
complete disaster.....completeee....
me ...my frens and all the unknown ones in the parking lot....way before the show ended.......vow to think again..n again before goin to any other shows by the same organizers..

WUT A SHAMEEEEEEE!!!!!

In resonse to Himalaya178's curiosity, RP stands for Rabi and Pankaj. Rabi is Rabi Lamichhane from NTV. Pankaj is new face to me but I know this dude also lives in Baltimore area with Rabi.

As for the performance of Puja Chanda, she admitted not being singer prior to performace but was there with insistence of Prem Raja Mahat. She further apoligized in advance for any 'to be mistakes or weakness' on the performance she was goint to perform. So, it was Prem Raja's interest to have Puja on his side. So, I believe Puja demonstrated her professional honesty. I don't know Puja Chanda nor I have watched any of her movies. It was my first time of knowing who Puja is. So, I am just sharing my observation of Puja.

Overall performance of Prem Raja Mahat and Puja Chand, frankly, it was not worth of $25 entrance cost. I have listened Prem Raja's folk musics and I expected him to be great artist, but his live performance dashed all my expectation. HOWEVER, NEPALHORIZONS.COM offered Prem Raja Mahat the title of INT'L FOLK SINGER. So, My question to Nepalhorizons.com is, What takes to be int'l singer?

A observer commented that PRM was lip singing on his solo song when he wore that ethnic dress.

That's what I thought too. I said all the artists were lipsyncing but someone who knows more than me told me they were not. So, I had to keep quiet about it.

(aiyaaa sakina, bhok laagyo, tyasko baaje ko khappar... dikka laagyo udek laagyo... aiyaa... bho pugyo aaja lai yettinai!! 100+ temperature and bheja kharab on the top of that..... aiyaaa!!! Is there anything more a man can take? Phew... kyaa hua tera vaada... O kasam o irada ... Chand shifarish ke ke la la la la.... ummm, something. Okay ima log off.. eh) bye!

I went to watch the MaHa show but it was very dissapointing to say the least.

I realize there are many MaHa fans here and I don't mean any disrespect. I would just like to express my opinion about their show that I saw recently.

Not meaning to generalize, but not only MaHa, the whole Nepali Comedy front is so far behind when you consider international level comedy. MaHa's show was mostly taxi driver level childish funny. If you're a little kid or not very educated, they you'd laugh at their jokes. At times they seem to want to force the audience to laugh with their repetitious actions. Like Hari bansha bumping into others innumerous times expecting to illicit laughter. Not only action, it's sad that when the audience laughed at any statement they repeat the same thing 10 times expecting to illicit laughter each time. The standard of comedy is lacking at best. Out of the whole 2 skits, there was most likely 2 truely enjoyable and funny lines. The rest were just not funny. Maybe it just didn't hit my funny bones but personally I went back feeling like i just wasted my money on stupid humor.

I'm sorry if this offends hardcore fans who come to the show ready to laugh at anything and everything. I'm just saying it was not funny for me.

Interesting discussions and observations.

There is no doubt that the Madan Krishna and Hari Bamsha duo are the superstars of Nepal and respect their comical talents. They are simply the best in their category. Yet, I did not see their program.

We organized their show in the DC area when they were here last time and ended up with a bitter taste when it came to the settlement of the accounts. I can foresee the same with the organizers this time too. They use variety of tactics, excuses and give reasons to extract the most from the organizers. This may be the reason why they never work twice with the same organizers.

The RP Entertainment also is notorious for their strategies and techniques for force selling the tickets. Some of my relatives were forced to buy tickets for last musical show they organized, at their home, which they was of no interest to them. They never attended the program. However, this time they bought the tickets for the charitable purpose. I wonder how RP will keep the artists and the organization in the dark.

Technical Difficulties: I do not think RP Entertainment should be blamed solely for technical difficulties. This is not what they want either. I do not think they thought of saving couple hundred bucks by not hiring a sound technician and put their reputation at risk. Things do go wrong !

At least they should be commended for their efforts of organizing the cultural events pertaining to Nepal.

I am amazed with Help Nepal for organizing tours of MaHa and now of Mukti and Revival.

Do those guys have regular job??