Nalapanima is a musical play (Geeti Natak)[1] about the patriotism of a Nepalese soldier during the Battle of Nalapani in 1814 in the Anglo-Nepalese War,[2] fought under the command of Balbhadra Kunwar.
Lyrics were written by Bala Krishna ‘Sama’ and music composed by Shiva Shankar.
A wounded Nepalese soldier sought help from the British camp.
After few years the drama was re-edited by Deepak Jangam and staged again.
[3] The album also contains some duet songs sung by Narayan Gopal and his mentor Manik Ratna.