TikTok icon Miss Pabi’s demand high in music videos

By Renuka Dhakal,Kathmandu, June 8: Pabitra Shaki, widely known as Miss Pabi, has gained popularity as a TikTok star. Born in Dadeldhura, she has gained recognition for her captivating TikTok videos created in the distinctive Dotyali language. Her unique content enthrals viewers and leaves a lasting impression on them.

 Miss Pabi creates short videos ranging from 15 seconds to 3 minutes, entertaining her 10,000 followers in the Dotyali language, mostly spoken in the Sudurpachhim Province.  

The 23-year-old woman is now pursuing her bachelor's degree in Education at Shree Ugratara Higher Secondary School, Dadeldhura.

Upon completion of her higher secondary education, she went to New Delhi, India, to pursue a diploma course in fashion design and completed a 12-month course. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Miss Pabi started creating TikTok videos. They became hit quickly increasing her popularity.

With her popularity as a TikTok woman, she also started receiving offers to appear in music videos.

 Over the past six months, she appeared in more than 25 music videos, using her platform to entertain people while promoting the Dotyali language.

Initially, Miss Pabi focused on lip-syncing to songs and creating TikTok videos without incorporating the language of her native place.

However,  on April 14 last year, a significant shift occurred when she was returning home from a local festival, she made two 15-second TikTok videos in the enchanting Dotyali language. After arriving home, at 8 pm, she randomly posted them only to get surprised that over 200,000 people had watched it by 10 pm that night. Encouraged by the positive responses, her TikTok journey began in 2019.

Her success on TikTok has led to numerous opportunities in music videos, advertisements and promotions.

 She also actively supported Sagar Dhakal, a candidate for the House of Representatives from Dadeldhura during his election campaign. Dhakal was contesting the election with the then-sitting Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president  Sher Bahadur Deuba.  Now she has fans beyond Nepal, including Bhutan, Bangladesh, and India. 

While she receives offers for films, she prefers to focus on learning and perfecting her craft before venturing into the world of movies. Currently, she finds joy in music videos and TikTok.

While creating TikTok videos, Miss Pabi receives both positive and negative comments. “As a human being, negative comments do hurt me, but now I have been accustomed to dealing with them,” she said.  

Initially, she aspired to become a chef at a five-star hotel, but her mother discouraged her from pursuing that career. 

However, still she contemplates revisiting her dream of studying hotel management and becoming a chef at a five-star hotel. “But for now, my primary focus is pursuing my career as an artist,” she said.