The magazine, ‘Swornim’, discontinued after a few episodes, but even during his short stint there, he had found his calling. Pandey branched out to feature filmmaking and even worked in two movies ‘Seemana’ and ‘Pratikshya’. However, he decided to end his budding filmmaking career as he was unhappy with the way the industry functioned.
Following a brief hiatus, Pandey returned behind the camera when Image Channel hired him to make a film-based program. Besides shooting the TV show, he also started working in music videos. The first music video Pandey shot was for the song ‘Maryo ni Maryo’ by the rock band Cobweb. He would go on to make more than 1,500 music videos. In between, he also took on the camera duty for some films including ‘Kagbeni’ in 2008. The film directed by Bhusan Dahal was the first in South Asia to be shot digitally. Dahal remembers Pandey as a highly professional cinematographer who always kept himself busy. The two worked in Kantipur TV for over many years. Pandey’s colleagues used to refer to him as ‘Baa’ as a sign of veneration for the veteran videographer. ‘Swor’, ‘Bhuimanche’, and ‘Jung Bahadur ko Coat’ are among other films that Pandey worked in as a cinematographer, but he is best known for his prolific music-video making career. Most recently, he was working for Galaxy 4K TV. Pandey was rushed to the Gangalal Hospital in Kathmandu after complaining of discomfort on the right side of his body on the morning of August 14. He had suffered a cardiac arrest and died in the course of treatment, just four days shy of his 54th birthday. He is survived by his wife and their son. Birth: 14 August 1968, Kathmandu Death: 10 August 2022, Kathmandu
