Dohar (band)

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Dohar
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Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, founder member of Dohar in one of their folk concerts.
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, founder member of Dohar in one of their folk concerts.
Background information
OriginKolkata, West Bengal. India
GenresBengali Folk Music
Years active07 August 1999-present
LabelsConcord Music, Sony Music, His Master's Voice, Orion Entertainment, Picasso Entertainment
Websitehttp://www.doharfolk.com/
MembersRajib Das (Team Leader), Rittik Guchait, Mrignabhi Chattopadhyay, Satyajit Sarkar, Niranjan Haldar, Amit Sur, Sudipto Chakraborty
Past membersKalika Prasad Bhattacharjee
Team DOHAR - a group of folk musicians
Team DOHAR - a group of folk musicians

Dohar (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. is an Indian folk music musical ensemble that specializes in the styles of greater Bengal as well as the North East India.[1][2] It is very popular in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and in Bangladesh.[3][4]

Dohar has popularised Bengali and Assamese folk music. They have played for various Bengali communities in India[5] and abroad.[6]

History[edit | edit source]

The group was co-founded by Rajib Das and Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya on 7 August 1999. Both the members came to Kolkata from Barak Valley of Assam. The name of the band 'Dohar' was given by Aveek Majumdar, Professor of Jadavpur University. Dohar means 'chorus'.[7] Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya and Rajib Das both were the lead singers and leader of Dohar. Bhattacharya died in a road accident near Gurap village in Hooghly district on 7 March 2017, aged 47.[8] 5 other members were also injured.[7] The remaining members of the band have continued singing under the leadership of Rajib Das.[9]

Members[edit | edit source]

Sources:[1][6]

Albums & Music CDs[edit | edit source]

Source:[11]

  • “Bandhur Deshey” by Concord Records India – 2001
  • “Banglar gaan Shikorer Taan” by Sony Music – 2002
  • “Rupsagare” by Saregama – 2004
  • “Bangla” by Saregama – 2006
  • “2007” by Saregama – 2007
  • “MATI’SWAR” by ORION ENTERTAINMENT – 2009
  • “MATIR KELLA” – Video Album, a Musical Documentary of Folk Music of Bengal by Saregama – 2011
  • “BAUL FOKIRER RABINDRANATH” by ORION ENTERTAINMENT – 2012
  • “SAHASRA DOTARA” by ORION ENTERTAINMENT – 2013
  • “UNISHER DAAK” – by PICASSO ENTERTAINMENT-2015[12]
  • “Rajib Das remembers Kalikaprasad” – by Rajib Das 2018[13]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dohar – A Group of Folk Musicians". doharfolk.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  2. ↑ "āĻĻā§‹āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨". BBC āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž. 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  3. ↑ "The Daily eSamakal". esamakal.net. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  4. ↑ Team, Samakal Online. "āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž 'āĻĻā§‹āĻšāĻžāĻ°' āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āĻ°". āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  5. ↑ "Sway to the beats of folk tunes". The Times of India. 26 February 2017.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Bangla folk band Dohar to perform in Dubai on May 29". 26 May 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "āĻŽāĻžāĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻž āĻ°ā§‡āĻ–ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ āĻļā§‹āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻ". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  8. ↑ "āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ āĻĻā§‹āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻ". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  9. ↑ "āĻœā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ 'āĻĻā§‹āĻšāĻžāĻ°', āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻž". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  10. ↑ "RAJIB DAS DOHAR · ANNEX TO LOKNATH ASHRAM, 2/15 KHUDIRAM BOSE SARANI, MALL ROAD CHALACHAL APARTMENT, North Dumdum, West Bengal 700080, India".
  11. ↑ "Achievements – Dohar". doharfolk.com. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  12. ↑ "āĻļā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  13. ↑ "āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻž, āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ“āĻĒāĻ° āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ°āĻžāĻ— āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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