Chandrabindoo | |
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 Chandrabindoo, left to right: Arup, Saurabh, Upal, Rajshekhar, Anindya, Sibu, Surojit in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Genres | Band Music, Bengali rock |
| Years active | 1998âpresent |
| Labels | Sa Re Ga Ma, Times Music, Universal Music Group, Sagarika |
| Members | Upal Anindya Chandril Arup Surojit Rajshekhar Sibu Sourabh Tirthankar |
| Past members | Dron Acharya Pritam |
Chandrabindoo (often spelled Chandrabindu), based in Kolkata, is a Bengali band known for satirical, colloquial lyrics, with references to current affairs and cultural phenomena.
The band is chiefly popular in the Indian city of Kolkata, and in cities like Delhi and Mumbai that have a large expatriate Bengali population.
Name Origin[edit | edit source]
The band shares its name with the last letter (technically a modifier) of the Bengali alphabet, âĖ. The name is a reference to a piece of dialogue from Sukumar Ray's āĻšāĻ¯āĻŦāĻ°āĻ˛ HaJaBaRaLa, a well-known work of literary nonsense in Bengali.
āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛, âāĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°, āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤â āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, âāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨?â
āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž âāĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻž?â āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§âāĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻāĻŽ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ˛, āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻĨāĻ¤āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, âāĻ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ-āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤â
āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛, âāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻ āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§â āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ, āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻļ, āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžâ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻļāĻŽāĻžāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻ¨, āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¤ā§?â
The cat said "You can call me a cat, or a handkerchief, or even a chandrabindoo". "Why a chandrabindoo?" I asked.
"Can't you tell?" said the cat, winking and sniggering in a most irritating way. I was taken aback. Perhaps I ought to have known about the chandrabindoo, I thought. "Ah!" I said quickly. "I understand".
"Of course you do,"said the Cat, pleased. "âchaâ for chandrabindoo, âshaâ for birÄl (cat), and âmÄâ for rumÄl (handkerchief) - that spells âchashmaâ(spectacles) Simple, isn't it?"
Early days[edit | edit source]
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The band faced many problems during the production of their first album Aar Jani Na, having to produce their demo with the help of an out-of-date sound mixer. It was released in 1998, and got a lukewarm response. However, they came to the attention of Gautam Chattopadhyay of Mohiner Ghoraguli, and he recommended them to Asha Audio, who released their second album Gadha. The first public live show of Chandrabindoo was held in Gyan Manch near Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata.
Band members[edit | edit source]
- Upal Sengupta â singer/ music composer/ lead vocal
- Anindya Chatterjee â singer/ music composer/ lead vocal
- Chandril Bhattacharya â lyricist/music composer/ vocal
- Arup Podder â bassist
- Surojit Mukherjee â guitarist/ arranger
- Rajshekhar Kundu â drummer
- Sibabrata Biswas aka Sibu â keyboardist
- Sourabh â percussionist
and Tirthankar as sound engineer.
Former members[edit | edit source]
Chandrabindoo's former members include Subrato Lodh, Subrato Ghosh, Sukhendu, Subhendu, Debapriyo, Tennie, Lintu, Santanu, Arindam, Pritam,[1] Dron Acharya, Riju, Kallol, Rajesh, Riddhi, Chandan, Papa, Jisshu Sengupta,[2] Neepabeethi Ghosh, Lopamudra Mitra.
Discography[edit | edit source]
Studio Albums
- Aar Jani Na (Bengali: āĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, Lit: Don't Know Any More) (1997), T-Series
- Gadha (Bengali: āĻāĻžāĻ§āĻž, Lit: Donkey) (1998), Asha Audio
- Twaker Jatna Nin (Bengali: āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨, Lit: Take Care Of Your Skin) (1999), Asha Audio
- Chaw (Bengali: āĻ, Lit: Let's Go) (2001), Asha Audio
- Daknam (Bengali: āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ, Lit: Nickname) (2002), Sony BMG
- Juju (Bengali: āĻā§āĻā§, Lit: The Bugbear) (2003), Sony Music
- Hulabila (Bengali: āĻšā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž, Lit: Hullabaloo) (2005), Sagarika
- U/A (Bengali: āĻāĻ/āĻ, Lit: U/A) (2008), BIG Music
- Noy (Bengali: āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ, Lit: Nine) (2012), Kaleidoscope
Compilation Albums
- Chandrabindaas (Bengali: āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¸, Lit: Chandrabindoo is Bindaas) (2005)
- Ebhabeo Phire Asha Jae (Bengali: āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, Lit: Even that's a Comeback) (2005)
- Bachhai 11 (Bengali: āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ ā§§ā§§, Lit: Selected 11) (2006)
- Sera Chandrabindoo (Bengali: āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§, Lit: Best Of Chandrabindoo) (2008)
Filmography[edit | edit source]
| Year | Film | Directed By | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Box No. 1313 | Aniruddha Bhattacharya | as Music Director |
| 2009 | Cross Connection | Abhijit Guha, Sudeshna Ray | as Lyricists |
| 2009 | Brake Fail | Kaushik Ganguly | as Playback Singers |
| 2009 | Antaheen | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Anindya and Chandril as Lyricist together, They won 56th National Film Awards for National Film Award for Best Lyrics[3] in 2010 for it[4][5] |
| 2010 | Jodi Ekdin | Riingo Banerjee | Anindya and Chandril as lyricists together, Upal and Anindya made a video appearance for a song (Playback Singers) |
| 2010 | Ekti Tarar Khonje | Abhik Mukhopadhyay | as Lyricists |
| 2010 | 033 | Birsa Dasgupta | as Music Director |
| 2010 | Natobar Not Out | Amit Sen | Playback Singers; Upal and Anindya made a video appearance for a song |
| 2011 | Jiyo Kaka | Parambrata Chatterjee | as Music Director |
| 2011 | Icche | Nandita Roy/ Shiboprasad Mukhopadhyay | Anindya as a Playback Singer |
| 2011 | Rang Milanti | Kaushik Ganguly | as Music Director, lyricist, Voice Artist |
| 2011 | Gosainbaganer Bhoot | Nitish Roy | as Music Director and Playback Singer(s) |
| 2012 | Aparajita Tumi | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Anindya and Chandril as Lyricist |
Other work[edit | edit source]
They made their first international tour in July 2015, when they performed in London in aid of the Kolkata-based Child In Need Institute (CINI). Chandrabindoo is the official brand ambassador for CINI ASHA.[6]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- â Pritam answers FAQs, an interview of Pritam by Anurag Basu in his talk show Ke Hobe Biggest Fan on Zee Bangla
- â Chandrabindoo answers FAQs, an interview of Chandrabindoo by Anurag Basu in his talk show Ke Hobe Biggest Fan on Zee Bangla
- â "Writings on the wall" a published in Times of India on 5 July 2010, Tollywood's reaction on the national awards in lyrics
- â Anindya's reaction after winning National Award, an interview of Anindya by R-Plus
- â Chandril's reaction after winning National Award, an interview of Anindya by R-Plus
- â Chandrabindoo: Kaleidoscope Archived 21 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine kicpl.in. Retrieved 21 August 2013
External links[edit | edit source]
- chandrabindoo.in (official website of Chandrabindoo)
- twitter.com/chandrabindaas (Official Twitter page)
- youtube.com/user/chandrabindooband (Official YouTube channel)
- Singing the nonsense verse, a Times of India article on the band
- Of Moon and More, an article on the band in The Hindu
- Chandrabindoo answers FAQs, an interview of Chandrabindoo by Anurag Basu in his talk show Ke Hobe Biggest Fan on Zee Bangla
- Listen to all Chandrabindoo Songs
- Chandrabindoo to perform in aid of the Child In Need Institute an article on CINI UK website
- Chandrabindoo's new music video featuring Vidya Balan named Jani Na from the forthcoming album E-arki