A Chandrabindoo logo depicting Juju, a bogey

Chandrabindoo (Bengali: চন্দ্রবিন্দু) (often spelled Chandrabindu), based in Kolkata, is a bangla band. Their name refers both to the last character in the Bengali alphabet and to a dialogue (very famous among Bengalis) from the nonsense work HaJaBaRaLa by Sukumar Ray. Image File history File links Chandrabindoo. ... Image File history File links Chandrabindoo. ... Bengali or Bangla (IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit languages. ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ... A Bangla band is any (modern) musical band that performs solely or mainly in the Bengali language and which uses Western principles of music. ... The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between India and Bangladesh) on the Indian subcontinent with a history dating back four millennia. ... HaJaBaRaLa is a fiction by Sukumar Ray. ... A well-known photo of Sukumar Ray Sukumar Ray (Bangla:সুকুমার রায়) (1887-1923) was a Bengali nonsense poet, story writer and playwright. ...

The band is known for Chandril's satirical, colloquial lyrics, full of references to current affairs and cultural phenomena. They also sing other types of song, written by Anindyo and Upal.

Band members

• Shurojit — guitar
• Rajshekhar — percussion
• Chandril — lyricist
• Anindyo — lyricist/lead vocals
• Aroop — bass guitar
• Upal — lyricist/lead vocals

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Former members

• Pritam

• Arindam

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Discography

• Ar Jani Na (1997)
• Gadha (1998)
• Twaker Jatna Nin (1999)
• Chaw (2001)
• Daknam (2002)
• Juju (2003)
• Chandrabindaas (compilation, 2005)
• Ebhabeo Phire Asha Jai (re-working of Ar Jani Na, 2005)
• HulaBila (2005)

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See also

• Mohiner Ghoraguli
• Music of West Bengal

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External links

• Chandrabindoo.com (official website)
• Singing the nonsense verse, a Times of India article on the band
• Of Moon and More, an article on the band in The Hindu