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euphoria
Euphoria
Origin	kolkata, India
Years active	70's–present
Genres	Hind-rock
Labels	HMV (saare-ga-maa-pa)
Members	Palash Sen, Debajyoti Bhaduri, Benjamine Pinto, Hitesh Madan, Ashwani, Rakesh, Prashant

Euphoria is one of the most famous and successful bands in India. Their different style helped them create an audience from themselves as an alternative to the dominant Indian film or classical music. Euphoria were among the first to bring rock culture to india. They mixed electric guitar with traditional instruments like the tabla, dholak and sitar to create mesemerising effects. The band lineup has often changed through the early nineties and attained stability after 1998. Until recently, when guitarist Gaurav Misra aka Gary parted ways with the band. It's been reported in the media that gary went off to settle in Australia. But nothing has diminished its charm over their fans, also known as Dhoomers. Recently, they have even inducted female members into the band mainly as backup vocalists. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Dhoomeupho. ... Image File history File links Dhoomeupho. ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Timeline and Samples Genres Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani) - Rock - Pop - Hip hop Awards Bollywood Music Awards - Punjabi Music Awards Charts Festivals Sangeet Natak Akademi – Thyagaraja Aradhana – Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Media Sruti, The Music Magazine National anthem Jana Gana Mana, also national song Vande Mataram Music of the states Andaman and... A typical set of Tabla. ... Diagram of some sitar parts. ...

Band members

• Debajyoti Bhaduri aka DJ, on bass guitar
• Benjamin Pinto aka Benny, on keyboard
• Hitesh Madan aka Rikki, on guitar
• Ashwani, on drums
• Rakesh on dholak
• Prashant, on tabla
• Palaash Sen aka Polly, lead vocalist .he is a doctor

The Dholak (sometimes dholaki) is a classical North Indian hand drum. ... A typical set of Tabla. ... Palaash Sen is the lead member of the Indian rock band Euphoria. ...

Discography

The band calls its music Hind rock, their first album is named Dhoom, followed by Phir Dhoom, Mantra (single) and EuphoriaGully - a Hindi word that means street. Their newest album is called "Mehfuz" and was released in 2006. They also have composed a song, Sona de ma, for a Bollywood film, called Shootout at Lokhandwala. First ever album by Euphoria released in 1998. ... Phir Dhoom is an album by Indian band Euphoria. ... Album No five for Euphoria. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Shootout at Lokhandwala is a 2007 Hindi feature film directed by Apoorva Lakhia. ...

Trivia

Palash Sen also acted in Bollywood movie Filhal directed by Meghna Gulzar. The movie also starred Tabu and Sushmita Sen. Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Tabu (born Tabassum Hashmi on November 4, 1970 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India) is an award-winning Indian actress who has acted in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and English films. ... Sushmita Sen (Shushmita Shen, Hindi, सुश्मिता सेन, Suśmitā Sen) was born on November 19, 1975 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. ...

Palash is a doctor by profession.

External links

• Official Euphoria Website
• Euphoria on Marathi Wikipedia
• Interview: Palash Sen at merinews