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, named Coke Popstars, after its principal sponsors,

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and music channel

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Background

The four original members were

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, Jimmy Felix,

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and Vasudha Sharma. The band released two albums, self-titled debut album ''Aasma'' (2004) and a sophomore album, ''The Infinite'' (2005). Following the second album, they did not release any subsequent records. There has been no official report about the group's split and they have continued their musical careers as individual artists. Felix mentioned in an interview with ''

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'' that "All four of us are still part of the band Aasma and we are like family. We have not worked together in a long time now, but we have evolved individually as musicians." Haldipur explained in an October 2021 interview with ''

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'' that, "Two years down the line after Aasma was formed, we saw a fall in

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as a genre but we didn't stop working together. In fact, we worked till 2013 when we did a gig together. But by that time, a lot of people felt that we had disbanded."

Discography

* ''Aasma'' (2004) * ''The Infinite'' (2005) * ''Remix'' (2005)

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