Dalchhut is a Bangladeshi pop rock band formed by

Bappa Mazumder Shubhashish Mazumder Bappa (born 5 February 1972), commonly known as Bappa Mazumder, is a Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and national film award winner composer. He is the lead singer of the rock band Dalchhut. Bappa is famous for his Bengali ro ...

and

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in November 1996 in

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Formation

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Sanjeeb Chowdhury , birth_date = , birth_place = Baniachang, Habiganj, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) , death_date = , death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh , nationality = Bangladeshi , education = MSC , alma_mater ...

first met each other at a local market in Dhaka in 1993. Bappa and Sanjeeb began to work together when Bappa asked Shanjib to work on his

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. Sanjeeb wrote a number of songs including “Rani Ghumay”, “Chokkhu Khule Dekho” and “Hattimatimtim” for Bappa's inaugural solo album. They worked together in the Aashok Karmokar photo exhibition '' 'Kalratri' '', which impressed the audiences and encouraged the duo to form a band. Sanjeeb proposed Bappa to form a musical group. Bappa agreed and Sanjeeb named the Band ''Dalchhut'' As a result, Dalchhut was formed in November 1996. The initial line up only included Bappa and Sanjeeb. Drummer Rumi Introduced bass guitarist & singer Sumon from Aurthohinto the band,who helped them in the early stages of the band. The band Dalchhut took a new look with Rumi Rahman (Drummer Rumi) on Drums and Ratul on bass along with the album of 'Akashchuri' made a real difference.

History

In 1997, Dalchhut released their first

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, titled '' 'Ah' ''. The album failed to catch the eyes of the audience, but the band began to gain public interest and fame when a

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of the song 'Rangila' was shown on

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. In regards to the first album, Sanjeeb said that "The weird thing is our first album became a hit after eight months". In 2000, Dalchhut's second album, '' 'Hridoypur' '' was released, did not take long to become a hit. With this album release, the band saw their popularity grow. In 2002, Dalchhut released a third album titled '' 'Aakaashchuri' '', which also enjoyed popular ratings.it had 11 songs in first edition. in 2003 it was relished again with "Bioscope" song. Dalchhut started shining with a new look with Rumi Rahman (Drummer Rumi) on Drums and Ratul on bass along with the album of 'Akashchuri',bwhich made a real difference in sound. After third album in 2002, Bappa became more busy as his popularity was increasing and at the same time Sanjeeb Chowdhury had been busy with journalism. They started working for Dalchhut's 4th album ''Jochhnabihar'' released in 2007 and was an instant hit. This is the most extraordinary album in Dalchhut History. After the untimely death of Sanjeeb Chowdhury at 2007, Dalchhut released a single tracked album named "Tukro Kotha". The song was made out of one of Sanjeeb Chowdhury's poems. Kingbodonti, a musical tribute to

, by Dalchhut and

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. It was released on 25 December. It features the last song recorded by Choudhury. Dalchhut's latest album, the 6th one of the band, is ''Aay Amontron'', released at 25 December 2010, the 47th birthday of Sanjeeb Chowdhury. With a ceremony named 'Sanjeeb Utshob' the band, with some other fellow musicians, celebrated the birthday of their loving "Sanjeeb'da" and released the new contribution. This new album contains 11 tracks, one of which, the 11th track-'Notojanu' wrote by Sanjeeb Chowdhury himself. In this album they also covered the popular patriotic song "Teerhara Ei Dheuer Shagor" by Famous Singer and Lyricist

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. The album was another hit. In 2019, Dalchhut released their single titled Mon Dabaru.

Discography

* ''Ah'' (1997) * ''Hridoypur'' (2000) * ''Aakaashchuri'' (2002) * ''Jochhnabihar'' (2007) * ''Tukro Kotha'' (2008) * ''Aay Amontron'' (2010) * ''Sanjeeb'' (2021)

Singles

* ''Mon Dabaru'' (2019)

Mixed

* ''Kingbodonti'' (2008)

Members

Present members *

–

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* Shahan Kabondho – band manager * Wahidur Rahman Masum –

* Sohel Aziz – keyboards * John Sutton Munshi –

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* Sheikh Imran Ahmed Dano –

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Past members *

(died 2007) –

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* Hossain Towhidur Rahman Rumi –

* Raquibun Nabi Ratul –

* Koshrose Mohit Rose –

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* Shamim Alam Bulet – keyboards * Naimul Hasan Tanim –