Prithibi (

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: পৃথিবী) is a Bengali rock band officially formed in Kolkata, India in the year 2005. But its original formation goes back to 2001 at Ashutosh College. Presently the band consists of Kaushik (lead vocals, composer, lyricist), Deep (bass, backing vocals), Aniruddha (drums, percussions & backing vocal), Deepayan (keyboard, backing vocal), Debangshu (lead guitar) . Arunangshu (Rhythm Guitarist) left the band in 2024. The band became more popular with audiences when they stood first runner up in a competition, Band-E-Mataram held in Kolkata by a music channel,

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, record label Asha Audio and

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in 2005.

Genre

Their music has been a blend of various genres like

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, 80s glam rock,

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and Bengali rock along with modern poetical lyrics written and composed by Kaushik. However, after the major line up change in 2020, the band has shifted to

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music

History

In 2001, when three Ashutosh College students, Kaushik, Abhijit and Souvik joined to form a band, Prithibi was found. Before forming the band, three of them used to jam together at the canteen corner. Among them Kaushik was already a solo artiste and did many projects in and outside Kolkata. Meanwhile, he was also searching for a 'dologoto proyash' i.e. a band to create music. The band experienced a flurry of line-up changes until 2005, by which time a sort of permanency was attained –

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(vocals), Bubun (guitars), Prosanto (bass), Arnab (drums), Samarpan (guitars) and Amin (keyboards). 2005 was also the year when Prithibi stood first runner up in the competition 'Band-e-Mataram'. By the end of 2007 keyboardist Amin left the band for some of his personal reasons. And followed the exit of Samarpan in 2010. And Raja joined as the new guitarist. Their guitarist, Bubun, died on 17 November 2012. Later Sharad Diyali joined as the guitarist of the band.

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* {{Bengali Bands Bengali people Indian rock music groups Indian rock musicians Musical groups established in 2005