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Kohal 2011 Performances

2011-11-06T05:32:00.001-08:00

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Some snaps from 2011 Durpa Puja performance

2011-11-05T23:46:00.000-07:00

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INET 2011 Bangalore: Audio Recording (Very Bad Quality)

2011-11-05T23:35:00.000-07:00

Kohal performing at the INET Bangalore, organized by the Internet Society, 4th November, 2011 @ Taj Vivanta, MG Road.

Live Streaming of the entire program.

Watch live streaming video from internetsocietychapters at livestream.com

Our 4th performance in 2011

2011-11-03T07:36:00.000-07:00

This year, out fifth year in Bangalore, has been quite exciting. We're invited to perform at the INET Bangalore, at Taj Vivanta, MG Road, on 4th November.

Songs:

Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jayein - Anandaroop
Bar Bar Dekho - Anandaroop
Yeh Chand Sa Roshan Chehra - Anandaroop
Iktara - Ranjita
Yeh Mera Dil - Ranjita
Sach Mere Yaar Hai - Sudipto
2 Western numbers - Pinky
DK Bose - Shankar
Buffer - what? Anup da was saying we may be requested to do some more numbers. Let's have some plan for this. I'm sure when we'd be requested we've to do really fast numbers. Shankar - why don't you keep something ready for this?

Dress: White top, any anything (as long as something) below - shorts and minis may be avoided.

2011 Recording (Performance @ Sarathi, 3rd October)

2011-10-03T12:54:00.000-07:00

http://www.4shared.com/playlist/je0uUL0z/Kohal-2011__Sarathi_.html

Songs from Tapas-da's 25th Anniversary Party

2011-08-20T23:54:00.000-07:00

2011 Songs!!

2011-07-28T23:00:00.000-07:00

Guys,

First of all let me introduce the two new members this year: Tolpadi in guitars and Rumki in vocals (You can call her Room Key also, in case you forget her name!! :))

This year is out 5th year in Bangalore and we'd like to recycle some of our old songs from previous years. These are the songs that we think will come out well - we did each of these songs today:

Janeman Janeman - This one was our favorite long long time back. We did it last time in 96 in college and I don't know why we never tried this in Bangalore. So we'd be trying this after 15 years!! Rumki & Anandaroop (Salil)
Hawa Ke Sath Sath - Rumki & someone in male vocals. I'll get one person next time and he should be able to take up some songs. We're doing this for the first time and it's coming quite well (RD)
Kali Palak Piya Gori - Roopa & Anup, wonderful selection by Anup da. (RD)
Sham Hai - Rumki & Ranjita, from Don, we did in 2007. (Shankar Ehsan Loy)
Yeh Mera Dil - Ranjita (Kalyanji Anandji)
It's Rocking - Rumki & Ranjita, again a repeat from 2007 (Pritam)
Sajna Ve - Rumki, repeat from 2007 (Sandesh Sandilya)
Kaisi Pehli - Rumki, repeat from 2007 (Shantanu Moitra)
Chor Bazari - new one, Anandaroop & Rumki (Pritam)
Aap Jaisa Koi - Ranjita, a new one this time (Biddu)
Lag Ja Gale - Roopa, new one this time (Madan Mohan)
Suno Sajna - Roopa, (Lakshmikant Pyarelal)
Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jayein - Andaroop, our favorite from college days, but we never tried in Bangalore (Salil)
Hoyto Tomari Jonyo, Bengali, Anandaroop
Tomar Patho Pane Chahi or some other Bengali, Anandaroop
Sach Mere Yaar Hain - Instrumental (RD)
Sanorita - Rumki & Ranjita will try this one.
As usual we'll have an invocation base on a Tagore's composition. This year is Tagore's 150th birth anniversary. We'll insert some instrumental in between based on Tagore songs.
We'll also have a regional pick, either Tamil or Kannada.

Snaps & Video: 2010

2010-11-03T21:36:00.000-07:00

Autograph

2010-10-19T11:31:00.000-07:00

Autograph, the movie for which Priyam had assisted in music composition, has released last week. It's running in PVR, Forum, daily one show at 7pm. I've seen the movie today, it's a wonderful movie. People who have seen it in Calcutta have said that it's getting very good response there - almost all the ratings in media are excellent. And as expected the songs are awesome.

Check this site for more details on the songs.

http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/91089710-autograph-2010-bengali-movie-full-audio-songs-mp3-download-released-soundtrack-ost-

Listen to the songs here:

http://www.mytunebd.com/blog/bangla-mp3-song/autograph-kolkata-movie-song/

Priyam and Saptarshi have sung two songs in the movie and Saptarshi has even appeared in the movie in a small role.

Please go and watch the movie - it has subtitles and hence non Bongs won't have any problem.

Audio Recording of Kohal 2010

2010-10-14T13:09:00.001-07:00

Playlist

Order of songs for 2010

2010-10-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

Invocation

Regional Pick

Dil Hai Chhota Sa
Ninnindale
Chanda Re

Prithu's Piano

Remembering Rafi

Aap Ke Haseen Rukh
Bar Bar Dekho
Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche

Instrumental

Misc.

Iktara
Subhanalla
Do Labzon Ki
Lakhon Hai Yahan Dilwale
Kajra Mohabbat Wala
Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo

Kohal performs in Sammad 2010

2010-10-09T01:11:00.001-07:00

Kohal 2010 - Lyrics

2010-10-06T03:13:00.002-07:00

aajakal tere mere pyaar ke charche

(aajakal tere mere pyaar ke charche har zabaan par
sabako maalUm hai aur sabako khabar ho gaI ) - 2

(hamane to pyaar me.n aisaa kaam kar liyaa
pyaar kii raah me.n apanaa naam kar liyaa ) - 2
pyaar kii raah me.n apanaa naam kar liyaa
aajakal ...

(do badan ek din ek jaan ho gae
ma.nzile.n ek huii.n hamasafar ban gae ) - 2
ma.nzile.n ek huii.n hamasafar ban gae
aajakal ...

(kyo.n bhalaa ham Dare.n dil ke maalik hai.n ham
har janam me.n tujhe apanaa maanaa sanam ) - 2
har janam me.n tujhe apanaa maanaa sanam
aajakal ...

meraa naam chin-chin-chuu

meraa naam chin-chin-chuu
chin-chin-chuu baabaa chin-chin-chuu
raat chaa.Ndanii mai.n aur tuu
##hello, mister, how do you do?##

baabuujii mai.n chiin se aaii chiinii jaisaa dil laaii
si.ngaapur kaa yauvan meraa shaa.Nghaaii kii a.Nga.Daaii
dil par rakh le haath zaraa, ho jaae na paagal tuu
meraa naam chin-chin-chuu

o baabuujii mai.n aur aap, kitanaa achchhaa huaa milaap
tujhako dekh tabiiyat bha.Dakii, alaadiin kii mai.n huu.N la.Dakii
phuu.Nk duu.N ma.ntar chhuu chuu chuu, si.ndabaad ##the sailor## tuu
meraa naam chin-chin-chuu

baar baar dekho, hazaar baar dekho

baar baar dekho, hazaar baar dekho
ke dekhane kii chiiz hai, hamaaraa dilarubaa, Taalii ho
Taalii ho, Taalii ho

(haa.N jii haa.N, aur bhii ho.nge diladaar yahaa.N
laakho.n dilo.n kii bahaar yahaa.N
par ye baat kahaa.N ) - 2
ye bemisaal husn, laajavaab ye aadaa, Taalii ho
Taalii ho, Taalii ho

(dil milaa, ek jaan-e-mahafil milaa
yaa chiraaG-e-ma.nzil milaa
ye na puuchho ke kahaa.N ) - 2
nayaa nayaa ye aashiqii kaa raaz hai merA, Taalii ho
Taalii ho, Taalii ho

(balle balle, uThake misTar kyo.n chale
pyaar pe mere kaho kyo.n jale
baiTh bhii jaao meharabaa.N ) - 2
duaa karo mile tumhe.n bhii aisaa dilarubaa, Taalii ho
Taalii ho, Taalii ho

aapake hasiin ruK pe aaj nayaa nuur hai

aapake hasiin ruK pe aaj nayaa nuur hai
meraa dil machal gayaa to meraa kyaa qusuur hai
aap kii nigaah ne kahaa to kuchh zuruur hai
meraa dil machal gayaa to meraa kyaa qusuur hai

khulii laTo.n kii chhaa.Nv me.n khilaa-khilaa saa ruup hai
ghaTaa pe jaise chhaa rahii subah-subah kii dhuup hai
jidhar nazar mu.Dii udhar suruur hii suruur hai
meraa dil ...

jhukii-jhukii nigaah me.n bhii hai.n balaa kii shoKiyaa.N
dabii-dabii ha.nsii me.n bhii ta.Dap rahii hai.n bijaliyaa.N
shabaab aap kaa nashe me.n Kud hii chuur-chuur hai
meraa dil ...

jahaa.N-jahaa.N pa.De kadam vahaa.N fizaa.n badal ga_ii
ki jaise sar-basar bahaar aap hii me.n Dhal ga_ii
kisii me.n ye kashish kahaa.N jo aap me.n huzuur hai
meraa dil ...

kajaraa muhabbat vaalaa

kajaraa muhabbat vaalaa, a.Nkhiyo.n me.n aisaa Daalaa
kajare ne le lii merii jaan
haay re mai.n tere qurabaan
duniyaa hai mere pIchhe, lekin mai.n tere pIchhe
apanaa banaa le merii jaan,
haay re ...

aaI ho kahaa.N se gorii aa.Nkho.n me.n pyaar le ke
cha.Dhatii javaanii kii ye pahalii phuhaar le ke
dillii shahar kaa saaraa miinaa baazaar le ke
jhumakaa barelii vaalaa kaano.n me.n aisaa Daalaa
jhumake ne le lii merii jaan, haay re ...

moTar naa ba.ngalaa maa.Nguu.N jhumakaa naa haar maa.NgU.N
dil ko chalaane vaale dil kaa qaraar maa.Nguu.N
sa_iyaa.n bedardii mere tho.Daa saa pyaar maa.Nguu.N
kismat banaa de merii apanaa banaa le merii
kar le sagaaii merii jaan, haay re ...

jab se hai dekhaa tujhako ho gae gulaam tere
apanaa banaa le gorii aae.nge kaam tere
apanaa ye jiivan saaraa likh de.nge naam tere
kurtaa ye jaalii vaalaa usapar motiyan kii maalaa
kurte ne le lii merii jaan, haay re ...

laakho.n hai yahaa.N dila vaale

laakho.n hai yahaa.N dila vaale, aur pyaar nahii.n milataa
aa.Nkho.n me.n kisii kii vafaa kaa, iqaraar nahii.n milataa

mahafil mahafil jaa dekhaa, har dil me.n samaa kar dekhaa
har saaz pe gaa kar dekhaa
dil ko kahii.n chain naa milaa - 2
mai.n to duniyaa me.n pyaare akelaa hii rahaa
laakho.n hai yahaa.N ...

is dil ko kahaa.N le jaae.n, kuchh aap agar faramaae.n
to aap ke ham ho jaae.n
kah do hame.n ha.nsake zaraa - 2
ajii jo kuchh bhii dil ne tumhaare hai kahaa
laakho.n hai yahaa.N ...

do lafzo.n kii

do lafzo.n kii hai, dil kii kahaanii
yaa hai mohabbat, yaa hai javaanii

dil kii baato.n kaa matalab na puuchho
kuchh aur hamase bas ab na puuchho
jisake liye hai, duniyaa diivaanii
yaa hai mohabbat, yaa hai hai javaanii

is zi.ndagii ke, din kitane kam hai
kitane hai Kushiyaa.N, aur kitane Gam hai.n
lag jaa gale se, rut hai suhaanii
yaa hai mohabbat, yaa hai javaanii

ye kashtii vaalaa, kyaa gaa rahaa hai
koii ise bhii, yaad aa rahaa hai
jisake liye hai, duniyaa diivaanii
yaa hai mohabbat, yaa hai javaanii

do lafzo.n kii hai, dil kii kahaanii
yaa hai mohabbat, yaa hai javaanii

Iktara

O re manwa tu to bawra hai
Tu hi jaane tu kya sochta hai
Tu hi jaane tu kya sochta hai
Baware

Kyun dikhaye sapne tu sote jaagte
Jo barsein sapne boond boond
Nainon ko moond moond
Nainon ko moond moond
Jo barsein sapne boond boond
Nainon ko moond moond

Kaise main chaloon
Dekh na sakoon
Anjaane raaste

Goonja sa hai koi ektara iktara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara iktara
Lyricsmasti.com
Goonja sa hai koi ektara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara iktara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara iktara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara

Sun rahi hoon sudhbudh kho ke
Koi main kahani
Puri kahani hai kya kisi hai pata
Main to kisiki ho ke yeh bhi na jaani
Ruth hai yeh do pal ki ya rahegi sada
Kise hai pata
kise hai pata
Lyricsmasti.com

Jo barsein sapne boond boond
Nainon ko moond moond
Nainon ko moond moond
Jo barsein sapne boond boond
Nainon ko moond moond

Kaise main chaloon
Dekh na sakoon
Anjaane raaste

Goonja sa hai koi ektara iktara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara iktara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara iktara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara iktara
Goonja sa hai koi ektara

chaand sifarish jo karta hamari

hmm hmm hmm hmmm la la la
hey hey hey hey ah ha
subhaan allaah subhaan allah subhaan allah
subhaan allaah subhaan allah subhaan allah
valle valle
valle valle
valle valle
chaand sifarish jo karta hamari deta woh tumko bata
sharm-o-haya pe parde gira ke karni hain hamko khata
zidd hain ab toh hain khud ko mitana hona hain tujhmein fanaa
chaand sifarish jo karta hamari deta woh tumko bata
sharm-o-haya pe parde gira ke karni hain hamko khata

valle valle
valle valle
teri adaa bhi hain jhonke wali chhu ke gujar jaane de
teri lachak hain ke jaise daali dil mein utar jaane de
aaja baahon mein karke bahana hona hain tujhmein fanaa
chaand sifarish jo karta hamari deta woh tumko bata
sharm-o-haya pe parde gira ke karni hain hamko khata

subhaan allaah subhaan allah subhaan allah
subhaan allaah subhaan allah subhaan allah
hain jo iraaden bata doon tumko sharma hi jaaogi tum
dhadakanen jo suna doon tumko ghabraa hi jaaogi tum
hamko aata nahi hain chhupana hona hain tujhmein fanaa
chaand sifarish jo karta hamari deta woh tumko bata
sharm-o-haya pe parde gira ke karni hain hamko khata
zidd hain ab toh hain khud ko mitana hona hain tujhmein fana

Songs for this year

2010-10-05T22:09:00.000-07:00

Aguner Parashmani: Invocation, in all the past few years we've always started the show with a Tagore song.
Iktara (Ranjita) – G: Wonderful song from Wake Up Sid and composed excellently by National Award winner Amit Trivedi
Aap Ki Haseen Rukh (Anandaroop) – G: No doubt one of Rafi's best and O P Nayyar's gem
Dil Hai Chota Sa (Roopa) – D: Our signature that we've been doing ever since Rahman has composed it sometime in 1992. We'll do the Tamil version of the song
Chanda Re (Roopa & Karthik) – D: Another Rahman number
Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyaar Ke Charche (Anandaroop & Roopa) – G: A typical Shammi Kapoor, Rafi, Shankar Jaikishan combination
Ninnindale (Karthik) – D: Regional pick, one of the most popular Kannada songs off late
Bar Bar Dekho (Anandaroop)– G: Again another Shammi + Rafi combination
Do lafzon Ki (Ranjita)– A: Asha/RD number, we can't have any show without them
Kajra Mohabbatwala (Roopa & Ranjita)– F: A well tested number, we'd done it few years back - one of the nest female duets ever made in Hindi.
Lakhon Hai Dilwale (Anandaroop)– G: Though not a Rafi number, still it's very Rafish. We've tried to keep many Rafi numbers this time because this is Rafi's 30th death anniversary
Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu (Ranjita)- B Flat: Needs no introduction, one of best songs of Geeta Dutt
O Sajna (Instrumental): We rarely do a show without any Salil number.
Subhanalla (Anoop): One of Jatin-Lalit's last compositions and no doubt a terrific one.

Kohal 2010 Practice @ Anandaroop's place - Video

2010-10-04T19:31:00.000-07:00

Kohal 2010 Practice

2010-10-04T09:11:00.000-07:00

Final List of songs

2010-08-26T10:46:00.001-07:00

Hi guys,

Here is the final list of the songs:

Anandaroop Solo

Bar Bar Dekho (China Town, Ravi, Rafi)

Aap Ke Haseen Rukh (Baharein Phir Bhi Aayengi, O P Nayyar, Rafi)

Ranjita Solo

Do Labzon Ki (Great Gambler, RD, Asha)

Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo (Howrah Bridge, O P Nayyar, Geeta)

Iktara (Wake Up Sid, Amit Twivedi, Kavita Seth)

Anandaroop & Ranjita Duet

Pherari Mon (Antaheen, Shantanu Moitra, Shreya + Babul Supriyo)

Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyaar Ke Charche (Brahmachari, Shankar Jaikishan, Rafi + Suman Kalyanpur)

Roopa

Dil Hai Chhota Sa - Tamil (Roja, Rahman, Minmini)

Karthik

Mungaru Male (Mungaru Male, Mano Murthu, Sonu Nigam)

Instrumental

O Sajnaa, Barkha Bahar Aayi (Parakh, Salil, Lata)

Invocation: Rabindrasangeet

Thanks & Regards,
Sudipto Das

+91-9886067137
http://www.mirafra.com

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http://www.sudiptodas.com

Tentative song list for the October Show

2010-08-26T02:18:00.001-07:00

Guys,

Let me welcome Anisha, the newest member in our team. She plays Classical
Piano.

Here is the tentative song list
Goopi
Bar bar Dekho:
http://bollango.com/cgi-bin/akf_song.tcl?action=show&mode=normal&song_id=3970

aap Ki Haseen Rukh:
http://bollango.com/cgi-bin/akf_song.tcl?action=show&mode=normal&song_id=2402

Aaj Kal tere mere pyar ke charche (duet with either Bhags or Roopa):
http://bollango.com/cgi-bin/akf_song.tcl?action=show&mode=normal&song_id=4284

Ferari Mon (Bengali, duet with Bhags):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0HKP_PNAag

Bhags
Iktara:
http://bollango.com/cgi-bin/akf_song.tcl?action=show&mode=normal&song_id=22910

Do labzon ki:
http://bollango.com/cgi-bin/akf_song.tcl?action=show&mode=normal&song_id=5057

One Sunidhi Chauhan number

Instru
O Sajna:
http://bollango.com/cgi-bin/akf_song.tcl?action=show&mode=normal&song_id=141

Roopa
Dil hai chhota sa (Tamil version):
http://bollango.com/cgi-bin/akf_song.tcl?action=show&mode=normal&song_id=20583

Karthik
One popular Kannada number of Sonu Nigam like Mungaru Male

Thanks & Regards,
Sudipto

+91-9886067137,
http://www.mirafra.com

Kohal will perform at Koramangala on 15th October

2010-07-26T21:33:00.001-07:00

Kohal's first performance in 2010 would be at Koramangala on 15th October, Friday. We haven't yet decided the songs and the theme. But as usual we'd do something that no one else would dare to do. Let's see!!

Sudipto performing for Kohal

2010-03-25T23:40:00.000-07:00

Audio & Video of Kohal's performance in 2007

2010-03-25T11:24:00.000-07:00

Video of Kohal's performance in 2007

Audio of Kohal's performance in 2007

Audio & Video of Kohal's performance in 2008

2010-03-25T11:18:00.000-07:00

Audio of Kohal's performance in 2008

Video of Kohal's performance in 2008

Video & Audio of Kohal's performance on Rabindra Jayanti @ Koramangala, Bangalore

2010-03-25T11:05:00.000-07:00

Video of Kohal's performance on Rabindra Jayanti @ Koramangala, Bangalore

Audio of Kohal's performance on Rabindra Jayanti @ Koramangala, Bangalore

Audio & Video of Kohal's performance in 2009, September @ Koramangala, Bangalore

2010-03-25T10:57:00.000-07:00

Audio of Kohal's performance in 2009 September at Koramangala, Bangalore

Video of Kohal's performance in 2009 September at Koramangala, Bangalore

Kohal's audio video recordings

2009-11-11T00:16:00.001-08:00

Audio and video recordings of Kohal's all performances since 2007 are now available online.

Please check out

http://www.sudiptodas.com/kohal

Kohal's performance in 2009

2009-11-11T00:14:00.001-08:00

Looks like people at Kohal are getting pepped up more with each year. Like the previous year 2009 is also having two performances by Kohal during the Durga Puja. Last year we're invited to perform at the NCBS. This year apart from our usual venue at Koramangala (25th Sept), we're also invited at the North Bangalore Cultural Samiti on Navami (27th Sept). Apart from from this Kohal has also performed in Koramangala for a Rabindra Jayanti & Bengali New Year on 9th May.

Anandaroop, not present in 2008, is again back with his awesome collection of Hemanta's songs. He has been singing so many of Hemanta's legendary signature songs, like Runner (রানার), Gaanyer Bodhu (গাঁয়ের বধু), Abak Prithibi (অবাক পৃথিবী), Palkir Gaan (পাল্কীর গান) etc for so long that it never appears us that those are some of the toughest songs and very few people try to render those in any function. But we've been always having some of these songs in all our shows.

This year happens to be the 20th year of Hemanta's demise and incidentally 26th September is the day when he had departed twenty years back. That's why we're rendering our tribute to Hemanta on 25th and 27th September through a special section dedicated to him.

We've got Dwitiya and Saptarshi this year to render some new age Bengali songs from Mohiner Ghoraguli (মহীনের ঘোড়াগুলি) and Suman. Saptarshi has also provided vocal support in many songs apart from playing rhythm in most of the songs.

We also have Puneet and Malvika with their characteristic selections of melodious old and Hindi songs. Strikingly Puneet Joshi, though not a Bengali speaking, can render a Bengali RD Burman number, Bolo Ki Achhe Go (বল কি আছে গো) with great finesse. Puneet is just awesome in the nostalgic RD-Kishore songs and he never can escape from singing O Hansini where ever he goes.

Since the performance on Rabindra Jayanti Swarup has been playing Tabla with us.

Kanishka, Ranjita, Ahwani, Priyam and myself Sudipto are there as usual.

The repository of songs this year is perhaps the most interesting and diverse. We have Rabindra Sangeet (রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত), old Bengali and Hindi songs from the Golden Age as well as a good selection of new age Bengali and Hindi songs featuring some of the excellent compositions of the recent times. Our philosophy is that music has no language and genre. Any thing that we like, that people would love, is a good music. That's why we're never restricted to any particular type of music irrespective of where we perform. We try to cater to a very wide range of genres so that anyone in audience would get something of his her choice to cherish. Whatever we do we generally always have a few of Tagore's songs and a few of Hemanta, Salil Chowdhury, Lata, Kishore, RD, Rafi and Rehman. This year we're also having numbers from Mohiner Ghoraguli, a new Bengali band called Shoror, Suman, Dev D (an awesome debut by the Amit Trivedi), a composition by Ustad Zakir Hussain, a medley of Sufi-Baul-folk songs and many others. Some of the songs we're doing this time are

The very rarely heard later stanzas of a Rabindra Sangeet, whose first stanza is our National Anthem - we're starting our program with this
Amar Nishitho Rater Badol Dhara (আমার নিশীথ রাতের বাদল ধারা), a Rabindra Sangeet presented as an instrumental in violin and piano
Tomake Chai (তোমাকে চাই), the song with which Suman had changed the landscape of Bengali songs in the last decade
Rehman's Rubaroo & Genda Ful
Dhol Yara - from Dev D
Kya Tumne Hai Sun Liya - a composition by Zakir Hussain for the movie Saaz
Dil Ne Tum Ko - from Jhankaar Beats
Surer Ei Jhorna (সুরের এই ঝরণা) - a masterpiece of Salil Chowdhury with awesome harmony
Anjan Dutta's Marry Ann
Saiyonee - a medley of the original song along with an Arabic song and a Lalan Fakir's Baul song
A medley of Bengali folk songs

Inter IIT Musical Evening: Moods and Melodies

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The Bangalore Chapter of the IITB Alumni Association is organizing "Moods
and Melodies" Inter IIT Musical evening on 8th of november, 2008 as a fund
raiser event for "Village knowledge centers" initiative of IITB AA.

To register any IITian can send mail to saumil@sportzvillage.com.

VKC's inspiration was from former President APJ Kalam's vision of each
IITian adopting one Village Knowledge Center across India - and
revolutionizing the village through technology and knowledge.

The 1st VKC has been operational in Ittamadu (a few kms from Eagleton)
over the last few years - and this fund-raising is to open more VKCs. The
Panchayat and villagers have been very enthusiastic and other villages are
asking for VKCs.

http://www.iitbombay.org/VKC/index.html has the details of the VKC
initiative.

IITB AA plans to set up and run Village Knowledge Centres in and around
Bangalore Rural. These VKCs would act as a nodal centre for knowledge
connectivity of villages. Pilot VKC has already been launched and fully
functional over past few years at Ittamadu.

"Moods and Melodies" evening will see bands from across the IITs playing
the choicest numbers. With an expected turnout of over 300 alumni and
family members, evening will be lively with the presence of many
distinguished alumni.

All proceeds from the event will be used for setting up VKCs.

As you can imagine, we are seeking sponsorship for the event - and
advertising in the souvenir (ranging from 10k to 1L) - in addition to
pledges. You can also adopt a VKC as an individual.

If any of you can assist on the sponsorship/fundraising front, please
write to us.

Details of the event are as follows:

Date: 8th November, Saturday

Time: 7:00 Pm - 10:00 pm including dinner

Venue: Royal Orchid, next to KGA.

Entry fee: INR 300/person. 150/- for kids below 12.

Chief Guest: Prof. D B Phatak (Computer Science, IIT Bombay)

To Register: Email Rahul [rahulchaubey@gmail.com] or Saumil
[saumil@sportzvillage.com]

Please block your calendars and inform other Bangalore-based IIT alumni.

We welcome you to have a great evening with your friends and cherish the
memories of hostel days.

More about VKC:

Website: http://www.iitbombay.org/VKC/index.html

For Donations/Volunteers please contact: Srikant Rao [srikant.rao@abs.in ]

Address: 565 E, 7th Main, 5th Cross, H.A.L. II Stage, Indiranagar,
Bangalore -38. Cell. 98450 29010

Thanks & Regards,
Sudipto

+91-9886067137,
http://www.mirafra.com

Origin of Kohal

2008-10-22T04:12:00.000-07:00

Kohal is an adda of amateur musicians. Kohal transcends all conventional boundaries of music and aims at entertaining people with any and evey genre of music known to and enjoyed by the members.

The origin of Kohal dates back to mid-nineties when a few of us, Anandaroop aka Goopi, Manu Verghese, Subhashish Satapathy aka Satu, Ashwin Kamath aka Bachcha, Debashish Sarkar, myself and few others, all staying in RK Hall in IIT KGP had come together to win back the Inter Hall Eastern Music Competition from Nehru Hall!! That was, most probably in '94, in my 3rd year. Not to mention that we'd won the inter Hall event, reviving the lost glory of RK Hall in excellence in music. This gave us the opportunity to perform in the innauguration of 1995 Spring Fest. The enthusiasm was further increased when, in a short while, we all became part of the Eastern TMS (Technology Music Society), the official Music Band of IIT KGP. Subsequently for the next many years RK Hall remained the seat for Eastern TMS. We're joined by Kanishka aka Molu, Dilip aka Fish, Ranjita aka Bhags and few more people in July 95. We brought drastic changes in the format of the TMS shows. He proved to the people that good music doesn't have any genre or age or class. We performed our signature numbers ranging from semi-classical, fusion, folk, old and new songs and even Bengali songs to packed Netaji Auditorium. I graduated in 96, Goopi in 97, Molu & Bhags in 98, Fish in 99, but the tradition of good genre-less music continued in RK Hall and Eastern TMS for quite some time.

I settled in Bangalore, Goopi went to Boulder in Colorado and Molu & Bhags to University of California at San Diego, California for their higher studies. We're always in touch. But we never got a chance to perform together again till 2007. Goopi moved to Bangalore in 2004 and Molu & Bhags, by then already married to themselves, in 2007. In all these years we'd always aspired to perform together and revive our TMS. Very soon after Molu & Bhags had moved to Bangalore we started discussions about our plan to put up a performance. The opportunity came very soon. We're given a prime slot to perform in the Durga Puja organized by Sarathi in Koramangala in 2007. Few of us had already performed in the same place in 2005 with very limited resource. In 2007 we wanted to put up a very professional show. We're joined by Kamalesh Ghosh, Kanishka's batch-mate and very good guitarist and singer. He was part of the Western TMS during his KGP days. Between myself, Goopi, Molu, Bhags & Kamalesh we'd a lead guitarist (Kamalesh), base (Molu), two male singers (Goopi & Kamalesh), one female singer (Bhags) and one violin (myself). But that was not sufficient to put up a compact show. We needed one more female singer, drums and a key-boardist. That's when we're joined by Bhag's colleagues Amrita (female singer) along with her husband Parag (key-boardist) & Ashwin (drummer, who also had his own drum-kit), Kamalesh's colleagues Arindam (another lead guitarist) & Arijit (one more drummer) and Dipanjan (another male singer), a friend of Ritu, Kamalesh's wife!! So finally we'd a complete team. We're missing a percussionist, which we finally hired. We started reherasing as early as August for the show in October. As the drum-kit was not possible to be moved from place to place, Molu & Bhags volunteered to make their house the permanent practice point. The first few practice sessions were spent mainly in debates on song selection. We stuck to our USP, i.e. an exotic platter with a tremendous mix of everything. So finally we had retro songs like Geeta Dut's "Meri Jaan, Mujhe Jaan Na Kaho" & the evergreen "Kajra Mohabbatwala", Rehman's "Dil Hai Chhota Sa" in instrumental, which we'd done innumerable times in IIT, Hemanta's signature song "Gayer Bodhu", new popular numbers like "Aaj Ki Raat" from Don & "Kaisi Pehli" from Parineeta presented in a jazz style and a few popular numbers from contemporary Bengali rock and folk bands. To compere the show we had Jhuma, then a DJ with the Worldspace Radio.

Just before the performance, when the posters for the programs were being printed, we figured out that there has to be a name for our band. That's when I came up with the name Kohal, which is the name of a very uncommon Raaga in Hindustaani Classical Music. The name is attractive, sounds good, is very unique and also related to music. The uncommon name did arouse some curiosity among the audience, something very good for the marketing of the name!!