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Chirkutt

Chirkutt
চিরকুট
OriginDhaka, Bangladesh
Genres
Years active2002–present
Labels
Members
Past members
  • Jahid Nirob
  • Rashed Sharif Shoaib
  • Sabbir Ahmed
  • Rokon Emon
  • Pinto Ghosh
  • Anwar Shafiq Tomal
  • Parvez Sazzad

Chirkutt is a Bangladeshi rock band from Dhaka, formed in 2002 by Sharmin Sultana Sumi.[1][2]

History

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This band was formed in 2002 by Sharmin Sultana Sumi.[3] Emon Chowdhury joined in 2005, Pavel Areen joined in 2008 and Jahid Nirob joined in 2015.[3][4] Eight years after the band was formed they released their first album Chirkuttnama.[5]

Chirkutt's performed at SXSW-2016 in Austin, US[6] and South Asian Band Festival-Delhi, India, the President house concert in India-2014, India Music Week and the Jaffna Music Festival, Sri Lanka. They were also the winners of the RTV Best Band Award 2012.[2] Chirkutt band has also embarked for a tour in Norway with Norwegian rockers Casa Murilo in 2013.[7] They performed on Asian TV music show in September 2016.[8][9]

Members

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Present members

Past members

Discography

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Award

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Channel i Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2013 "যাদুর শহর (City of Magic)" Best Band Album of the Year Won

RTV Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2012 Chirkutt Best Band of the Year Won

SAARC Film Festival Award

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016 Jalal's Story Best Original Score[12] Won

Chirkutt in film

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The band has also worked on several local film music director. They won the "SAARC" film festival award in 2016 for the best original score of the film Jalal's Story.[13] Chirkutt also have done the playback in the movies Television,[14] and Piprabidya,[15] of director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. They did the soundtrack of Aynabaji of Amitabh Reza Chowdhury 2016 film,[16] Ice cream of Redowan Rony. Chirkutt did the soundtrack of the movie Tumi Je Amar by RTV.[17] They composed the soundtrack of the 2017 movie Doob – No bed of roses.

References

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  1. ^ "Chirkutt gives Bangla music Latin twist". The Daily Star. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Chirkutt to perform at SXSW as 1st Bangladeshi band". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b "CHIRKUTT Back Stage Pass". The Daily Star. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Plugged-in: Emon Chowdhury". The Daily Star. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "[WATCH] An evening with Chirkutt". The Daily Star. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  6. ^ "SXSW Music: Chirkutt". Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Norge – Bangladesh tur/retur – dagsavisen.no" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Chirkutt to perform live on Asian TV". New Age. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  9. ^ রঙিন চিরকুট. Daily Voomi (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
  10. ^ "ফের ভাঙন চিরকুটে, ব্যান্ড ছাড়লেন জাহিদ নিরব". kalerkantho. December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Chirkutt all set to release third album". New Age. 10 June 2017.
  12. ^ Mahid Ul Ibad. "Winners – SAARC Film Festival 2016". SAARC Culture. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Chirkutt bags first international award". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  14. ^ "Chirkutt Fascinates CU Students". The Daily Star. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Pipra Bidya". The Daily Star. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Chirkut's new track for Aynabaji and 'Doob' of Mostofa Sarwar Farooki". Dhaka Tribune. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  17. ^ "Chirkutt's song in "Tumi Je Amar"". The Daily Star. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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