Euphoria (Indian band)

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Euphoria
Origin	New Delhi, India
Genre(s)	Hindi rock
Years active	1989 – present
Label(s)	Sa Re Ga Ma
Website	http://www.dhoom.com
Members
Dr. Palash Sen, Debajyoti Bhaduri,Benjamin Pinto, Hitesh Madan, Ashwani Verma, Rakesh Bhardwaj,Prashant Trivedi

Euphoria (Hindi: युफोरिया), is one of the most famous and successful bands in India. Their different style helped them create an audience from themselves as an alternative to the dominant Indian film or classical music. Euphoria were among the first to bring rock culture to india. They mixed electric guitar with traditional instruments like the tabla, dholak and sitar to create mesemerising effects. The band lineup has often changed through the early nineties and attained stability after 1998. Until recently, when guitarist Gaurav Misra aka Gary parted ways with the band. It's been reported in the media that gary went off to settle in Australia. But nothing has diminished its charm over their fans, also known as Dhoomers. Recently, they have even inducted female members into the band mainly as backup vocalists.

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1 Band members
2 Discography
3 Trivia
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Band members

Debajyoti Bhaduri aka DJ on Bass Guitar
Benjamin Pinto aka Benny on Keyboard
Hitesh Madan aka Rikki on Guitar
Ashwani Verma on Drums
Rakesh Bhardwaj on Dholak
Prashant Trivedi on Tabla
Dr. Palash Sen aka Polly Lead Vocalist

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

1998 - Dhoom
2000 - Phir Dhoom
2003 - Gully
2006 - Mehfuz
2008 - ReDhoom

[edit] Singles

2001 - Mantra

[edit] Collaborations

2003 - Candywalk feat. Orange Street
2004 - Jeet Lo Dil feat. Strings

[edit] Trivia

Dr. Palash Sen also acted in Bollywood movie Filhaal directed by Meghna Gulzar. The movie also starred Tabu and Sushmita Sen.

Palash is an orthopaedic surgeon by profession.

Initially Euphoria mostly played covers.

Palash has just completed a film called Mumbai Cutting, in which he plays the lead role. The film is directed by Manish Jha. The background score is by Euphoria.