Chirkutt is a Bangladeshi rock band from Dhaka, formed in 2002 by Sharmin Sultana Sumi.[1][2]
Chirkutt
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| Origin | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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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]
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| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 2013 | "যাদুর শহর (City of Magic)" | Best Band Album of the Year | Won |
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| 2012 | Chirkutt | Best Band of the Year | Won |
SAARC Film Festival Award
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| 2016 | Jalal's Story | Best Original Score[11] | Won |
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.[12] Chirkutt also have done the playback in the movies Television,[13] and Piprabidya,[14] of director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. They did the soundtrack of AynabajiofAmitabh Reza Chowdhury 2016 film,[15] Ice cream of Redowan Rony. Chirkutt did the soundtrack of the movie Tumi Je AmarbyRTV.[16] They composed the soundtrack of the 2017 movie Doob – No bed of roses.