About
Dohar is an Indian folk music musical ensemble that specializes in the styles of greater Bengal as well as North East India. It is very popular in the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and in Bangladesh.
Dohar has popularised Bengali and Assamese folk music. They have played for various Bengali communities in India and abroad.
Kalikaprasad Bhattacharjee was the lead singer and leader of Dohar. Bhattacharya died in a road accident near Gurap
village in Hooghly district on 7 March 2017, aged 47. 5 other members were also injured. The remaining members of the band have continued singing.
Members: Amit Sur, Rittik Guchait, Mrignabhi Chattopadhyay, Satyajit Sarkar, Niranjan Haldar, Rajib Das Sudipto Chakraborty and Soumya.