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Bangla Five

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The Bangla Five is a rock band from Bangladesh that has played more than 100 open-air and indoor concerts in Bangladesh and India. The band was formed by singer-songwriter Sina Hasan and guitarist Ahnaf Khan Anik after the release of Sina’s internationally produced album ‘Lastbench’ in 2017.

Studio albums: Lukiye Thakar Shomoy (2022), Confusion (2019)

Live EP: Unplugged From the Hills (2024)

Singles: ‘Deyal’ – Featuring Towfique Ahmed on Rap and Labik Kamal on Dotara and Khomok (2023), ‘Poshur’ – Nodi Rocks (2022), ‘Juddha’ (2020).

Live Unplugged: Rokto, Concert for Pahaar at Alliance Francaise (2023)

For Film: 'Faakaa Fire' for the film 'Ekjon Telapoka' (2022) Notable achievements: - Best Bangladeshi Band 2019 by WHATSON ASIA - Best Bangladeshi Band Album 2019 ‘Confusion’ by BBMFC - Most Played song ‘Confusion’ on GAAN APP - Nominated for Best Music Video ‘Mone Koro’ Indie Memphis Festival 2019 USA - SPOTIFY New Music Top Chart January 2023 Album: ‘Lukiye Thakar Shomoy’

Members: Sina Hasan (vocals, harmonica), Ahnaf Khan Anik (guitars), Adnan Rushdi (drums), Rafin Mahmud (bass), Nishat AK (guitars, tour member).

Genre: Mixed genre such as Bangladeshi Rock, Funk Metal, Blues Rock, Acid Rock, Soft Rock, Heavy Metal, Thrash

Influence: Spiritual philosopher Fakir Lalon Sai, bands and musicians such as  Rage Against The Machine, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Bob Marley, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frusciante, Grup Yoram, Megadeth, John Lennon, Nobel Laureate writer and musician Rabindranath Thakur, Bengali writer Ahmed Sofa, Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray, Zahir Raihan, post structuralist writer Michel Foucault, intellectual Noam Chomsky, flimmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, Ritwik Ghatak, Akira Kurosawa, painters such as SM Sultan, Photographers such as Andreas Gursky and many more.

Notable performances: International events •	Headliner, Day 3, Krishnanagar Bashanta Utsav Open Air, 2023, India, audiences: 3000+ •	Co-Headliner, Day 1, Dhaka Summer Con 2023, Bangladesh, audiences: 2000+ •	Dui Banglar Rockbaji, Kolkata, India 2018, audiences: 3,000+

National and local events •	Concert For Pahaar, Private fundraising concert for flood-affected community in Chittagong Hill Tracts •	Dhamrai Students Association, Gono Bishwabidyalay, audiences: 1000+ •	Headliner, Kushtia Govt. College Rag 2023, audiences: 2000+ •	20 years of Chirkutt, 2023, Dhaka University Gymnasium, audiences: 12,000+ •	Headliner, 75 years anniversary of Aman Ullah School, 2023, Gaibandha, audiences: 6000+ •	Dhaka Rock Fest 3.0, 2022, audiences: 10,000+ •	Nodi Rocks at Jahangirnagar, 2022, audiences: 11,000+ •	Headliner, 6th anniversary of Dhaka University Band Society, 2022, audiences: 3,000+ •	Rangpur Rocks, Chikli Park, Rangpur, 2022, audiences: 8,500+ •	Ei shomoy, 2022, audiences: 1,000+ •	Nodi Rocks, ICCB, 2022, audiences: 6,000+ •	RAG 42, Jahangirnagar University, 2022, audiences: 6,000+ •	Headliner, Pabna University of Science and Technology, 2022, audiences: 4,000+ •	Headliner, Kotiyadi High School, Kishorganj, 2022, audiences: 3000+ •	Headliner and only Bangla band in Wangalla, Haluaghat, Mymensingh, 2021, audiences: 2000+ •	Concert against violence, 2021, audiences: 10,000+ •	Concert for Humanity, Coxʼs Bazar, 2021, audiences: 1,200+ •	SSC 04 Grand Meetup, 2021, audiences: 4,000+ •	Headliner, City University Rag, 2021, audiences: 3,000+ •	Freedom fest, 2020, audiences: 1,000+ •	Samageet Bashanta Utshab, 2020, audiences: 1,500+ •	Concert for solidarity by UNDP, 2020, audiences: 2,000+ •	Islamic University RAG, Kushtia, 2020, audiences: 3,500+ •	Gaibandha Stadium, 2020, audiences: 22,000+ •	Headliner, Kuasha Utshab, JKKNIU, Mymensingh, 2019, audiences: 4,000+ •	Headliner, WhatsOn Asia Award Ceremony, 2019, private concert •	Sodium Batir Gaan, 2019, audiences: 2,000+ •	Heem Utshab, 2019, audiences: 6,000+ •	Gono Bishwabidyalay Journalist Association Council, 2019, audiences: 2,500+ •	Ghuri Utshab, Dhaka University, 2018, audiences: 2,000+