Bengali Folk Icon 'Dohar' Releases New Song 'Aailo Re Tinnath Thakur' Dedicated to Chadak Puja

‘Dohar’, the Bengali folk musical ensemble, based in Kolkata has today released a brand new single titled ‘Aailo Re Tinnath Thakur’. Under the label Atlantis Music, the song was released as a part of a music video that was released on YouTube featuring the entire troupe of musicians simply engrossed in performing the beautiful folk song dedicated to Lord Shiva. The music video was released on the occasion of Chadak Puja that is celebrated in the Bengali culture during the eve of Bengali new year, ‘Paila Baisakh’.

‘Aailo re Tinnath Thakur’ song was a traditional folk song collected by famous folk song researcher and collector Ananta Bhattacharjee, who also happens to be the Uncle of late Kalika Prasad Bhattacharjee. Dohar’s musical journey was started with this song in 1999.

Talking to the Barak Bulletin about the origin of the song, Sudipto Chakraborty of Dohar said, “The end of the Bengali year in the onset of the hot summer in the month of Chaitra (the last month of the Bengali calendar) brings with it the yearly tradition of Chadak. Deeply rooted in the primarily agricultural economy of Bengal, the festival dedicated to Shiva envisaged him less as a deity of destruction and more in the light of Pashupati- the humble farmer- who like any small farmer in Bengal subsists on agriculture and intoxication of cannabis and bhaang. Thus, the celebration of his agricultural ritual is not a litany of prayers to Shiva- but a song and dance celebration of his glory.”

The song was recorded by Achin Sarkar at the Studio Prasad Kahe while it was mixed and mastered by Tarun Das at Studio Violina. The music video was shot and edited by Susanta Adhikary and the overall production was done by Rajib Das of Dohar itself.