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Mangalore Friends Build Curry Through Weddings and Original Music
Curry is a music group made up of three friends from Mangalore.
The members are Ashish Palanna, Ria D’Souza and Sumanth Shetty.
They now live and work in Mumbai.
Their songs mix Carnatic and regional Karnataka sounds with modern pop music.
The group plays at weddings and private events to earn money.
That money helps them make their own songs and music videos.
They became more widely noticed after performing at Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna’s sangeet.
Curry released its first single in 2024 and later released a four-song EP called “Suprabhata.”
Ashish Palanna, Ria D’Souza and Sumanth Shetty formed Curry after reconnecting in Mumbai around 2020.
The Mumbai-based multilingual trio blends Carnatic influences and regional Mangalore sounds with contemporary pop.
Curry performs weddings and private events to help fund its original music and videos.
The band performed at Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna’s sangeet in Udaipur after being discovered on Instagram.
Curry released its four-track debut EP, “Suprabhata,” in September after issuing its first single, “Marigold,” in 2024.
- Who
- Ashish Palanna, Ria D’Souza and Sumanth Shetty, who perform as Curry.
- What
- The trio is developing an indie pop band while balancing original music with wedding and private-event performances.
- Where
- Curry originated in Mangalore and is now based in Mumbai; the band also performed at a sangeet in Udaipur.
- When
- The members reconnected around 2020; their first single came out in 2024, and their debut EP was released in September.
- Why
- Wedding and private-event work helps fund the band’s original music, videos and wider ambitions.
Key facts
- Band
- Curry, a Mumbai-based multilingual pop trio
- Members
- Ashish Palanna, Ria D’Souza and Sumanth Shetty
- Musical influences
- Carnatic music, regional Karnataka sounds, church music, heavy metal and contemporary pop
- First single
- “Marigold,” released in 2024
- Debut EP
- “Suprabhata,” a four-track release issued in September
- Notable performance
- Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna’s sangeet in Udaipur
- Viral performance
- A mashup of “Rukmini Rukmini” and “Chinnamma Chilakamma” received more than 70,000 likes in just over two weeks
Quotes
Ashish Palanna
Singer-songwriter, Curry co-founder and performer known as Sheesh
“You’re literally seeing your friends earn lakhs and you’re earning fifteen thousand rupees a month. And I have an engineering degree. None of this makes any sense. Why am I doing this?”
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“I want them to say ‘We’ll use your songs just as your songs in our movies’. I would like for someone to like our music and take it on board into a big project like that.”
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Sources
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