Curry’s debut EP cover
| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Ashish Palanna, Ria D’Souza and Sumanth Shetty go by their stage names Sheesh, Ryo and Kanasue; together they make up Curry — a South Indian pop band slowly making a name for themselves.“We’ve been friends from school; Mangalore is a small city with a few good schools so almost everyone ends up studying at the same place,” says Kanasue, adding that Sheesh was a senior while Ryo and he were batchmates.While all three were musically-inclined in school and participated in different musical shows, they did not perform together. Eventually, they caught up in Mumbai where they began working after graduating. At the time, Kanasue was working at a music studio, and Ashish and Riya had individual projects underway. “When we met up, we decided to form a band. All three of us sing and compose, and I produce the music. We also play the guitar and piano which we learnt in childhood.”Why Curry? “We were looking for a name that would immediately sound Indian and though we came up with a few options, the possibility that they would be mispronounced was always there. Finally, we zeroed in on Curry; all three of us felt it gave out the right Indian vibe.”
