Aasma

{{Short description|Indian pop-rock group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Aasma | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = India | genre = Pop | years_active = 2003–2013 | label = Times Music | website =  | current_members = | past_members = Neeti Mohan<br />Jimmy Felix<br />Sangeet Haldipur<br />Vasudha Sharma | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}

'''Aasma''' was an Indian pop group that formed in 2003, and was composed of the winners of the second season of Indian version of the international television talent show Popstars, named Coke [V] Popstars, after its principal sponsors, Coca-Cola and music channel Channel V India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-we-never-plan-to-split-aasma-5008|title=We never plan to split: Aasma|last=Umargekar | first=Ninad | newspaper=Daily News and Analysis|date=9 October 2005|access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="nie">{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/We-are-Like-a-Family/2016/02/20/article3286496.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221091731/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/We-are-Like-a-Family/2016/02/20/article3286496.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2016|title=We are Like a Family|last=Sharma|first=Rajitha|newspaper=New Indian Express|date=21 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/indian-pop-band-aasma-then-and-now/#.mzpinzmua|title=Remember The Pop Band 'Aasma'? Here's What Its Members Are Up To Now|last=ScoopWhoop|date=27 January 2016|publisher=}}</ref> It was India's first boy and girl band.

== Background == {{multiple image | total_width = 300 | image1 = Neeti Mohan attends Shakti Mohan’s Nritya Shakti celebrations for World Dance Day (04) (cropped).jpg | alt1 = Neeti Mohan facing the camera | image2 = Jimmy Felix.jpg | alt2 = Jimmy Felix smiling | image3 = Sangeet haldipur at a party.jpg | alt3 = Sangeer Haldipur smiling | footer = From left: Three of the four members of Aasma – Neeti Mohan, Jimmy Felix and Sangeet Haldipur. }} The four original members were Neeti Mohan, Jimmy Felix, Sangeet Haldipur and Vasudha Sharma.<ref name="mid">{{cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/article/indi-pop-hits-neeti-mohan-to-jimmy-felix-if-aasma-is-on-your-mind-look-no-more-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-band-23316367|title=Indi-pop Hits: Is 'Aasma' is on your mind? Look no more, here's all you need to know about the band|last=Upadhay|first=Tuhina|date=25 October 2023|access-date=1 December 2024|newspaper=Mid-day}}</ref>{{efn| Two other members are mentioned—Peyush Dixit and Aamir Ali—in an article on ''Mid-day'', but there is no further information on them.<ref name="mid"/>}} The band released two albums, self-titled debut album ''Aasma'' (2004) and a sophomore album, ''The Infinite'' (2005). Following the second album, they did not release any subsequent records.

There has been no official report about the group's split and they have continued their musical careers as individual artists.<ref name="mid"/> Felix mentioned in an interview with ''New Indian Express'' that "All four of us are still part of the band Aasma and we are like family. We have not worked together in a long time now, but we have evolved individually as musicians."<Ref name="nie"/> Haldipur explained in an October 2021 interview with ''Hindustan Times'' that, "Two years down the line after Aasma was formed, we saw a fall in indie pop as a genre but we didn't stop working together. In fact, we worked till 2013 when we did a gig together. But by that time, a lot of people felt that we had disbanded."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/wherearetheyseries-aasma-reunion-seems-difficult-but-can-happen-says-sangeet-haldipur-101633503458108.html|title=#WhereAreTheySeries: Aasma reunion seems difficult but can happen, says Sangeet Haldipur|last=Chowdhury| first=Titas | newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=6 October 2021|access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref>

== Discography == * ''Aasma'' (2004) * ''The Infinite'' (2005) * ''Remix'' (2005) * ''Kya Mast Hai Life''

== See also ==

* Viva (band) * A Band of Boys

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== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Discogs artist|Aasma}}

Category:Indian pop music groups Category:Popstars winners Category:Indian girl groups Category:21st-century Indian women singers