Bhubaneswar: Singer and music composer Sona Mohapatra from Odisha, who had earlier landed in controversy for singing remake of popular Sambalpuri song ‘Rangabati’ for Coke Studio, questioned over the presentation of the particular song by Bollywood singer Shankar Mahadevan during opening ceremony of ongoing 22nd Asian Athletics Championships (AAC) in Bhubaneswar.
Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Sona raised her eyebrow over performance on the folk song on the stage at glittering evening of inaugural ceremony of the mega sports event at Kalinga Stadium.
She asked whether the original singer Jitendra Haripal was not supposed to sing the song during the event.
“Did it not occur to u that Jitendra Haripal could’ve been asked to sing at BBSR?Where did ur Sambalpur/Odia pride vanish? Hypocrites much?” she tweeted.
Did it not occur to u that Jitendra Haripal could’ve been asked to sing at BBSR?Where did ur Sambalpur/Odia pride vanish? Hypocrites much?
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) July 7, 2017
She criticized the politics for which she did not get government support for her performance.
“So easily fooled by politically orchestrated gestures? 🙂 This is nothing to do with any artist, Shankarji, me or even Jitendra Haripalji.
So easily fooled by politically orchestrated gestures? 🙂 This is nothing to do with any artist, Shankarji, me or even Jitendra Haripalji. https://t.co/4TyF3vTopJ
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) July 7, 2017
Acting obsequious towards people who are not from your state & belittling, finding fault in your own is lack of self respect, dear Odiyas.
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) July 7, 2017
We had called him & he had agreed to be honoured & felicitated before our release but backtracked after the politics took over Dear Amit. https://t.co/fw11ub3BCg
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) July 8, 2017
& please chill with this fake pride. My work & actions & commitment to my roots are ‘Pride’. Not your jingoism, complaints & bickering.
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) July 8, 2017
Unlike Shankarjee, we didn’t have the government of Odisha negotiating & facilitating a Bharat Milap with the original folk singer. ????
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) July 8, 2017
Reacting to her series of tweets, Padmasri Haripal said that there was no issue over singing of the song Rangabati by Shankar Mahadevan during opening ceremony of the AAC in Bhubaneswar.
“Sona Mohapatra has no right to make comment on Rangabati as she had destroyed purity of the song,” he said.
Notably, Sona Mohapatra had drawn controversy earlier by singing remake of the song for Coke Studio without taking permission from the original singer Jitendra Haripal, composer Prabhudatta Pradhan and lyricist Mitrabhanu Gauntia.
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