Odisha-born Zumba instructor releases teaser of ‘Toka Mu Odia’

Bhubaneswar: Zumba instructor Anupam Nayak aka Anupam Z Choreographer, based in the USA, is enjoying his trip back home and will be holding an extensive free Zumba workshop in Odisha capital this Sunday.

Last night, he released the teaser of his second music video ‘Toka Mu Odia’. The post on his Facebook page has already garnered over 1.3k views by the time of posting this story. Shot in New York, it tells the story of every Odia, struggling to make a mark abroad and missing home, he had earlier told in an interview with Odisha Sun Times.

The post-production work was completed in Odisha.

His earlier Odia music video ‘Halijayee America’ released in September last year had climbed the popularity chart with almost 300K views on YouTube.

In both the videos, which is an attempt on Anupam’s part to popularise Odia music, Sangram has lent voice to the song and the lyrics are penned by Arun Mantri.

This apart, this Odisha-born lad had been hogging headlines for making the Yankees workout to Odia folk beats. It started with ‘Jai Phoola’, which he followed up with another popular Sambalpuri number ‘Sagada Gadi’ and Odia song ‘Dāmerā Rābidelā Lo’.