Sona Mohapatra

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Sona Mohapatra, October 2015.

Sona Mohapatra ( Oriya : ସୋନା ମହାପାତ୍ର , Sonā Mahāpātra ; born June 17, 1978 in Cuttack , Odisha ) is an Indian singer, composer, lyricist and music producer. She sings playback for Bollywood films and commercials, but also gives concerts and appears regularly on the popular television show Satyamev Jayate Aamir Khans .

Youth and education

Sona Mohapatra grew up in a Brahmin family. Her father's profession as a naval officer involved numerous moves. She completed an engineering degree in electrical engineering and measurement technology from the College of Engineering and Technology in Bhubaneswar and earned an MBA in marketing and systems theory from the Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resource Development in Pune . She then worked as a brand manager at the food and cosmetics producer Marico in Mumbai .

music

Mohapatra's musical beginnings lay in jingles and songs for commercials. A campaign for Unilever included the song Paas Aao Na , which was recorded in several languages ​​and aired in 13 countries for a total of four years. In 2007 Mohapatra released her debut album Sona on Sony Records ; a fusion of rock music , rhythm and blues , flamenco , classical Indian music from Hindustan , Baul and Roma music . In 2009 the single Diljale came out, in the same year Paas Aao Na .

Sona Mohapatra sang playback for various Bollywood films, mostly compositions by Ram Sampath, and had cameo appearances in the films.

She became known to an even wider audience through her participation in the television show Satmayev Jayate by actor Aamir Khan. The program takes up socially critical problems of everyday Indian life such as gender-specific fetocide , the dowry or the caste system and contains musical elements oriented towards these topics. The singer of the compositions by Ram Sampath was repeatedly Sona Mohapatra; the pieces published for the first time in the show achieved high hits on YouTube and other platforms. Mohapatra was also responsible as producer for the musical part of the show.

In addition to concerts in various Indian stadiums and halls, Mohapatra has performed in the USA, including at Lincoln Center in New York, and in Southeast Asia. She is accompanied by a group of six musicians around the guitarist Sanjoy Das.

A BBC studio concert in Salford in which Sona Mohapatra, accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Dave Heath, performed Hindi classic films by RD Burman , was broadcast live in twelve countries on September 15, 2014.

Personal

Sona Mohapatra has been married to Ram Sampath since 2005. The couple lives in Mumbai and produces under the label OmGrown Music in their own studio. Mohapatra's sister Pratichee (* 1978) was a member of the short-lived, meanwhile dissolved girl group Viva! .

Discography

In addition to her own material, Mohapatra recorded cover versions of songs like Let's Dance by David Bowie and Afterglow by INXS .

Songs in Bollywood films

  • Family: Lori
  • Aagey Se Right: Daav Laga
  • Jumbo: Chaayi Madhoshiyaan
  • Delhi Belly: Bedardi Raja
  • I Hate Luv Stories: Bahara with Shreya Ghoshal
  • Talaash: Jiya location Na
  • Fukrey: Ambarsariya
  • Khoobsurat: Naina

Television appearances

  • Satyamev Jayate: Mujhe Kya Bechega Rupaiya, Ghar Yaad Aata Hai Mujhe, Chanda Pe Dance, Bekhauff

Studio album

  • SONA ( Song - Bolo Na, Aja Ve, Tere Ishq Nachaya, Abhi Nahin Ana )

Albums

  • Love is (2007)
  • Soulful Sufi (2009)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ On a different note . The Indian Express Group . April 19, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
  2. ↑ Abhilasha Ojha: Bold designs . November 28, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2010. 
  3. ↑ a b Zayna Rashid: First Look at Sona's Video 'Diljale' . DesiHits . August 24, 2009. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 19, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.desihits.com
  4. ^ Gouri Shah: Now, upload your music on the Web and perform live . In: California Chronicle , June 23, 2010. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 19, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.californiachronicle.com 
  5. ↑ Simbu is a talented singer: Kumaran . In: The Times of India , June 27, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2010. 
  6. ↑ Sona Mohapatra (MySwar.com, English, accessed on 22 March 2014)
  7. ↑ Today's rising Talents of Odisha, Stars of tomorrow ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed March 22, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / chhenapoda.com
  8. ↑ Sona Mohapatra - The Pride of Odisha ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. July 28, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.odishanewstoday.com
  9. ↑ Sona Mohapatra's next project is 'Odiya Blues' . The Times Of India. December 11, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ a b Music's in the air: The Inside Story of Ram Sampath and Sona Mohapatra . Economy decoded. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  11. ↑ Radio & Music Reporter: Sony BMG launches a new album 'Sona' . IndianTelevision.com . September 13, 2006. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
  12. ↑ Sona Mohapatra: I have my hands full with Satyamev Jayate (IBNLive, July 8, 2012, English, accessed March 22, 2014)
  13. ↑ The Music of RD Burman on BBC Asian Network (accessed May 15, 2015)
  14. ↑ Reena Kumar: Sona Mohapatra's stamp on RD Burman's golden hits  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Eastern Eye , October 16, 2014, accessed May 15, 2015)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.easterneye.eu  
  15. ↑ Ram Sampath: Delhi Belly is behind me . Rediff.com Movies. July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  16. ↑ Sona Mohapatra . The Telegraph. June 30, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  17. ↑ Sona Mohapatra Biography (English, accessed April 22, 2014)
  18. ↑ Pallavi Jassi: American Twang . The Indian Express Group. August 20, 2008. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 19, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.expressindia.com

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SURNAME Mohapatra, Sona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian singer, composer, lyricist and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuttack , Odisha