1. Sona Mohapatra was born on 17 June 1976 and is an Indian singer, music composer and lyricist.
16 Facts About Sona Mohapatra
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Sona Mohapatra is a BTech engineering graduate from the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar in Mechanical Engineering.
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Sona Mohapatra sang the song "Bedardi Raja" in the movie Delhi Belly for Aamir Khan Productions and did a cameo in it.
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Sona Mohapatra has sung the theme songs "Mujhe Kya Bechega Rupaiya" and "Ghar Yaad Aata Hai Mujhe" for the TV show Satyamev Jayate.
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Sona Mohapatra has her own band composed of guitar virtuoso Sanjoy Das amongst five more musicians and is an electric live performer who has played at a multitude of live venues including the Lincoln Center in New York and to stadium crowds in India in Chandigarh, Chennai and Siliguri amongst others.
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Sona Mohapatra has headlined the international Jodhpur RIFF festival held at the Mehrangarh Fort.
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The song "Bolo Na" from Sona Mohapatra was appreciated by the audience.
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Sona Mohapatra came to mainstream prominence with the trendbreaking talk show Satyamev Jayate with Aamir Khan, in which she frequently appeared as a lead singer and performer.
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Sona Mohapatra was the executive producer of the musical project on the same show.
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Sona Mohapatra confessed in a recent interview that the project was all consuming in terms of the emotional and physical energies invested.
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The song "Mujhe Kya Bechega Rupaiya," sung by Sona Mohapatra, was composed by Ram Sampath and was aired on the third episode of Satyamev Jayate based on celebrating women's freedom.
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Sona Mohapatra is married to Ram Sampath, a song composer and music director in Bollywood.
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Sona Mohapatra first met him in 2002, while she was still working as a brand manager with Marico.
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Sona Mohapatra is partners with Sampath in their music production house OmGrown Music and reside in Mumbai, where they have their own studios.
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In 2019, Sona Mohapatra received a death threat after she lashed out at Salman Khan for constantly taking digs at Priyanka Chopra for leaving Bharat.
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Mohapatra released a documentary film based on her life called Shut Up Sona which won multiple awards at different film festivals.