Day: June 26, 2009

Sona Mohapatra has a degree in Engineering and an MBA in Marketing. She had a plum job as a Brand Manager in a consumer goods company. She quit that to take up singing. That’s not all. At 5’8″, this MTV Style Icon 2006 trained as a classical singer for 10 years. Her debut video Bolo Na  बोलो ना  (Translation: Tell me naa …) made people sit up and take notice. The song was about drifting relationships. She still bristles when someone describes her music as ‘unusual’. She would rather describe it as a “unique sound” and not unusual.  Her debut album “SONA is a blend of contemporary and ethnic sounds with nuances of Romanian gypsy music, R&B, East Indian baul, Flamenco and North Indian folk rhythms.” At a friend’s I heard the album and liked her sound. The song that lingered on for a long time in its aftertaste was अभी नहीं आना Abhi Nahi Aana (rough translation: Don’t come over to meet me yet … ). I must admit I had initially found the lyrics a bit masochistic. I mean here is the video of a woman pining for her lover and yet she is telling him to not visit her. Ummm … why not? Just so that when they meet, it is just that much nicer. The gal just enjoys pining for the lover boy. (more…)