Singer Sona Mohapatra is known to stir a lot of controversies and conversations as she’s always very upfront about her views – be it on social media or in an interview. The singer recently appeared in a panel discussion along with Anurag Kashyap, Nikhil Advani and Vikramaditya Motwane. During this chat, the singer told Anurag Kashyap that she’s not a fan of his movies due to certain elements but is a fan of him as a writer.
She also took a dig at Diljit Dosanjh and Arijit Singh. Sona said in the middle of the conversation at Synapse Conclave, “I want to say something to Anurag. I have observed your journey, and been a huge fan of you as a writer. Not too fond of your films, and the gali-galoch and the male gaze… But I’m a fan, nevertheless. You’re an artist. You’re one of the only artists I know who’s a filmmaker. Otherwise, most of them are put-togetherers.”
Sona added to tell Anurag that she wants to suggest him to know about AI, as she was able to conceptualise her show ‘Laal Pari Mastani’ because of AI as it didn’t cost much. She also took a dig at Diljit Dosanjh and Arijit Singh stating that one cannot do such live shows and get people to sponsor unless, one is Diljit or Arijit. She added, “In our country, unless you are a man singing about mourning and heartbreak, you will not get to sing in mainstream Bollywood.”
Sona said this as Anurag expressed his skepticism towards AI, thus she motivated him to make use of it as she’s been able to generate a lot of profit through this use of technology.
The singer also accused Anurag of not promoting her song which left him flabbergasted. She said, “When ‘Qatl-e-Aam’ came out, you promoted every other song on that soundtrack of yours and said, ‘She’s not worth promoting, she’ll promote herself’.” Anurag put hand on his head, looked down and started laughing.
