Sona Mohapatra has always been vocal about her opinion. Talking to a leading Indian daily, the singer shared one of her personal experience when she had walked out of the studios as she refused to sing only the closing lines.
Sona said, "I have been called up for such songs and I have walked out of studios because I don’t want to sing a song where a mukhra-antara, mukhra-antara is Arijit and I sing the last four lines. It is almost like a man wants to make love to himself in a song. Even in a romantic duet, if the female gets a part only in the end, it is very bizarre and this is in a country where we couldn’t put out a sound track without a (Lata) Mangeshkar voice."
"As an audience we always had evolved taste but right now the industry is in a very regressive state. Recently, someone did an extensive research and analysis and came up with an article which reveals that out of 10, every 8 songs have a male voice and the solos are even lesser," she added.
Adding further, she spoke about her struggles in the industry, she said, "For all those years of thinking why aren't there more opportunities, I think I have found fantastic allies like Aamir Khan. I don’t have to have everyone on my side. I happened to find someone like Ram Sampath (composer) who has been with me for the longest time and we live in a time where we don’t have to suck up to people and wait for that one big break."
"I would rather sing Mujhe Kya Bechega Ruppaiyya which had a wide cultural impact rather than sing hundreds of love songs. I have a Naina, I have an Ambarsariya but it is okay if I don’t get 50 of those. I have never been just a singer. I consider myself a much superior performing artist," said the singer.
