Sona Mohapatra’s Zaalima Song Is A Funny-Political Music Video On Gender Politics

Sona Mohapatra is blessed with a soulful voice. She has sung songs like Ambarsariya, Naina, Bolo Na and many more. Amid the lockdown, it came as a pleasant surprise to see the reprise and refreshing version of the Shah Rukh Khan’s film, Raees’ popular love song, Zaalima.

Sona has a unique ability to infuse newness in songs and her version of Zaalima is nothing like Arijit Singh’s version. She had created this in-house video with some interesting ‘gender-political’ messaging about the state of the music industry some time ago. It will spread cheer and will drive away the lockdown blues for sure.

Sona says, “Musicians have been hit the hardest in recent times. There are no residuals or royalties for creators here unlike the west and unless we step out to play concerts on stage we don’t make money. It’s only sweat labour in India. The lockdown and post-COVID era will hit the musicians even harder with no stages to play in and the economy focusing on essentials. In these grim times, most artistes in my community have been setting aside their own emotional state and performing online to spread joy and love and I am so proud of all of them! In these times you realise that it’s mostly musicians who have the craft and talent to deliver without too many resources or people helping them. My DIY video should be taken with a pinch of salt although any good comedy does come from a truthful place; our film-music has completely sidelined the strong solo female voice in the last decade and it’s time for all of us to notice”

Watch the video song here.

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