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www.sonamohapatra.com Video Profile AV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euZPvwt_NKc Profile Sona Mohapatra is an artiste, singer, Bollywood playback voice & live performer who is known for her full blooded voice, eclectic style and electrifying live performances. Sona is a trained Hindustani classical singer & has a deep love for the folk music & folk stylings of her country. Sona aspires to bridge the ancient to the contemporary with her music. Apart from her Bollywood hits, solo albums & singles, Sona has collaborated on tracks with international music icons & bands like David Bowie, INXS & many international DJ’s. Sona's recent Bollywood releases include Ishq Karenge, Naina, Ambarsariya, Jiya Lage Na, Bedardi Raja, Daav Laga & many more & her performances on the Coke Studio at MTV are amongst the most popular in the Indian edition with her rendition of 'Rangabati' and 'Piya Se Naina' crossing million's of views in the first fortnight of release. Her performances on the trend breaking TV show hosted by the Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan "Satyamev Jayate" on which she was also the executive producer of the musical project, have made Sona Mohapatra a household name & a youth icon. Sona is known not only as an artiste but also as a social commentator who has a serious digital footprint with an organic growth of over 1.4 million direct followers on facebook alone. (www.facebook.com/sonatheartiste & www.facebook.com/sona.mohapatra ) The last year has witnessed over 100 #SonaLIVE concerts & performances across the globe including a mega collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic, 100 piece orchestra. This 2 hour concert was broadcast live. In India, her shows have had record turnouts of 28,000 in Bangalore, 45,000 in Jalandar & over 1 lac people in Patna. Sona has also headlined prestigious venues like the Lincoln Centre in New York & the international Jodhpur RIFF festival at the Mehrangarh Fort amongst many others. Sona Mohapatra has featured in all the 'top influencer' lists of various magazines like, Femina, Elle, Vogue & has been awarded the Loreal Femina winner in the performing arts & music category in 2012. Sona calls her style 'DesiCool' & she seeks out the cutting edge in Indian music and art.

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 Video  Profile  AV-­‐  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euZPvwt_NKc    Profile    Sona  Mohapatra  is  an  artiste,  singer,  Bollywood  playback  voice  &  live  performer  who  is  known  for  her  full  blooded  voice,  eclectic  style  and  electrifying  live  performances.    Sona  is  a  trained  Hindustani  classical  singer  &  has  a  deep  love  for  the  folk  music  &  folk  stylings  of  her  country.  Sona  aspires  to  bridge  the  ancient  to  the  contemporary  with  her  music.  Apart  from  her  Bollywood  hits,  solo  albums  &  singles,  Sona  has  collaborated  on  tracks  with  international  music  icons  &  bands  like  David  Bowie,  INXS  &  many  international  DJ’s.    Sona's    recent  Bollywood    releases  include  Ishq  Karenge,  Naina,  Ambarsariya,  Jiya  Lage  Na,  Bedardi  Raja,  Daav  Laga  &  many  more  &  her  performances  on    the  Coke  Studio  at  MTV  are  amongst  the  most  popular  in  the  Indian  edition  with  her  rendition  of  'Rangabati'  and    'Piya  Se  Naina'  crossing  million's  of  views  in  the  first  fortnight  of  release.  Her  performances  on  the  trend  breaking  TV  show  hosted  by  the  Bollywood  superstar  Aamir  Khan  "Satyamev  Jayate"  on  which  she  was  also  the  executive  producer  of  the  musical  project,  have  made  Sona  Mohapatra  a  household  name  &  a  youth  icon.      Sona  is  known  not  only  as  an  artiste  but  also  as  a  social  commentator  who  has  a  serious  digital  footprint  with  an  organic  growth  of  over  1.4  million  direct  followers  on  facebook  alone.  (www.facebook.com/sonatheartiste  &  www.facebook.com/sona.mohapatra  )      The  last  year  has  witnessed  over  100  #SonaLIVE  concerts  &  performances  across  the  globe  including  a  mega  collaboration  with  the  BBC  Philharmonic,  100  piece  orchestra.  This  2  hour  concert  was  broadcast  live.  In  India,  her  shows  have  had  record  turnouts  of  28,000  in  Bangalore,  45,000  in  Jalandar  &  over  1  lac  people  in  Patna.  Sona  has  also  headlined  prestigious  venues  like  the  Lincoln  Centre  in  New  York  &  the  international  Jodhpur  RIFF  festival  at  the  Mehrangarh  Fort  amongst  many  others.    Sona  Mohapatra  has  featured  in  all  the  'top  influencer'  lists  of  various  magazines  like,  Femina,  Elle,  Vogue  &  has  been  awarded  the  Loreal  Femina  winner  in  the  performing  arts  &  music  category  in  2012.      Sona  calls  her  style  'Desi-­‐Cool'  &  she  seeks  out  the  cutting  edge  in  Indian  music  and  art.