The remix of hit Sambalpuri song “Rangabati” by Odisha-born singer Sona Mohapatra and her music composer-husband Ram Sampath has become the most streamed performance across seasons of the MTV Coke Studio India.
The performance has grossed over 44 million organic views on the official YouTube channel of Coke Studio India. The singer has shared a post about this on her Facebook page.
Notably, the fusion version of the song had landed Sona in controversy last year. While several people slammed her for “wrong pronunciation” in her rendition, connoisseurs claimed it as a “poor” interpretation of the famous song.
Moreover, the song’s original lyricist Mitrabhaun Gauntia and composer Prabhudatta Pradhan had also slapped legal notices on Sona and her promoters over copyright violation and sued them for Rs 1 crore.
