After gaining much applaud for the debut album ‘Ghar Jana Hai’ on various social media sites, Jharkhand boy Konark Sarangi’s video song based on theme of drought bagged a special mention award at los Angeles Film Festival recently. “I feel very happy and proud. The very basic objective for which we initially thought of coming up with a music video like this seems to have been fulfilled to some extent,” said the proud recipient of los Angeles Film Festival award.
Sarangi mentioned that the toughest challenge in this project was to communicate the impact of drought and migration on families in a five minutes story. “I am glad that it has successfully reached to people not only in India but outside as well. This was a foreign language music video for the los Angeles Film awards jury and it’s highly satisfying that the video could convince them to accept and appreciate it. This encourages me to do more such work in future,” added Sarangi.
Sarangi believes that when one is born and brought up in a humble surrounding like Jharkhand, a person’s thought process and approach to the work he does in life implicitly becomes very rooted and subjective. “That helps an individual to remain focused in the right direction and achieve the desired goal,” he said.
Sarangi is thankful to the entire team of “Ghar Jaana Hai: The Stories Untold” with the hope that this musical treat enfolding emotional journey gets more acceptance and appreciations in future after clinching the prestigious musical honour. Thanking to all his mentors, once again the land of forest has proved that besides having abundance mineral reserves, it also has rich cultural assets. Bringing laurels to the State, Sarangi, tasted the success for musical video ‘Ghar Jana Hai’ that went viral on Youtube with over 8,809 views in one day.
Sarangi who is a resident of Bahragora in Jharkhand, is currently based in California, USA serving Apple Inc. The singer has been trained in Indian classical for eight years.