Sona Mohapatra Sings Aahe Nila Saila at Bhubanesariya Concert
Singer Sona Mohapatra enthralled the audience at the musical concert ‘Bhubanesariya’, organised by The New Indian Express at Utkal Mandap in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
The crowd broke into a huge round of applause when Sona rendered her version of Jitendra Haripal’s ‘Rangabati’. Referring to the Bhakti Movement, she also sang ‘Aahe Nila Saila’, the popular bhajan by late Bhikari Bala.
Sona Mohapatra took a crowd of more than 2,000 on a two-hour musical journey that traversed through some of her soulful hits, the best of RD Burman songs and popular Bollywood numbers at the concert. She paid glowing tributes to the rich artistry of the State, be it the beautiful Kotpad and Sambalpuri fabrics or the religious poetry by Bhakta Salabega.