‘Rangabati’ remix earns highest views on MTV Coke Studio

(Reporters Today, Bhubaneswar): Odisha-born singer Sona Mohapatra’s Sambalpuri remix song ‘Rangabati’ has become the most streamed performance across seasons of MTV Coke Studio India.

The performance has earned 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. Worth mentioning, the fusion version of the song had landed the singer into controversies. While several people slammed Mohapatra for her wrong pronunciation in her rendition, experts claimed it as a ‘poor’ interpretation of the song.

Moreover, the original lyricist of the song Mitrabhaun Gauntia and composer Prabhudatta Pradhan had also slapped legal notices on Mohapatra and promoters over copyright violation and sued them for Rs 1 crore.