Sona Mohapatra, ‘Shut Up Sona’ Star, on Being a Feminist Voice in India’s Music Industry

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“Shut Up Sona” was originally conceived as a showcase of Indian singer Sona Mohapatra’s music and artistic heritage, but after three years of filming, Deepti Gupta’s film morphed into something mor…

’s music and artistic heritage, but after three years of filming, Deepti Gupta’s film morphed into something more.

Over a decade later, with a slew of hits to her name including “Rupaiya, Satyamev Jayate” and “I Hate You ,” Mohapatra is still trying to get fairer representation for female artists — especially at music festivals, where she is only offered headline spots if she shares billing with her composer husband Ram Sampath.

I am not bothered about being modest. I didn’t grow up with any academic understanding, or education, around this concept of feminism; I just inherently felt things had to be fairer. My mother was a working woman and it was just understood that she would not only take care of her three children and cook, [but also] take care of the in-laws, work and bring in the money. It just seemed overwhelmingly a misbalance.

In the documentary, there’s a certain tone reserved for you by a lot of the men you encounter, one scene in particular with a male journalist.

 

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