Published 14:59 IST, July 27th 2020
Sona Mohapatra attacks 'self-important' Bollywood gang, reveals Ram Sampath's depression
Singer Sona Mohapatra has claimed on Twitter that her husband, music composer Ram Sampath, was also a victim of Bollywood's 'gangism' before he 'plugged out'.
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Responding to news of Oscar-winning music maestro AR Rahman's encounter with mafia culture of Bollywood, singer Sona Mohapatra revealed that her husband Ram Sampath also fell prey to alleged 'gang' in music industry. She lashed out at 'illiterate self-important' group who sidelined Ram and allegedly pushed him into depression. Sona revealed that, after composing music for several successful films including Khakee, Talaash, Delhi Belly, Fukrey, and Bhootnath Returns, Ram Sampath gave up on mainstream Bollywood music and focused on archiving folk and classical music.
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AR Rahman h me helines on Saturday when he said during an interaction on a popular rio channel that “re is a gang, which, due to misunderstandings, is spreing some false rumours.”
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Talking about composing music for late Sushant Singh Rajput’s final film Dil Bechara, he said, “When Mukesh Chhabra came to me, I gave him four songs in two days. He told me, ‘Sir, how many people said don’t go, don’t go to him (AR Rahman) and y told me stories after stories.’ I heard that, and I realized, yeah okay, w I understand why I am doing less (work in Hindi films) and why good movies are t coming to me. I am doing dark movies, because re is a whole gang working against me, without m kwing that y are doing harm.”
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He elaborated, “People are expecting me to do stuff, but re is ar gang of people preventing that from happening. It is fine, because I believe in destiny, and I believe that everything comes from God. So, I am taking my movies and doing my or stuff. But all of you are welcome to come to me. Make beautiful movies, and you are welcome to come to me.”
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14:58 IST, July 27th 2020