Sona Mohapatra Says Vishal Dadlani Asked Her To Organise “Women’s Festival” Instead of Improving Female Artists’ Representation At NH7
Sona Mohapatra does not mince her words while voicing her opinions on things that irk her. She strongly voices her opinions on women’s representation and calls out people from the industry for promoting misogynistic ideas and even actors for portraying such roles. Once again, in a recent interview, the Ambarsariya singer has revealed that there is not enough female representation in the popular music festival NH7 and how popular playback singer Vishal Dadlani asked her to make a ‘women’s festival’ if she wanted to get on the stage.
Sona Mohapatra On Vishal Dadlani’s Sexist Comment
In an interview with The Quint, Sona Mohapatra revealed that she is never invited to NH7 despite being ‘worthier’ that her musician husband Ram Sampath. She also went on to point out how the festival has poor female representation on the stage and she has called out Vishal Dadlani in regards to it. She said that Dadlani is a stakeholder in the company that organises NH7 and she confronted him about this as well.
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To this, she said that Vishal told her to organise a “women’s festival”. Mohapatra is so miffed by this response and has slammed Dadlani for his views. She went on to say that women now need to be put in a ‘ghetto’ or those female artists need to have a ‘women’s’ quota to perform on the stage. She also went on to ask that if that is the case, then which India are we living in.
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Also read: Sona Mohapatra Recalls Receiving Rape Threats After She Called Out Salman Khan’s Misogynistic Comment
Meanwhile, Sona Mohapatra’s documentary film Shut Up, Sona was released on July 1, 2022. It is available for streaming on Zee 5.
