"Rangabati" is perhaps the most popular recorded song in Sambalpuri Odia.

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, a 2023

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awardee, is the female singer while the male singer

Jitendra Haripal Jitendra Haripal (or Jitendria Haripal), a singer, is most popularly known for his voice in the famous and super hit Rangabati Song in Sambalpuri language of Odisha. He sang this duet song with his female co-singer Krishna Patel. He has sung ove ...

is a 2017 Padma Shri awardee. The song was first recorded for

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in the mid-1970s. A record company from the then Calcutta, Indian Record Manufacturing Company Ltd (INRECO), re-recorded the song in 1976. The disc release was delayed due to a dispute and finally released in 1978–79. The Sambalpuri song was written by Mitrabhanu Gauntia, composed by Prabhudatta Pradhan and sung by Jitendra Haripal and Krishna Patel. In the 1970s and 1980s, the song gained popularity for being commonly played in marriage processions and

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immersion. The song gained official recognition when it was played in the tableau of

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as part of the

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celebrations at

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in 2007. The lead singer Jitendra Haripal was also felicitated by Odisha Chief Minister

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later that year. It was also notably used in the celebration of victory during an

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. "Rangabati" was recreated in many other

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and has been recreated in

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for a movie.

In popular culture

"Rangabati" is popular in

and most parts of

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, and Chhattisgarh. This song is also to be released in

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at Daegu in

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, Korean dancers danced ecstatically to the tune of the song. The song is featured in

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movie ''

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'' directed by Nila Madhaba Panda. The song was remade by composer

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featuring Sampath himself,

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, and

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for

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's ''Coke Studio'' Season 4. Nigerian singer Samuel Singh released a cover version of the song.

Copyright controversy

Protests erupted on social media and in

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after the telecast of "Rangabati" remix on MTV ''Coke Studio'' on 5 July 2015, claiming that the telecast of this song did not attribute it to the original composer, Prabhudatta Pradhan, nor acquire permission from the copyright holder beforehand. Earlier on the same day, a legal notice with a damage claim of 1 crore Indian Rupees was sent through the

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to Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages,

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Media, Sona Mohapatra, Ram Sampath and Rituraj Mohanty for copyright infringement. The petitioner also requested the court to stop the telecast of this remixed song on MTV.

References

External links

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