Shut Up Sona

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Shut Up Sona
Directed byDeepti Gupta [1]
Produced by Sona Mohapatra [2]
Release date
  • 21 October 2019 (2019-10-21)(MAMI) [3]
Running time
63 minutes
CountryIndia
Languages
  • English
  • Hindi

Shut Up Sona is a 2019 documentary film which is made on Bollywood playback singer Sona Mohapatra's life. [4] The movie reflects Mohapatra's unrelenting fight for an equal space in modern day India. It was directed by Deepti Gupta in her directorial debut. [5] Shut Up Sona won National Film Award for best editing. [6] [7]

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References

  1. Bhushan, Nyay (20 October 2019). "Mumbai: Deepti Gupta's Doc 'Shut Up Sona' Tackles India's Patriarchy Head-On". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. Sood, Samira (17 May 2020). "Sona Mohapatra's docu-film is her saying she won't shut up, about her clothes, art, activism".
  3. "Sona Mohapatra's documentary Shut Up Sona to screen at MAMI". Outlook. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  4. Ramnath, Nandini. "Documentary on Sona Mohapatra is about the singer who refuses to 'shut up'". Scroll.in.
  5. "Sona Mohapatra says all her savings went into Shut Up Sona, then pandemic curbed her means of income". Hindustan Times. 24 May 2021.
  6. Flint, Hanna (17 September 2020). "Sona Mohapatra, 'Shut Up Sona' Star, on Being a Feminist Voice in India's Music Industry".
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