HYDERABAD:
Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate from Puri Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha, Sambit Patra, a surgeon by profession and ‘politician by passion’, rightly felt the pulse of his
Telugu-speaking electorate
and did what was needed to woo them.
On Friday night, the BJP national spokesperson, well aware that Telugu people are film buffs, chose to win their hearts with a touching song. To the accompaniment of well-orchestrated music on stage, Sambit Patra sang a song from
Nagarjuna-starrer ‘Criminal’
. The song ‘Telusa manasa idhi aenati anu bandhamo’ was a huge hit from the film.
Sambit Patra sang the emotional song much to the delight of his audience. “Puri has a sizeable Telugu population. While campaigning amidst them sang a famous Telugu number on demand. The frenzy in the crowd was palpable. Don’t believe? A must watch! Lots of love to my adorable Telugu friends (sic),” Sambit Patra said sharing the song he sang on his Twitter account.
Elections in the constituency will be held on April 23. It wasn’t only ‘
Telusu manasa
’ which Sambit Patra crooned with the Hindi version ‘Tum mile dil khile,’ he sang a fast number from Chiranjeevi-starrer ‘Gharana Mogudu’ which was a huge hit. He sang the song ‘Bangaru kodipetta’ which went down well with the young crowd in the audience.
“When I sang the famous Telugu number ‘Bangaru kodipetta’ the Telugu youth of Puri got tantalised hearing the famous song . Don’t believe...? Must watch...!” he said sharing the video.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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