The latest song from Sekhar Kammula‘s upcoming film Love Story was released a few days ago. The song, Saranga Dariya, sung by Mangli, became an instant chartbuster, and has garnered over 33 million views so far, and is still going strong. At the same time, the song has become highly controversial ever since its release. Suddhala Ashok Teja provided the lyrics for the film version of the song.
Director Sekhar Kammula has finally responded to this controversy. He said that his team initially approached the original singer of Saranga Dariya, Komali, but since she wasn’t available at the time due to suffering from severe cold, the team decided to go ahead with Mangli and that the song was recorded at the end of February.
Sekhar Kammula also clarified that he promised to compensate Komali financially, for the song, and even promised to make her sing the song if there is an audio or pre-release function, and even give her the due credit in the film. There was another singer that claimed rights to the song, but since Komali was the person who made it famous, Sekhar Kammula was advised by Suddhala Ashok Teja, to go with Komali.
Explaining the process of the song making it into the film, Sekhar Kammula said that whenever he writes a film script, one song keeps playing in his mind and that this has happened with several songs in the past. He said that he gave the necessary amount and the due credit wherever necessary, and was always of the mind that he would definitely do the same in this case as well.
Sekhar Kammula also said that he hasn’t been up to date with the controversy, as he hasn’t been getting much time to watch TV because he’s been busy with the post-production of Love Story. He said that this is why he chose to share his version of the story on Facebook, hoping that it would clarify everything.
