Legendary Odia Artist Akshay Mohanty never got Justice from his state!!

People sing his songs all the time and remix them too. The brand Akshay Mohanty is used commercially, but the people behind him, his family, who made him what he was, have been neglected.In a major blow to the pride of Akshay’s family, The Telegraph reported that a nationalised bank had served an auction notice for their ancestral house as they had defaulted in paying a loan taken four years ago on instalment basis.However, the family managed to restore their pride by paying off an instalment to ward off the auction threat.

When the musician, singer and litterateur passed away, the state government had announced that a plot would be given in his name where his memories will be preserved. Also, it was proposed that events would be organised in his memory. But all these promises have been forgotten.A park at Kanika Road, inaugurated by chief minister Naveen Patnaik in Akshay’s honour in 2004, stands locked and uncared for.

Though the legend’s songs are turned into caller tunes, their dubbed versions played in cars and many contests held in his name, the family doesn’t get any royalty for dubbed CDs, stage performances and other use of Akshay’s creative work.