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  • Sonu Nigam says he’s no longer a ‘bhikhaari’ singer, unearths he sang for Laal Singh Chaddha as a result of Aamir Khan

    Singer Sonu Nigam defined in a brand new interview why he has stepped clear of the movie trade. As soon as a few of the nation’s best playback singers, Sonu Nigam has publicly mentioned that he not concurs with the strategies of song administrators, and prefers no longer collaborating in tasks the place he’ll necessarily be made to audition.

    Sonu advised Bollywood Hungama in a contemporary interview that he refuses to participate in a procedure the place a number of singers document the similar music, leaving it to the manufacturers, stars and song administrators to pick out the ‘highest’ one. He described this procedure as a ‘swayamwar’.

    He mentioned that the one explanation why he agreed to document a music for the impending movie Laal Singh Chaddha used to be as a result of song director Pritam confident him that he will be the best individual to document the music. Pritam, Sonu mentioned, known as him up and advised him that he holds him within the very best regard, and that Aamir Khan had in my view requested for him to document the music. Sonu published that he and Pritam had fallen out after he used to be changed via a special singer up to now.

    He mentioned that he isn’t an insecure guy, and is more than pleased not to run after manufacturers and song administrators for paintings. He mentioned that his enthusiasts must be pleased with him for no longer begging for paintings. “Agar mere shubhchintak jo hain, unko pata chale ke Sonu Nigam toh bhikhaari hai, saamne raja ban ke ghoomta hai, par if truth be told peeche bhikhaari hai (How will my enthusiasts really feel if I began begging for paintings in secret, whilst pretending to be a king in entrance of everybody)…”

    Sonu Nigam used to be conferred with the Padma Shri lately. He mentioned in the similar interview that his intestine response used to be to show it down, however he modified his thoughts after a dialog along with his father.

  • Sonu Nigam wasn’t happy about getting the decision for Padma Shri: ‘Don’t you assume this is a little too past due?’

    Fashionable singer Sonu Nigam, who used to be lately conferred with the Padma Shri, published in a contemporary interview that he used to be no longer very desirous about accepting the respect when he used to be first instructed about it. “Don’t you assume this is a little too past due within the day to present me Padma Shri?” requested Sonu after he used to be instructed concerning the honour. In a contemporary dialog with Bollywood Hungama, Sonu shared that used to be previous the purpose in his occupation the place he used to be anticipating a Padma Shri.

    Sonu mentioned that after he were given the decision from a central authority consultant, he instructed him that individuals who began their occupation 15 years after him had been honoured 5 years in the past. Sonu shared, “I instructed him, ‘You guys were teasing me for the sort of very long time. We also are human beings. We get lured via a lot of these temptations.’” The Nationwide Award-winning singer mentioned that honours and awards most effective imply one thing when they’re “given on the proper time.”

    The 48-year-old singer instructed the federal government consultant, “I don’t assume I will be able to settle for it.” The respectable persevered, and Sonu mentioned he’s going to discuss to his father and speak to again in 5 mins. Sonu mentioned that he then realised that he has no longer lobbied for the award and it has “come from the universe”, and that motivated him to just accept it.

    “A large number of other people foyer for it,” he shared, and for a few years he used to be additionally instructed that his enthusiasts need to foyer for him however that by no means labored out. “Thank god that didn’t paintings for the reason that method I were given it now, that is a laugh,” he mentioned. Sonu published {that a} mythical classical singer nominated his identify for the award and he appears like he has earned it.

    Sonu Nigam gained a Country Movie Award in 2003 for Kal Ho Naa Ho.