Monday 30 July 2012

Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam's songs have been featured in Hindi and Kannada movies, as well as films in Tamil, Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali,Malayalam, Marathi and Telugu. He released Indi-pop albums and acted in a few movies. He is widely regarded as one of the most versatile singer in India. With the huge range of songs under his belt and tremendous on stage energy, he has established himself as on of the best live performers in India. Music lovers mostly consider him among the best Bollywood singers of all time. Sonu Nigam began his singing career at the age of three, when he joined his father on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi's "Kya Hua Tera Vaada, Wo Kasam Wo Irada". From then on Sonu accompanied his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. In his teenage years he successfully participated in music competitions. He moved to Mumbai with his fath Nigam started hosting Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995 with the first episode airing on 1 May 1995. The television singing talent competition soon became one of the most popular shows on Indian television. Soon after, he sang "Accha Sila Diya" on the album Bewafa Sanam (1995). His first major success was with the Anu Malik-composed song "Sandese Aate Hain," in Border in 1997. Sonu's Album "Deewana" was released with T-Series in 1999, revealed his talent for singing romantic songs and remains one of India's most successful albums. Sonu's image as a 'Rafi clone' changed after his rendition of the Nadeem-Shravan-composed song "Yeh Dil Deewana" in Pardes in the same year. Since then, he has created a unique style and has become a role model for emerging vocal talent in India er to begin his Bollywoodsinging career at the age of 19.He was trained by classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.  Nigam's acting career started as a child in films including 1983's Betaab. As an adult, he acted in films such as Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi KahaniKash Aap Hamare Hote, as the male lead opposite Juhi Babbar, and Love in Nepal.

- Wishing him a very happy birthday..

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