85-559: Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. Nigam sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films, he has sung over 4000 songs in various languages. One of the most pre-eminent singers of Hindi cinema , he has released a number of non-film albums and acted in some Hindi films . Nigam is recipient of several accolades, including one National Award , two Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards South and four IIFA Award for
170-585: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of
255-478: A huge success. For this song Sonu won many awards including 5th Mirchi Music Awards for Male Vocalist of The Year, BIG Star Entertainment Awards 2012, 18th Lions Gold Awards, 2013 Zee Cine Awards , 19th Lions Gold Award, 2013 Times of India Film Awards and many more. He was also nominated for Best Male Playback Singer at Filmfare Awards. He considers Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin as one of his best songs. Nigam composed
340-577: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Khuddar Too Many Requests If you report this error to
425-541: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what
510-675: A lot of inspiration from him. Singer and musician Ankit Tiwari cites Nigam as one of his musical inspirations. Shreya Ghoshal considers Sonu her favourite contemporary singer. Palash Sen of Euphoria called Sonu Nigam the most talented singer in Bollywood. S.P. Balasubrahmanyam also appreciated his singing. Nigam is the winner of several awards including India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri , one National Award , two Filmfare Awards & two Filmfare Awards South . He has received seventeen nominations for Filmfare best playback singer, ten nominations for Filmfare awards South and
595-536: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It
680-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in
765-632: A peppy number in Sanju called "Main Badhiya Tu Bhi Badhiya" which became very popular. He then sang a melodious song "Kulfi" from 102 Not Out in collaboration with Salim–Sulaiman . Sonu once again collaborated with Anu Malik for "Raat Kitni" and "Main Zinda Hoon" for movie Paltan . He then sang the remake of "Badan Pe Sitare" originally sung by his idol Mohammad Rafi for Anil Kapoor starrer Fanney Khan . Sonu revealed that he
850-552: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take
935-532: A simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which
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#17327917018521020-520: A six-disc collection of 100 songs, titled Kal Aaj Aur Kal . In 2008, soon after releasing Classically Mild , he released a single Punjabi track entitled "Punjabi Please" and Rafi Resurrected , a two-disc collection of Rafi songs with music by the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra . He contributed to the lyrics of several songs and directed the music for his album Chanda Ki Doli . After the death of Michael Jackson , Nigam released
1105-583: A song as a tribute to Jackson which was included on the tribute album The Beat of Our Hearts . In May–June 2007, he participated in The Incredibles tour with Asha Bhosle , Kunal Ganjawala , and Kailash Kher . From September–October of the same year, he gave solo concerts titled Simply Sonu in Canada and Germany , becoming the first Indian singer to do so. In April 2008, he toured India promoting his Punjabi single "Punjabi Please". In November 2007, at
1190-584: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in
1275-777: A third IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer . From 2004 onwards, his popular songs include "Main Hoon Na" and "Tumse Milke Dil ka" from the film Main Hoon Na , "Do Pal" from Veer-Zaara , which he sang along with Lata Mangeshkar , "Chup Chup Ke" from Bunty Aur Babli , "Pyar Ki Ek Kahani" and "Koi Tumsa Nahin" from the film Krrish , which he sang with Shreya Ghoshal , "Sun Zara" and "Chori Chori Chupke Se" from Salman Khan starrer Lucky: No Time for Love , "Dekho Na" and "Mere Haath Mein" from Fanaa both with Sunidhi Chauhan , "Inn Lamhon ke Daaman Mein" from Jodhaa Akbar , and "Main Agar Kahoon" from Om Shanti Om . In
1360-442: A tweet. On 16 April 2017 in a series of tweets he branded ' Azaan ' (Muslim call for prayer) as forced religiousness . He tweeted, In his later tweet he stated that he stands by his statement. He later clarified that he is not against any specific religious ritual, but against the use of loudspeakers on religious buildings. He said that the use of loudspeaker to create noise pollution should be stopped beyond certain time as per
1445-423: Is a Waste of Time", which was a duet with Shreya Ghoshal . In 2014, Sonu also released a single called "Trini Ladki" in fusion with Chutney Music. In 2015, "Sapna Jahan" from Brothers became popular. This was Sonu's 3rd collaboration with Ajay–Atul . "Tere Bin" from Wazir , which he sung with Shreya Ghoshal was also appreciated. In September 2015, Nigam recorded a song with the music director Khayyam for
1530-657: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi
1615-654: Is a winner of record four times (nine nominations) for IIFA Award for Best Male playback singer and received Oscar Academy Awards nomination in 2014 for soundtrack of Jal composed by Sonu Nigam and Bickram Ghosh together. He was ranked the Number 1 artist on the US Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013. . In 2015, Sonu Nigam alleged that he faced a ban from ZEE Music Company after expressing his support for Kumar Vishwas in
1700-465: Is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in
1785-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there
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#17327917018521870-550: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became
1955-628: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As
2040-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised
2125-411: Is considered as one of the most popular playback singers in Bollywood, and is widely considered to have inspired new singers in the Bollywood industry. He is often compared to Mohammad Rafi for similar voice texture. Lata Mangeshkar said of him, "Among contemporary signers, I like Sonu Nigam best. He is serious about his music, has learnt classical and sings with confidence." Singer Armaan Malik takes
2210-578: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and
2295-609: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English
2380-526: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as
2465-740: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in
2550-464: Is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with the mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in
2635-481: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as
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2720-570: Is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India . Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi
2805-879: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary
2890-460: Is the first track to release under the label. Nigam's first song in Kannada was in 1996 for the film Jeevanadhi . The song "Yello Yaro Hego" was composed by Koti with lyrics by R. N. Jayagopal . Nigam has since sung over 900 Kannada songs. His songs include "Cheluve Yeke Bande", from the film Majnu , composed by Gurukiran ; "Titanic Heroine Nee Nanna Cheluve", from the film Snehaloka ;
2975-570: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,
3060-586: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,
3145-855: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share
3230-631: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of
3315-1161: The Best Playback singer. He was ranked top artist on the Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013. Nigam was honoured with the Padma Shri , India's fourth-highest civilian award in 2022. Nigam is known as the "Modern Rafi", a title given to him after his musical idol Mohammad Rafi . He has recorded Romantic , Rock , Devotional , Ghazal and patriotic songs. Apart from Hindi and Kannada, he has sung in Bengali , Marathi , Telugu , Tamil , Odia , English , Assamese , Malayalam , Gujarati , Bhojpuri , Nepali , Tulu , Maithili , and Manipuri till date. Nigam has released pop albums in Hindi , Kannada , Odia , Chhattisgarhi and Punjabi , as well as Hindu and Islamic devotional albums. He has released several Buddhist albums. Nigam has performed in countries in North America, Europe ,
3400-644: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on
3485-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What
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3570-609: The Hindi numbers. In an interview with Deccan Herald he said "Kannada songs make me feel positive". He went on to say: "I highly respect the musicians of Karnataka and many of my favourite songs are in Kannada. I consider Bangalore as my second birthplace. Even if someone requests me to sing a Kannada song while I'm performing in the West Indies, I will sing it for them". From the same Mungaru Male combination, composer Murthy, lyricist Kaikini and Nigam got together to record
3655-580: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi
3740-612: The Indian music company Sa Re Ga Ma on Rafi Resurrected . He participated in a US tour with Sunidhi Chauhan in 2009 called The Explosion 2009 tour and in a UK tour titled All Izz Well in November 2010. In 2011, Nigam collaborated with Kakas Entertainment and Laxmikant–Pyarelal for a Maestros Concert performing Mohammed Rafi songs. In 2010, Sonu sang the popular song "Chori Kiya Re Jiya" from Dabangg as well as Tees Maar Khan title track which he sang in 54 voices. Sonu also sang "Aye Janani" song for Kandahar in which he hit
3825-551: The Kannada album Neene Bari Neene , produced by Ashok Kheny . Videos for the songs "Neene Bari Neene" and "Baa Nodu Gelathi" were shot on the outskirts of Bangalore featuring Nigam and model Madhuri Bhattacharya in the lead. Nigam also composed a theme song for the Karnataka Bulldozers team in the Celebrity Cricket League and sang it with Kunal Ganjawala and Sowmya Raoh , who also penned
3910-703: The Middle East, Africa , Asia and Australia . Sonu Kumar Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam in the city of Faridabad , Haryana . His father was from Agra and his mother was from Garhwal . He has two sisters - Meenal Nigam, a yoga therapist, and Teesha Nigam , a professional singer. Nigam began singing at the age of four, when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi 's song "Kya Hua Tera Wada". Nigam began accompanying his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at
3995-548: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for
4080-551: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as
4165-901: The TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995. His song "Accha Sila Diya" for the film Bewafa Sanam , gave him greater success. In 1997, he sang the patriotic song " Sandese Aate Hai " from the movie Border and performed the Nadeem-Shravan -composed song "Yeh Dil Deewana" in Pardes in the same year, both of which were highly successful. Some of his notable songs during this period were "Zindagi Maut na Ban Jaye" from Sarfarosh (1999), "Satrangi Re" from Dil Se , "Ishq Bina" from Taal , "Mujhe Raat Din" from Sangharsh , "Ruki Ruki" from Mast , and his debut in Tamil "Vaarayo Thozhi" from Jeans . Sonu's album Deewana , with music directed by Sajid–Wajid ,
4250-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that
4335-421: The age of 19. He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan . Nigam identifies as Hindu . He married Madhurima Mishra on 15 February 2002. They have a son. Nigam had changed his name to Sonu Niigaam citing numerology beliefs, but later decided to go back to his birth name. His first song was for the movie Janam (1990), but the movie was never released. Nigam began his career with
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#17327917018524420-434: The film Parineeta , he sang four songs with Shreya Ghoshal . His most successful and acclaimed songs during this period were "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna", "Tumhi Dekho Naa" and "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Sad Version" from Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and lyrics by Javed Akhtar , all of which he sang alongside Alka Yagnik . He was also the leading playback singer in 3 Idiots , rendering
4505-410: The film Saathiya in the year 2002, which was composed by A.R. Rahman , with lyrics by Gulzar . His biggest success during this period was the song " Kal Ho Naa Ho " from the picture of the same name (2003), composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy , with lyrics by Javed Akhtar . The song earned him his only National Film Award , his second and last Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer as well as
4590-608: The first Indian singer to launch an NFT with digital media company JetSynthesys. Sonu Nigam currently is also the Patron-in-Chief and Faculty Head of the Hindi Film Singing course at Artium Academy , the world's leading online music school for Indian music, where conducts regular training of the teachers and masterclass with the global learners. Nigam has launched his own music label on 30 July 2020, his 47th birthday, named 'I Believe Music' and "Rudhrashtakam"
4675-487: The grand finale of music reality show Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star on 12 July 2008. Nigam was a judge/mentor on Chhote Ustaad – Do Deshon Ki Ek Awaaz (July – October 2010) with Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , and was a judge/mentor on the first season of X Factor (India) (29 May – 2 September 2011) along with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Shreya Ghoshal . On 23 August 2015, he appeared on " The Anupam Kher Show " sharing his life experiences. He has been also one of
4760-675: The highest note in human vocal registry with an open-throat effort without singing falsetto. Sonu was awarded Global Indian Music Academy Awards 2010 for his song 'All izz Well', BIG Star Entertainment Awards for Best Playback Singer of the Decade (2000–2010) (MALE) and Global Indian Music Award for Best Live Performer (Male) in 2010. In 2011, Nigam collaborated with Britney Spears on a remix of her " I Wanna Go " track, and with DJ Avicii on his song "Indian Levels", produced by Avicii in 2012. In 2011, Sonu also collaborated with Michael Jackson 's brother Jermaine Jackson on song "This Is It" which
4845-629: The inauguration of Harvard University's 28th president, Drew Gilpin Faust , Nigam sang Mahatma Gandhi 's favourite bhajan , "Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye", with the Harvard College Sangeet. In July 2008, he participated in a three-city tour of the United Kingdom, singing Rafi songs with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). This followed the release of these songs by the CBSO and
4930-555: The judge on Indian Idol in seasons 1 (October 2004 – March 2005) and 2 (November 2005 – April 2006), and was a celebrity judge in seasons 3 (17 August 2007) and 4 (16 January 2009 and 6 February 2009). In 2006, Nigam hosted Life Ki Dhun with Sonu Nigaam on Radiocity 91.1 FM , interviewing musicians. He appeared as a celebrity judge on STAR Voice of India in August 2007 (Season 1) and in December 2008 (Season 2), and on
5015-539: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains
5100-471: The law of the land, irrespective of whether it is from a temple, mosque, gurudwara, or any other place. Later, Sonu again sparked controversy, when he posted a video of Azaan from his home which proved that he was indeed disturbed very early in the morning. Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi, vice-president of West Bengal United Minority Council announced a reward of ₹10 Lakh to anyone who shaved Nigam's head, to which Sonu Nigam responded by shaving his own head to claim
5185-414: The lyrics. Nigam was the host of the Sa Re Ga Ma music show from 1995 until 1999 and became household name. He returned on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International as a judge with Suresh Wadkar in October 2007. Nigam was a celebrity judge on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge grand finale on 12 December 2009. Nigam hosted the TV show Kisme Kitna Hai Dum on Star Plus in 2002. He appeared as
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#17327917018525270-481: The newcomers in the music industry. Although he stopped short of naming anyone he made it clear that the malpractices in Bollywood are terrible and are almost killing the music talent of the country. Sonu Nigam maintained that he didn't name anyone and was only putting up his point of view regarding the malpractices in the music industry of Bollywood. In his second video Nigam names Bhushan Kumar , CEO of T-Series and tells him to stay away from him. In February 2022, he
5355-410: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for
5440-460: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi
5525-426: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in
5610-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi
5695-598: The project titled Gulam Bandhu . Sonu also collaborated with musicians across the globe for Imagine (UNICEF: World Version) composed by John Lennon . In 2016, Sonu released his single "Crazy Dil" featuring Rajkumar Hirani , Farah Khan , Sunil Grover , Kailash Kher , Natalie Di Luccio, Sonu himself with his son Nevaan. He then released another single "First Date" sung by Sonu & Jonita Gandhi . He also collaborated with Transgender band "6 Pack Band" for song 'Sab Rab De Bande'. In Bollywood music, he sng 'Tu Hi Na Jaane' from Azhar and "Dard" from Sarabjit . Tu Hi Na Jaane'
5780-445: The reward. He deactivated his Twitter account in 2017 citing lack of freedom of speech, and said that sensible discussions were not possible due to the polarised atmosphere. In June 2020, after the demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput , Sonu Nigam posted a video saying that the music industry is also monopolised by two major companies and that he had also faced similar discrimination. He urged these music companies to be fair and kind to
5865-440: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi
5950-1109: The song Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye from DD1's TV serial Talash (1992). Sonu Nigam first film song "O Aasman Wale" was from the movie Aaja Meri Jaan (1993). Nigam also sung the title song Of this movie but it was dubbed in the voice of SP Balasubramaniam. He released his first album, Rafi Ki Yaadein , in 1992. After this, he sung in the films Muqabla (1993), Veerta (1993), Meherbaan (1993), Shabnam (1993), Aag (1994), Cheetah (1994), Khuddar (1994), Hulchul (1995), Stuntman (1994), Police Lockup (1995), Sauda (1995), Ramjaane (1995), Aazmayish (1995), Naajayaz (1995), Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996), Papa Kahte Hain (1996), Gaddaar (1995), Dand Nayak (1998), Jaanwar (1999), Barsaat (1995), Aur Pyar Ho Gaya (1997), Badal (1999), Dulhe Raja (1998), Jeet (1996), Hero No. 1 (1997), Soldier (1998), Devta (1998), Keemat (1998), Himmatvar (1996), Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999), Shera (1999), Sooryavansham (1999), Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999) and many more. He began hosting
6035-412: The songs "Jaane Nahin Denge Tujhe", "Zoobi Doobi" and "Aal Izz Well". In the film Kurbaan , he sang the song "Shukran Allah" along with Salim Merchant of the composer duo Salim-Sulaiman and Shreya Ghoshal , which was appreciated. Nigam has released albums of Mohammed Rafi 's songs including Rafi Ki Yaadein , a collection early in his career, which was re-released in Rafi's memory in September 2007 as
6120-522: The three judges of Indian Idol 2016–17. Sonu has also hosted 3rd Mirchi Music Awards , 6th Mirchi Music Awards , 8th Mirchi Music Awards , 9th Mirchi Music Awards , 10th Mirchi Music Awards , 11th Mirchi Music Awards , 13th Mirchi Music Awards and 14th Mirchi Music awards In 2021, Sonu Nigam appeared as one of the judges in the Bengali music reality show Super Singer Season 3 on Star Jalsha , along with Kumar Sanu and Kaushiki Chakraborty . Nigam
6205-668: The title track from the film Monalisa composed by Valisha Sandeep; "Hamsave Hamsave" from the film Gatti Mela , composed by Hamsalekha , "Kannale Kannale" from the film Aham Premasmi , composed by V. Ravichandran and "Baaninda Baa Chandira", from the movie Kanti , composed by Gurukiran . The 2006 film Mungaru Male created a sensation and spawned several records, mainly in Karnataka. The songs "Mungaru Maleye" and " Anisuthide " were composed by Mano Murthy and written by Yogaraj Bhat and Jayant Kaikini respectively. Nigam has said that he finds Kannada songs more fulfilling than
6290-400: The title track of the film Singh Saab The Great in 2013 and has also composed music for other films including: Sooper Se Ooper and Jal , in collaboration with percussionist Bickram Ghosh in the same year. He was ranked the Number 1 artist on the US Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013. He sang two songs for the movie PK , "Bhagwan Hai Kahan Re Tu" and "Love
6375-482: The track "Sun Zara" released by T-Series (company) . Sonu further clarified and wrote that "Just so you all know, I have nothing to do with this. I was requested to do the song by KRK ( Kamaal R. Khan ), who is my neighbour in Dubai . . . If I had heard Omer's version, I would have never sung it". Hindi Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi ,
6460-523: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became
6545-677: The world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to the 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی 'of or belonging to
6630-902: Was "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin" from Meri Pyaari Bindu . Sonu also sang one song in Shah Rukh Khan starrer Raees named "Halka Halka" but the song was not included in film because of creative reasons. Later the song was released on YouTube. Sonu composed one song in movie Half Widow called "Kuch Baaqi Hai" which was also sung by him. He also sang one song "Aazaadiyan" with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan from Begum Jaan composed by Anu Malik . In 2018, Sonu collaborated with American Rapper MC Yogi for song "Hall Of Fame". Sonu sang song "Aye Zindagi" composed by Vishal Mishra having five other versions of Asha Bhosle , Alka Yagnik , Suresh Wadkar , Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Shaan (singer) . Sonu also teamed up with Meet Bros for dance number "Totta" feat. Sonu Nigam with Kainaat Arora . In Bollywood, he sang
6715-671: Was Sonu's first collaboration with music composer Amaal Mallik . In 2017, Sonu made an international collaboration, this time with Indian-American DJ kshmr on song 'Underwater'. His independent song with Shreya Ghoshal called 'Aye Jahaan Aasmaan' bagged him 9th Mirchi Music Awards for Indie Pop Song of the Year. The song was composed by Abhishek Ray . Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar collaborated with Sonu for his debut single "Sachin's Cricket Wali Beat" 'Hans Mat Pagli' & "Gori Tu Latth Maar" from Toilet: Ek Prem Katha were well-received as
6800-525: Was accused of working with Rocky and Mr Rehan Siddiqui, who are blacklisted based on recommendations of the Consulate General of India for malpractices and supporting Pakistan-based terror groups. When Rajender Singh Pahl, a show promoter from USA, had contacted him for performing at a concert, he recommended him to contact Rehan Siddiqui. In December 2023, Omer Nadeem, a singer from Pakistan , accused Nigam of plagiarising his song "Aye Khuda" with
6885-572: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of
6970-749: Was first hesitant to render the song because he didn't want to tamper with the original song but Kapoor requested Sonu to sing the classic as he was playing an ardent follower of Mohammad Rafi in the film, which was why he wanted Sonu to give his voice. Sonu also sang songs for social causes. Song "Tik Tik Plastic" was sung with social message of 'Say No To Plastic'. He also collaborated with Amruta Fadnavis for song "Mumbai River Anthem" to save Mumbai Rivers. On 14 November 2021, Sonu travelled to United Kingdom for his tour "Rafi Kishore aur Main" presented by Grace Entertainment. He rendered his own songs, as well as evergreen tracks that were originally sung by legendary singers Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi . A source who
7055-566: Was present at the show shared, "The audience were glued to their seats for the four-hour long performances. Sonu curated the show with some of the most talented and sought after musicians from across India and also included some musicians who have been a part of the original compositions." Sonu also launched his NFT Series which features his English-language single ‘Hall of fame’ and pages from his personal diary where he has penned down key moments of his life and details of his practice and recording session along with lyrics of his popular songs. He became
7140-408: Was released by T-Series in 1999. His popular songs during this period were "Suraj Hua Maddham" and "You are my Soniya" from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... and " Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke " from the film Refugee , all three of which he sang along with Alka Yagnik , "Tanhayee" from Dil Chahta Hai , "Tu Fiza Hai" from Fiza among others. He received his first Filmfare Award for the title song of
7225-554: Was written & composed by Sonu as tribute to Michael after his death. Sonu also performed song "Let's Go for Glory" at 2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony composed by Sonu himself. Between 2012 and 2015 many of Sonu's songs were redubbed in other singer's voices by music companies because of his fight for singers' royalties and opposition to sign illegal contracts with companies. Sonu said "I am not scared of being out of work because eventually good sense will prevail,". In 2012, Sonu's song Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin from Agneepath became
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