MUMBAI – Seems like the singer Sonu Nigam isn’t too happy with the currentBollywood music scene. At an event he has shared his concerns. The 45-yearssinger has spent almost two decades in the industry, and from to time totime he has been calling out at issues with the status of singers andquality of music.
While speaking at a summit, he has recently taken a jab at the popularityof Pakistani singers in India. “Sometimes, I feel as if it would have beenbetter if I were from Pakistan. At least I would get offers from India,” hesaid.
“Nowadays, singers have to pay music companies for shows. If we don’t shellthe money, they will play songs sung by other singers and highlight them.Then, they will take money from them”, he further added.
For him things are different for the Pakistani singers as he said, “Whysingle out Indian singers? They don’t do the same with Pakistani singers.Atif Aslam is a very close friend of mine. He is never asked to pay to singat shows, neither is Rahat Fateh Ali Khan”.
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Sonu Nigam is certainly not happy with the current Bollywood music scene,as he blamed this on the increasing number of remixes nowadays. He said,“Earlier, composers, lyricists and singers created a song. Now, musiccompanies have taken over that job”.
