Starting his career as a playback singer performing songs which were used in
Bollywood movies, Sonu Nigam has become one of India's biggest and most
influential modern pop stars, collaborating with Britney Spears and David
Guetta. Born in the northern city of Faridabad, Nigam's father was a local
singer and during one of his musical theatre shows a four-year-old Sonu joined
his father on stage to sing a song by his hero Mohammed Rafi.
Making his first film appearance as a child star in 1983, he studied classical
Hindustani music under the guidance of Ustad Maha Kanjar Naveed a...