I'm being offered sub-standard songs

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Posted: 16 years ago
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I'm being offered sub-standard songs

By Ruchika Kher

One of Bollywood's most talented playback singers Sonu Niigaam is hardly heard these days. He says that he has cut down his work because he doesn't want to sing sub-standard songs.

"There are two-three reasons because of which I decided to cut down on my projects. First was that not many songs offered to me today appeal to me. This is because composers have started singing themselves," Sonu told in an interview.

"Most of the times, composers make songs that are apt for their voices. It's all business. I don't hold it against them because everyone has a right to safeguard their interests.

"Music composers have realised that concerts are money spinners. So they make songs that they can sing. I don't want to be part of this craziness where I am given sub-standard songs and the best are taken by the composers themselves. I'm pretty content with what I'm doing," he added.

The singer, who enthralled music buffs with hit numbers like "Suraj hua madham", "Saathiya" and "Kal ho na ho" among others, says he misses good music.

"I miss good music in totality today. There are hardly any great songs that have come up in the last three to four years. The songs that sounds great instantly, disappear after two-three months... those songs don't stay with the listeners," said Sonu who has a huge fan following not only in India but abroad also.

The 36-year-old singer has been working in the industry for more than 17 years and says that he wanted to give himself a break.

"I wanted to reduce my work. There were days when I had sung 11 songs in a day. I used to keep running from one studio to another and in that process I lost myself. So I stopped doing songs which were not very good. I made my work qualitative," informed Sonu who recently became the brand ambassador of 92.7 Big FM.

"I couldn't enjoy life for many years because of work. So now I want to do only quality work. I rather say no to trash. I don't want to spoil my repertoire and that's why you will hear less of me in future. But whatever you hear, you will never say that 'oh that was a trash song'," added the singer.

The versatile singer recently sang the song "Chiggy wiggy" for "Blue" and international pop star Kylie Minogue too lent her voice for the same, but they didn't get to meet each other.

"I gave my nod to 'Chiggy wiggy' because of A.R. Rahman. I didn't even know that Kylie will be singing the song too. I never met Kylie. She was in London when I sang the song in Mumbai. Then when she came here, I was out of India."

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Posted: 16 years ago
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i think he has recently sung very good songs. he got a chance to sing with kylie. then DBH song was good. waht more can he ask for?
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Posted: 16 years ago
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I like him as a singer, but does he really think Chiggy Wiggy was not a "sub-standard song" 🤢.

Personally I am more of a Mohit Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher and now Amit Trivedi type of music buff.


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Posted: 16 years ago
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I personally liked the songs Sonu used to singh, his voice was very velvety which made the songs very soothing to the ears, but I agree that songs today are trash. The songs have absolutely no meaning and rather than hitting the heart they hit the head.
I mean compare this old classic "Chalo ek baar phir se ajnabi ban jayen hum dono" such true and heart wrenching lyrics for 2 lovers who have separated and this is from todays gen "Duniya firangi syappa hai fikar hi gham ka pappa hai" you seriously want to hold your head and go WHA?😕
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Posted: 16 years ago
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I don't think that comparison is fair. Look at the lyrics for songs from Dev D and Kaminey or Delhi 6 or for some songs in Love Aaj Kal. They are brilliant. It really just depends on the individual composer/lyricist. Honestly I like the music we are getting these days a lot better than what we got for a good chunk of the 90s and early 2000s. Except for AR Rahman.
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Posted: 16 years ago
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i don't like him ....except few songs
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Posted: 16 years ago
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Chiggy Wiggy is a good song? 🤢 Ishq Hi Hai Rab was definitely a good song.

Music quality has worsened. Even Rahman music is not up to his previous mark.

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