Sonu Nigam still set on farming

seems like sonu is still bent on farming ..at least he will still sing a little

Singer Sonu Niigaam to cut down on work, sets eyes on farming

BOMBAY, India - Bollywood singer Sonu Niigaam plans to cut back on singing so he can take up farming.

Niigaam told the Hindustan Times newspaper that he doesn't plan to give up singing all together, but will have to find time to sing in between planting seeds and tending crops in his new role as a farmer.

He hasn't yet decided what he'll grow or where he will do it, but he was quoted as saying by the newspaper that "you will hear less of Sonu, yes, because I want to set up a farmhouse, live there, work from there and farm."

Niigaam is regarded as one of the best male singers in a film industry that relies on song-and-dance numbers in movies to rake in box office receipts.

The 33-year-old began singing as a teenager. Now, "I don't want to do so much work anymore. I've got fame and money. Now I want to live my life," Niigaam said. "I'm not saying I'm retiring from the music industry."

Niigaam has sung a wide range of songs from Hindu religious hymns, hip-hop numbers, romantic melodies and children's songs.

The biggest hit albums of the year so far -"Fanaa" or "Self Destruction," and "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna" or "Never Say Goodbye" - feature his work.