Should have been a Pakistani singer, at least I would get work in India: Sonu Nigam

mangaloretoday network

Mumbai, Dec 18, 2018 : With a career spanning over two decades in the music industry, Sonu Nigam has established a name for himself in the music industry. The singer has proved that there is no genre that he cannot master as to Yahoonews reports.

 

At the Agenda Aaj Tak 2018, Sonu took a sly dig at the offers coming the way of Pakistani singers. "Sometimes, I feel like it would be better if I was from Pakistan. At least I would get offers from India," he said.

The singer rued the current state of affairs in the music industry. "Nowadays, singers have to pay music companies for shows. If we don’t shell the money, they will play songs sung by other singers and highlight them. Then, they will take money from them," he claimed.

However, this treatment is only meted out to Indian singers, Sonu revealed. "They don’t do the same with Pakistani singers. But then why single only Indian singers out? Atif Aslam is a very close friend of mine. He is never asked to pay to sing at shows, neither is Rahat Fateh Ali Khan," he said.

Sonu blamed this practice for the increasing number of remixes nowadays. "Earlier, the composers, lyricists and singers created a song. Now, the music companies have taken over that job," he said.