SINGER

Sonu Nigam (Hindi: सोनू निगम),(born 30 July 1973)[1] is an Indian singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi and Kannada movies. He has also sung many songs in other languages including Oriya, Tamil, Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu and Nepali. He has released Indian pop albums and acted in a few movies.

Nigam was born at Faridabad in a Kayastha family.[3][4] He began his singing career at the age of four, when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi's song "Kya Hua Tera Vaada, Wo Kasam Wo Irada". From then on, Sonu accompanied his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. In his teenage years, he successfully participated in music. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19.[5] He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
Nigam married Madhurima, who is from a Bengali family, on 15 February 2002.[6] They have a son, Nevaan, born in 2007.[7] He practices fitness and yoga exercises, and has trained in Taekwondo.[1] He claims to be spiritual rather than religious. He has done work for various charities in India as well as abroad for the Dignity Foundation, for various organizations working in the fields of cancer, leprosy, blindness and women's welfare, and for families affected by the Kargil war and earthquakes. He also sponsors a child from the organization "Crayon".