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Mumbai, Maharashtra:In an exclusive interview with IANS, playback singer and music director Sonu Nigam opened up about his childhood growing up in Faridabad, Haryana. He also spoke about his recently launched Haryanvi track titled 'Chunni'. Sonu discussed the intricacies of different languages, having sung in many of them, and shared about his journey of trying South Indian languages. He also talked about his collaboration on the song and answered how if his music is somehow influenced by Gen Z’s choices. The singer revealed why he deleted all social media applications from his phone. He further spoke about his favourite singers in Punjabi and Haryanvi, naming Gurdas Maan along with others as his personal favourites. Sonu also expressed his desire to try singing in international languages like Chinese and Japanese.

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00:00Welcome to Anastonu ji. Thank you. First, huge congratulations and I heard this song and I also, you know, heard,
00:09you know, you were speaking about your days in Pahidabad, jahaan pe aap paida huye, jahaan pe aap bade huye.
00:16So, you know, in few words we can say that life has come full circle, jahaan se aap paida huye,
00:23jahaan pe aap bade huye, wahaan ke hi liye aj apne contribute kiya hai. What are your thoughts, you know,
00:31about this? And kya chal raha hai kush hakiyob?
00:35Jis, ah, jis, ah, jaghe pe, jahaan bhi bhagawan choose karta ha, hume, chunta hai ki wot tumhari jenam bhoomhi
00:42hooggi, to kisi karennd se karta hooga, koye connection hoota hooga.
00:46To out of all the places, mujhe Haryana me, Pahidabad me, Pahidabad me, Pahidabad me, Pahidabad me, Pahidabad me, Pahidabad
00:51me, Pahidabad me, Pahidabad me, Pahidabad me, Eminal.
00:59To, naturally, Haryana, ah, humaree liye, bhoat special, eek raja hai.
01:05Or, is bhasha ki, bhoat saare, mtolab, humaree dho sos bhi bhoat haryana bhi raha hai, school, school ke zamane
01:10mein.
01:11To, ah, spas, humai, bhasha ko bhoat suna bhi huwa hai, to, bhasha samaj me, to, ah, hume hasha. Bholte
01:16dhi thai, tera.
01:17Or, yaha, to, thota sa, thet bholna tha, kyunki, ah, Amin Badoudi, jenho hai, ghanai likhe hai, aur, banai hai,
01:23woh bhoat achi writer hai, aur bhoat achha, unko knowledge hai in music ka bhi, aur, thought unko bhoat achi
01:27hai.
01:28To, unko bhe request kiya ki, aap mujhe thoda thik se samjhana.
01:32Because kahi chize hooti hai, aphe phikke phikke nahi hai, phikke phikke.
01:35Abho, saari, niyaduramatan, phikke phikke lahi hai, abho phikke phikke bhi nahi hai, phikke phikke bhi nahi hai, phikke phikke
01:41bhi nahi hai.
01:41Phikke phikke, phikke.
01:42Toh, ye itni subtle si chize hai, woh samajhne mein mujhe kabhi-kabhi, thoda sa dhihan deena pada.
01:47But gaane bade piyare hoone hai.
01:50And I'm so glad, meri is birthday ke sun hai, ham log in ko haryana bhi bhaasya mein gaana kare
01:56se launch kar hai.
01:58So, talking about languages ki, aapne to almost, like, I don't know the count, but you have sung in so
02:04many Intel languages.
02:07Jo Mhasha ki jo kehte hai, uski jo intricacies hai, woh kaaphi complicated hote hai.
02:12How easy or how difficult is it for you as a singer to understand that and to act accordingly?
02:21There are a few layers to this answer.
02:25First of all, it depends on the singer's capability to imbibe a style.
02:34So, if I'm singing a song in any South Indian language.
02:38Jo maine pehli pehli baar Taamil mein, Kannada mein, ya Telugu mein gaaya.
02:43Malaleng mein bhi maine gaarakha hai, thoda baut gaarakha hai.
02:46Toh maine first time unki bahashya mein gaaya, toh I kept S.P. Balas Brabhanoji in my mind.
02:51Toh I copied his style off.
02:54Toh thoda sa laga ki he is not sounding alien to the South Indian languages.
03:02Toh pehle bae ne yeh khayal rakhha.
03:05Ab kya hota hai, we also have to rely on the person who is teaching us.
03:09If we have a song, if we have a song, if we have a song, if we have a song,
03:13if we have a song, it will be a song.
03:15It will be a song that is possible, it will be a song.
03:17Hindi bahashya mein bhi kai loog apne bahashya ko thik se nahi kehetethe.
03:20Who phir kehetethe hain, jep ki hota hai phir urdu mein.
03:23Fool kehetethe hain, phool hota hai, khuda kehetethe hain, khuda, khuda hafiz.
03:32Riyaz ko riyaj kehen ge ho.
03:33Toh agar aisa koi benda jis ko apni Kanada nahi aati ho, ya apni Haryanubi nahi aati ho,
03:38hameh sikhaayake ho, toh hum galati kaayenge phir.
03:41Toh hum kitna bhi echha kaareh ho, agar humo sikhaane wala tik se nahi patayega.
03:44Toh hum galati kaayenge.
03:46So, kuch apni tarah se ek effort dena pardata hai,
03:48aur kuch rileye hum kardethe hain, sikhaane wale ke opar.
03:53So, hindi se related jobi language hai,
03:55jis ki jubi hai, wo devnagri hai, jis ki jubi hai, wo devnagri hai,
03:58jis ki jubi hai, wo devnagri hai,
04:00they are all related languages, be it Haryanubi, Urbet, Rajasthani,
04:06Rajasthani, Bhochpuri.
04:07But South ke jo languages me apne kaaya hai,
04:11itne saare kaane kaaya hai,
04:12it is very very difficult for a Hindi speaker to understand.
04:15So, how was your journey when you were, you know,
04:19trying all the South Indian languages?
04:21I started very early.
04:22So, I got a chance to sing in languages way back when I was in Delhi.
04:26I was doing jingles at that point.
04:28I hadn't come to Bombay.
04:29And I was recording in Delhi and I used to record 16, 17 jingles
04:32in different different voices per day.
04:35So, I got a chance to, I was acquainted to different languages of India
04:38from Kashmiri to Haryanubi, Rajasthani to Marathi to Tamil to Telugu to Kashmiri.
04:42So, I used to sing all those languages in Delhi.
04:46And when I came to Bombay,
04:47then I got a chance to sing in Mumbai.
04:50Then I got a chance to sing in Mumbai.
04:50Udiya, Bangla, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Rajasthani, Gujarati, Marathi, Haryanubi,
04:58Khasi language, Manipuri language, Konkani, Garhwali, Kumavuni, Kashmiri, Dogri,
05:10Haryanubi, Haryanubi toh.
05:12It's been a very long career, so I have gotten lots of opportunities to learn new styles and sing in
05:23different languages.
05:24Coming back to Juni again, you have collaborated with Warner Music
05:28and one of your friends.
05:30Toh, this collaboration ki piche ki kahaani bata ye ki kaise start rhi?
05:33And then how this entire thing…
05:36So, my label Ivy League Music, Warner Music and Global Music Junction
05:39are like three siblings from a family.
05:43Aisai humara.
05:44So, we all cross-feed on each other.
05:48They are also like my family and they wish the best for me.
05:51They have always done things around me so that they love me and respect me a lot.
05:59And they are the ones actually.
06:01So they had suggested that you can play in Haryanubi.
06:03Because I had the song song for four years before,
06:10It was such a big hit.
06:13So I trust Rajkumar, Jayan, Ashish, Joshi,
06:19Joshi, who is our team, you did the judges and I followed it.
06:25It's come out nice.
06:26It's a great time coming up.
06:27So, I'm going to say it's a great song.
06:32It's a great song.
06:34So, while I was in the press conference, there was one thing that YouTube people were talking about.
06:43It was the choice of Gen Z.
06:45Gen Z's are 29 years old, but this word has suddenly become very fashionable in past few weeks.
06:55Does your selection of song is somehow influenced by the choices of Gen Z?
07:02I listened to Rajkumar and Jai.
07:07It was not my decision.
07:09Whatever they asked me to sing, I sing.
07:12Otherwise, if you think about the variety of songs, people will get tired.
07:18But if you think about songs or create songs,
07:23then there are some thoughts in your mind.
07:26Because there is social media that drives most of the things these days.
07:31A lot of even narrative.
07:33People are listening, what they want to listen, what they want to listen, what they want to do.
07:38They all drive social media, especially Instagram.
07:40So, ever at this stage in your career,
07:44have your thoughts come in your mind?
07:46What are social media things like that?
07:48I'm too old for it.
07:49I'm too old for it.
07:51I do what pleases me.
07:53I do what I feel is ishwar ka hukum.
07:56Because nothing can drive anything.
07:58It's all God.
07:59God drives everything.
08:02Recently, I saw one of your videos that you upload in your social media.
08:06And you said that,
08:07kuch time pehle, apne aapne phone se sare apps?
08:10Haa, ek saar se upor.
08:11Ek saar se upor ho ga hai.
08:12So, I mean, is it something that you like?
08:18I know you chose it consciously.
08:19But it also looks like that you have latest updates, news or things that I miss if you don't have
08:25a phone.
08:25No, it depends on what priority is.
08:29My priority is that I am alone.
08:30My priority is that my priority is that my priority is that my priority is not that what I am
08:35outside.
08:36I am aware that I am aware that I am aware that I am aware that I am aware that
08:42I am aware of everything.
08:43I am okay with it.
08:43I am happy in my zone.
08:46I lead a beautiful, pious, beautiful life.
08:48And I do a lot of riyaz.
08:51I read a lot.
08:54I consume a lot of information from other, like YouTube and all,
09:00which is related to science, which is related to philosophy, history,
09:05which is my interest.
09:06So, I am consuming that which is my interest.
09:10My riyaz is consuming me.
09:12Because I practice a lot.
09:13I know that I am very long.
09:16I will always live a long time.
09:17I will always live a long time.
09:17So, whatever I am living, I will enjoy my work.
09:20I should not waste my time.
09:22I think I have had enough.
09:23I am not young anymore.
09:24I am mature enough to decide how I want to grow old.
09:29I don't want to grow old as a confused man.
09:33I want to grow old, settled, which I am right now.
09:35So, we can say that at this stage of your career and your age,
09:41which is the ultimate wisdom, which is the ultimate wisdom that you have attained.
09:47Hence, you have decided that my life is focused on this stage.
09:50I am not sure of the wisdom, but it is just that I choose what I want to do.
09:54So, I am coming back to Haryanvi now.
09:55I am coming back to Haryanvi now.
10:24So, I am talking about it.
10:26I am talking about Haryanvi.
10:38This is probably going to be a competition of these two songs.
10:43Now, if you want to know about these two songs,
10:48who are your favorite singers in these two zones,
10:51who are your favorite singers?
10:56Renu Kowa is a good song, I know.
10:58The songs are very good.
11:00In Punjabi, there are very good singers, obviously.
11:03Our seniors, Gurdas Manji, are very good songs.
11:06Of course, he is a great legend.
11:10Sardul Shukvinder Ji is a great singer.
11:13Mr. Shukvinder Bhai is a very good singer.
11:17In Punjabi, they are very good singers.
11:19In Haryana, they are very good singers.
11:21Now, I will explore.
11:23Last one.
11:24Since you have everything you have achieved everything,
11:31that you can imagine.
11:35Do you have any other languages that you want to sing?
11:40That you have not yet attempted?
11:42In international languages, I have written in Latin, English,
11:48on stage, on Dutch.
11:51I would like to attempt some international languages,
11:53like Chinese and Japanese probably.
11:55It will be fun.
11:56There will be a chance to learn new languages.
11:58Maybe Spanish probably.
11:59Let's see.
12:00As an artist, if we talk about the current,
12:03which is a fresh lot,
12:04which has a background singing,
12:06play-back singing,
12:08which you like?
12:10Who does it like?
12:10Who does it like?
12:11Who does it like?
12:12Who does it like?
12:13They are very good singers.
12:14He is good.
12:16He is good.
12:16He is good.
12:18He is good.
12:19He is good.
12:19He is good.
12:21He is good in涼az.
12:26He is good in Mailhael Серг unquote.
12:32In regards to shrewya consecutive people,emer
12:33Giovanni bogini shows's good with his son, He
12:35is good. He
12:39is great in Hindi, He
12:44is great in Pranj
12:53I loved her voice, which has come to me with me.
12:56So, the new generation is very great.
13:00One of the singers.
13:02So, before we wrap, there is one question that again I want to ask.
13:05You have said that your focus is here.
13:08But there are some people and especially your fans
13:12because your fan following you know that
13:16it's huge and we can't even tell you how much he loves you.
13:20Some people miss that side of yours,
13:24which was in one time,
13:26which was in his mind,
13:27which was in his mind,
13:28which was in his opinion and opinion.
13:33It's always like a human.
13:38Life says that you have to listen to something,
13:42but I don't think that I need to say something.
13:44I don't want to.
13:47I want to live for myself and my.
13:50My.
13:51My.
13:51My.
13:51My.
13:53My.
13:53My.
13:54My.
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