Sonu Nigam - Best of the Best

I was just listening to this 'Mere Haath Mein Tera Haath Ho" from Fanaa ... and I have kept it on repeat mode for last I dont know how many times ... Of course the lyrics are great and also the music ... But what makes it best is Sonu Nigam's voice ... I am a huge huge huge fan of Sonu Nigam ... all of my close friends know how much I love his voice ... This post is dedicated to him ... He deserves many more like these ... :) .. here is a look at his journey ...

What can I say ? The only son of "Agam Kumar Nigam" (BTW he is a very famous singer in north) .. born on July 30 (Leo) ... With music running in his blood, this kid made his first stage appearance at the age of 3 and kept winning all competitions till the age of 18 when he moved to Mumbai for a serious career in Singing .. But things were not so easy for him ... He had to struggle a lot before Gulshan Kumar heard him and gave him his first super hit 'Accha Sila Diya Tune Mere Pyar Ka' from 'Bewafa Sanam' ... People started noticing him a little ... He was only 18 !

But even after that he didnt get the kind of break he wanted ... he kept singing (or imitating to the finest) Mohd. Rafi's old songs ... He had a moderate success ... Then came "Sa Re Ga Ma" .. The Zee TV show which gave him the opportunity to go to each and every house in India .. Sonu grabbed this opportunity and made full use of it ! His anchoring, style of singing, his lovely voice .. everything was so captivating ! Everyone starting from grandparents to kids started noticing Sonu ... since then his career has been flourishing ..

He started getting more offers for movie songs .. and he lived upto the expectations ..rather very well exceeded them ... Border (what a song Sandese Aate Hai !), Taal, Sangharsh (Lovely songs esp. Mujhe Raat Din Bas Mujhe !!), Saathiya (melodious !), Pukar, Refugee(Panchee Nadiya .. ), Dil Se (Satrangee re .. such a difficult song to sing !!), Dil Chahta Hai(Tanhayee ..), K3G(Surja Hua Maddham) .. Kal Ho Na Ho .. and the list goes on ... But not only did he capture the movie music world, he also entered into the pop world ... His album "Deewana" sold millions and millions of copies ... and he continued giving his best with Mausam, Jaan, Yaad Chanda Ki Doli and many others ... Every song he sang was with his complete heart ... every song deserved an award ..and he did win several of them ... But I think awards was just another stamp that he'z the best ...

Be it a happy song, party song, pop song, sad song or bhajan or classical ... be it any song ! Sonu can sing it ... and sing it better than others ... his happy songs will make u happy and sad songs will bring tears in ur eyes ... Another great virtue of this singer is his ability to change voice as per the actor ... he has sung for Shahrukh, Salman, Aaamir, Govinda, Sanjay, Bobby, Akshay Khanna, Akshay Kumar and every other hero ... and it never feels like a mismatch of voice ... and thats coz of his efforts to change his voice ...

Its tough to say which is his best song ... esp because he has sung so many and with such variety ... I think his best sad song would be "Tanhayee" from DCH ... high pitch song would be Satrangee re or "Rabba Mere Rabba ... Is Pyaar Ko Main Kya naam doo "... both these songs are very very high pitched ... Happy song ... well thats a tough one .. there are so many ! romantic song according to me would be a tie between 'Yuhi Ham Tumse Pyaar' from Khakee & 'Haan Mujhe Bas Mujhe' from Sangharsh ... well even the 'Dil hi dil mein humko maare' from Dum is also great ... truly, I dont know ... his every song is so good ... You listen to 'Kal Ho Na Ho" and the moment he starts singing 'Har Ghadi Badal Rahi Hai Roop Jindagi" and you are already bewitched ! bewitched with his charm ... It has never happened to me that I hear any of his song and I dont like it because he has done a bad job at it ! name one !! Music may not be good but just his voice takes the song up the charts !!

Shaan, Udit, Abhijeet, Kumar Sanu, (I hate him.. dil se ... I think he has done justice to only a few songs .. like Ek Ladki Ko dekha, Meri Mehbooba, Ai Kaash Ke Hum & maybe a few others ... but I am sure anyone would have sung them better than him ... anyway thats not the topic of this post is it ?) A R Rehman & others are good but I dont think anyone is even close to Sonu's talent, his voice, his modularity, his charm, his charisma, his style .... and I have not even spoken a word about his amazing looks & how handsome he is ...

Sonu, u r the BEST ! Keep singing such lovely songs .... hats off to you !