Sonu Nigam Regrets Padma Award Snub for Kishore Kumar & Alka Yagnik

On the eve of Republic Day i.e. 26 January, the central government announced the Padma Awards 2025, in which 139 people will be awarded the highest civilian honor, including seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri. Hours after the announcement of Padma Awards 2025, National Award-winning singer Sonu Nigam questioned the jury for ignoring many big artists this year. At the same time, Sonu Nigam has shared a video on his Instagram, in which he has named some veteran singers Alka Yagnik, Shreya Ghoshal, and Sunidhi Chauhan, who got nothing despite being inspirational.

Sonu Nigam said this in the video

Let us tell you that Sonu Nigam shared a video on Instagram and said, "Two music maestros Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar inspired singers around the world and yet they got nothing. Mohammad Rafi was limited to only Padma Shri award, while Kumar did not even get Padma Shri. In the video, Sonu Nigam further said, "Nowadays posthumous awards are being given, but even among the living legends there are personalities like Alka Yagnik, who have had such a long and phenomenal career, yet they did not get any such honor". 

Sonu Nigam shared his thoughts

 
Not only this, continuing his point, Sonu Nigam further said, "Shreya Ghoshal, who has been proving her talent for so long, also deserves respect. Sunidhi Chauhan, who has inspired an entire generation with her unique voice, has also not received anything yet. Sunidhi Chauhan has inspired an entire generation with her unique voice."

Sonu Nigam said this to the fans

Along with this, at the end of the video, Sonu Nigam asked his fans to name those people who have not yet been awarded the Padma Award, whether it is in the field of music, acting, science, or literature. While sharing the video, Sonu shared the post and wrote, "India and its pending Padma Award winners". 

Sonu Nigam's career

Talking about Sonu Nigam's career, he is also known as 'Modern Rafi'. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2022. Apart from Hindi and Kannada, he has sung songs in Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, English, Assamese, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Tulu, Maithili and Manipuri. Sonu Nigam started his career with the song Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye from the TV serial Talaash (1992) and gave hit tracks like Main Hoon Na, Mere Haath Mein, Main Agar Kahun, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Jaane Nahi Denge Tujhe and Abhi Mujhme. Other hit tracks include Kahin. The singer has won a National Award, two Filmfare Awards two South Filmfare Awards, and four IIFA Awards as Best Playback Singer.

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