Sonu
Nigam
performs
in
Bengaluru.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Sonu
Nigam/Instagram
Sonu
Nigam
may
not
have
guessed
that
his
latest
concert
at
the
East
Point
College
in
Bengaluru
would
get
controversial.
While
he
was
performing,
a
youth
from
the
audience
asked
Sonu
to
sing
a
Kannada
song.
The
senior
singer
felt
the
youth
was
being
disrespectful.
‘This
is
the
reason
Pahalgam
happened,’
Sonu
said
at
the
concert.
Sonu
Nigam
performs
in
Bengaluru.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Sonu
Nigam/Instagram
The
singer
was
trying
to
emphasise
that
Indians
must
remain
united
in
this
time
of
crisis
when
Pakistan-based
terror
organisations
killed
Indians
rather
than
think
on
regional
lines.
But
he
pacified
the
audience
immediately
by
stating,
‘I
love
Kannadigas.
Wherever
I
go,
to
any
corner
of
the
world,
I
hear
audience
stating
that
he
will
sing
one
line
of
a
Kannada
song.
‘I
have
sung
songs
in
many
languages
in
my
career
but
the
best
songs
that
I
have
sung
are
Kannada
songs.
Every
time
I
visit
your
city,
I
get
love
and
respect.
My
shows
in
Karnataka
are
always
special
and
you
have
always
welcomed
me
like
family.’
Sonu
Nigam
performs
in
Bengaluru.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Sonu
Nigam/Instagram
Later,
he
shared
his
views
in
a
video
that
has
now
gone
viral:
‘It
hurts
when
a
young
man,
who
isn’t
even
as
old
as
my
career
of
Kannada
songs,
rudely
demands
that
I
sing
in
Kannada.’
Some
of
Sonu’s
popular
Kannada
songs
are
Neenu
Banda
Mele
(Krishna),
Ille
Ile
Ello
(Chirru),
Neenu
Nanna
Saviganasu
(Jaanu),
Once
Upon
A
Time
(Lofi
Mix)
and
Mayavi
(Bhoomi
2024).
