Sonu
Nigam
with
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
3
actor
Kartik
Aaryan.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Kartik
Aaryan/Instagram
Sonu
Nigam
voiced
his
disappointment
after
being
snubbed
from
the
Best
Playback
Singer
(Male)
nominations
at
the
IIFA
Awards
2025.
The
event,
held
in
Jaipur,
Rajasthan,
did
not
include
Nigam
in
the
nominations
despite
his
song
Mere
Dholna
3.0
from
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
3
being
among
the
many
chartbusters
of
2024.
The
nominees
in
the
category
included
Arijit
Singh,
Karan
Aujla,
Diljit
Dosanjh,
Baadshah,
Jubin
Nautiyal,
and
Mitraz.
Ultimately,
Jubin
Nautiyal
won
the
award.
Nigam
took
to
his
Instagram
account
to
share
a
screenshot
of
the
nominee
list
along
with
a
sarcastic
caption
that
read,
‘Thank
you,
IIFA…
After
all,
you
were
answerable
to
the
Rajasthan
bureaucracy.’
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Sonu
Nigam/Instagram
The
singer
didn’t
stop
there.
He
also
played
Mere
Dholna
3.0
in
the
background,
possibly
hinting
that
the
song
deserved
at
least
a
nomination.
Composer
Amaal
Malik
commented,
‘Such
is
the
world
that
we
live
in…
Mazaak
banake
rakh
diya
hai
(They
have
made
it
a
joke).’
