“It’s very difficult for new children,” said Sonu Nigam (with permission sonunigamofficial)
Strong points
- “Everyone wants to” run “the business,” said Sonu Nigam.
- “I was fortunate to join (the industry) at a young age,” he said.
- “But it’s very difficult for new children,” he added.
New Delhi:
Death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput prompted Sonu Nigam to talk about the “cruel” machinations of the music industry in a new video blog. The 46-year-old singer shared his vlog with a disturbing legend, “You may soon hear of suicides in the music industry”, in which he called the music industry “mafias”, including two in particular, without taking names. “Sushant Singh Rajput is dead, an actor is dead. Tomorrow you can hear the same thing about a singer, or a composer, or a songwriter. Because the musical scenario in our country. .. there are bigger “mafias” here than in the movie industry, unfortunately, “said Mr. Nigam. “The power is in the hands of two of them … just two of the music industry. They own companies. They have the power to make someone sing or not,” he added.
In the comments section on Sonu Nigam’s video, several followers have said that the music labels the singer talked about are probably T-Series, Zee Music Company and even YRF Music.
“Everyone wants to” run “the business,” said Sonu Nigam, who repeatedly asked the so-called “music mafias” to be kind and considerate of new talent with messages like these: ” Don’t do this! Is not true “,” You will be questioned “,” Please be a little nice to the newcomers. “
“It’s very difficult for new children, very difficult … I speak to all of them. They are troubled by the fact that the producer wants to work with them, the director wants to work, even the music composer wants to work with them but the music company will say: “He is not our artist”, “he added.
“I was lucky to have joined (the industry) at a young age, I escaped the clutches,” he added, claiming to have joined the music industry in Mumbai in 1991. , but “I got out of it. I have no desire to do it”. sing for 15 years. Its good. I am happy in my won world. But I saw the frustration in the eyes, in the voice, in the words of new singers, new composers, new lyrics writers … tears of blood, sometimes. “
Sonu Nigam also made an oblique reference to actor Salman Khan when speaking of an actor, to whose “fingers are pointed” at the moment. Speaking of replacing the singers, Sonu Nigam said, “He did it with Arijit Singh.” In 2016, Mr. Khan allegedly asked to remove a song recorded by Arijit Singh from his film Sultan after being offended by the manners of the singer at an award ceremony.
Sonu Nigam wrapped up his video alleging that in the past he had been called in for song recordings, and then his songs were dubbed by different artists. “If you can do this with me, then what you had to do with the newcomers,” he said and added, “I hope more people don’t die by suicide.”
Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide, according to police, who are investigating. He was found dead at his Mumbai residence on June 14. Police will also investigate allegations that Mr. Rajput was depressed due to professional rivalries. Politician Sanjay Nirupam Sushant allegedly lost six of the seven films that he had signed in recent months.
