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Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam shares with Gulf News tabloid! his favourite holiday destinations.
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Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam shares with Gulf News tabloid! his favourite holiday destinations.
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00:00What was your most memorable holiday as a kid?
00:02We never took holidays.
00:05You'll be happy to know.
00:06Why would that make me happy?
00:12Sonu, welcome to Dubai.
00:13It's always nice to have you.
00:15We have seen you on stage.
00:16This is the first time I'm seeing you.
00:17Very relaxed.
00:19You're on holiday mood, clearly.
00:20Absolutely, absolutely.
00:21Completely.
00:22This is a family kind of reunion with our family over here.
00:27So, we're just here for two days.
00:29I have to tell you, this is the biggest mansion that I've ever been to.
00:34It is massive.
00:34So, is this how you holiday?
00:36Always in style?
00:37He's like my real brother.
00:40We have been connected for the last 21 years.
00:49Accidentally, he's also doing well in his life, which is fine.
00:52What kind of a holiday traveler are you?
00:54We ask you this because Eid is just around the corner.
00:57We have four days coming up.
00:59It's going to be quite cool.
01:02I am an avid traveler.
01:04And I make sure that if I'm going to a place for a concert,
01:11I've now started taking four or five days off.
01:14So, I had a concert in Azerbaijan last year.
01:18So, I took my father and my best friend from my childhood.
01:21So, we went there.
01:22After the concert, we stayed there for five days.
01:25We partied and literally saw the place.
01:28There is a lot to see in Baku.
01:31Then after that, I had a concert in Shanghai.
01:33Again, I took my father and my best friend.
01:35And after Shanghai, we took a flight to Beijing.
01:38And we stayed in Beijing for six days.
01:40And the great wall of China and everything.
01:43So, with your father and your best friend?
01:45With my childhood best friend, yeah.
01:46Oh, wow.
01:47Because Nivaan had schools, so he couldn't come often.
01:51So, Madhu had to be with him.
01:53But then again, last year, just me and Madhu, we went to Canada.
01:59We went to Lake Tahoe in USA.
02:02Las Vegas.
02:02For the first time, I did Las Vegas.
02:04Then we went to New Jersey.
02:08So, yeah.
02:08Because I keep traveling anyways to America.
02:11But sometimes, it is just good to not have any work there.
02:15And just see around.
02:17When you say you go to places for concerts,
02:20I know many people who actually plan the year.
02:22As per where the artist is performing.
02:24Be it UK, be it...
02:26Do you do that as an artist, as a singer yourself?
02:28Do you look at other singers perhaps and then plan?
02:31Or is it not something you do at all?
02:34Like go for, say, Lady Gaga or any other concert at all?
02:38You don't do that?
02:39No, no, no.
02:39We don't do that.
02:40By chance, if somebody is there somewhere.
02:42But that also is a rare opportunity.
02:44We were fans of Michael Jackson.
02:46If there would have been something that I would have wanted to see,
02:48it would have been Michael Jackson.
02:50So, those days are gone.
02:52What was your most memorable holiday as a kid?
02:56We never took holidays.
02:57You will be happy to know.
02:58Why would that be?
03:02My parents never took us to any vacation.
03:04That's very depressing.
03:05As an adult, I'm changing the question.
03:06But we couldn't afford it at that point.
03:08But then, when we grew up, I took lots of vacations with my parents.
03:10Yeah, tell us about...
03:11I like the fact that you holiday with your dad.
03:13What is the most fun thing that you guys do together?
03:16We sing a lot when we're together.
03:18And I know my father's music.
03:19Because older music, I'm grown up on.
03:22So, he has a good company in me.
03:23Because I know about S.D. Batesh.
03:26And I would know about N. Dutta.
03:28And all the names that people today don't...
03:30And you know who they are.
03:30Exactly. So, I know about them.
03:32So, you're a great company.
03:34What is your funniest holiday memory?
03:37Funniest holiday memory?
03:41I can't remember right now.
03:43What's a fun thing that you did with your son?
03:45You can just do it.
03:47My son...
03:50Oh, we did skiing last year.
03:52This year.
03:54In Switzerland.
03:55And I did a good job.
03:57And I felt nice teaching myself something new at this age.
04:00Oh, that's great.
04:02Me, my wife and my son, we did it.
04:03My son was going from the school.
04:05But I learnt in one day.
04:06And the next two days, I was flying.
04:08Really? Oh, fantastic.
04:09So, what kind of a holiday traveler are you?
04:12Are you the kind of meat picking?
04:13How to travel in style?
04:14Or can you do backpacking?
04:16I, of course, I can do backpacking.
04:17I don't have...
04:18I do not believe in luxury living and all this.
04:22There are some friends of mine...
04:22I love it.
04:23The irony is, we are sitting here in like a very plush house.
04:26I don't believe in luxury.
04:27Yeah, because I said, accidentally he's rich.
04:29If he was not rich, he would still be my brother, you see.
04:32So...
04:32Okay, fair enough, fair enough.
04:33And your favorite destination of all the countries
04:36and consuls that you've gone to perhaps?
04:39One of the...
04:39There can be no one favorite.
04:41But India has a lot of beautiful places.
04:43So, a lot of places in India are good.
04:46Another place I loved a lot was Azerbaijan.
04:49Baku, as you said.
04:49Yeah, Baku was great.
04:51You've been there, no?
04:52Yeah, yeah.
04:52I went with my girlfriends.
04:54Okay.
04:54Three days.
04:55Amazing place.
04:56It's still cheaper than Europe, you see.
04:58Yeah, and you know what?
04:59The people are lovely.
05:01I wish there's a language barrier, but there's a lot of...
05:03We don't speak our language.
05:04There's a lot of things to see.
05:05Yeah, but good fun.
05:06Yeah, yeah.