Sonu started at a very early age not only on stage but also in front of the mike. He spent his teenage days singing jingles, cover versions and devotional songs. Once he shifted base to Mumbai to start his struggle in the music industry, it did not take him too long to get his first song from the film 'Aaja Meri Jaan' at the age of 20. The late bigwig Gulshan Kumar (owner of T-Series, Music Company) heard Sonu and invited him to work with them. The song, which led him to fame was 'Accha Sila Diya Tune' from the film 'Bewafa Sanam. Sonu tasted real success in playback singing when he was invited to sing the song, 'Yeh Dil Deewana' for Subhash Ghai’s film 'Pardes'. This song made Sonu the real superstar, a heartthrob of Bollywood. He changed his style of singing and adapted the modern nuances of the western style of singing merging it with our own Indian classical influences. Since then there has been no looking back for Sonu. Today he is among the highest-paid singers of Bollywood and is in heavy demand because his voice suits every hero. Shah Rukh Khan once commented “I grant a lot of my success to Sonu.’ Sonu has become the safest choice for any music director to do justice to their composition and as rightly said by one of them "Sonu's singing is immaculate because he immerses himself completely in it. He comes to the recording studio, writes the song, learns it, sings it and leaves in nothing more than 30 minutes. I think no one can ever match his caliber". He has sung countless songs not only in Hindi but in almost all the regional languages of India. His songs from films like 'Pardes', 'Dil Se', 'Border', 'Refugee', 'Sarfarosh', 'Taal', 'One Two Ka Four',’Pukar’, 'Bunty aur Babli',’Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai’, ‘Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya’,'Lucky', 'Paheli', 'Parineeta',’Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’, 'Saathiya’, ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’, ‘Main Hoon Na’, ‘Kabhie Alvida Na Kehna’, ‘The Legend Of Bhagat Singh’,’Fanaa’ and ’Om Shanti Om’ are among a few milestones in his singing career and have helped him establish himself as one of the most versatile, soulful and multi-talented singers in India. He also appealed to connoisseurs of music with renditions from films like ‘Dev’,’Baabul’,’Saawan’,’Meenaxi’,’Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’ and ‘Dharm’. He recently became a sensation in the Kannada music industry when his songs from the film ‘Mungaru Male’ became chartbusters in the south and earned him a lot of recognition.
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