Overview

• Sonu Nigam shared a video expressing disappointment over the exclusion of several iconic singers from the Padma Awards list.
• He questioned why late legends like Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi were either overlooked or minimally recognized by the awards committee.
• Nigam emphasized that current singers Alka Yagnik, Shreya Ghoshal, and Sunidhi Chauhan, despite their illustrious careers, have not received any Padma honors.
• The video urged fans to name other deserving artists across fields who are yet to be recognized with Padma Awards.
• Sonu Nigam himself received the Padma Shri in 2022 but had previously expressed reservations about the timing of the honor.