Sonu Nigam opens up on sending his son out of India: I wanted him to have a normal childhood

Carrying on with life in the public eye is not easy, something that singer Sonu Nigam took cognizance of very early on when he chose to send his son Neevan out of India.

“My son became a sensation in 2012 itself,” notes Nigam hinting to when four-year-old Nevaan caught the attention of many people when he recorded his own version of Dhanush’s well-known track Kolaveri Di.

The singer further adds, “But if you make a big deal out of it then that is the problem. If I wanted to show my child around in every party and if I wanted my son to come out with new songs then he would have been pressured. As parents, we didn’t want to ruin and taint his childhood. I wanted him to have a normal childhood where he has friends, normal friends, doesn’t have to go for appearances, shoots, and parties.”

The 48-year-old says for that reason he and his better half Madhurima chose to send him to Dubai to live and study there.

“I wanted my son to study and live in a country outside of India, which is not too far. Initially, we were planning to move to USA in 2009 as my wife and I both have green cards, and my son is a US citizen. But commuting from LA to Mumbai is very difficult. So I decided to give up the idea of living in LA. Dubai is close to Mumbai,” shares the singer.

While he shuttles between his two homes Dubai and Mumbai, he is glad to have given a normal childhood to his son.

“We made sure to give him a normal childhood. Now his friends are Brazilians, Germans… something that I never got to experience in my childhood,” he ends.