Personal Life and Volunteer Work
Sonu Nigam comes from a Kayastha family. Born to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam, he attended the J.D. Tytler School. He has two sisters, Meenal and Neekita. In the last few years, his father has released several hit albums including "Bewafaai" and "Phir Bewafaai" and, more recently, "Bewafaai ka Aalam". Neekita is an upcoming singer and has several songs and awards to her name in Telugu movie Magadheera, and in Hindi and Kannada.
Sonu married his wife Madhurima, who is from a Bengali family, on 15 February 2002. They have a son, Nevin, born in 2007. Nevaan is also very interested in music and has recently recorded a song with Lata Mangeshkar.
Sonu Nigam practices fitness and yoga exercises, and has trained in Taekwondo. He claims to be spiritual rather than religious.
Nigam has done work for various charities in India as well as abroad for the Dignity Foundation, for various organizations working in the fields of cancer, leprosy, blindness and women's welfare, and for families affected by the Kargil war and earthquakes. He also sponsors a child from the organization "Crayon". He has made numerous appearances for the cause of HIV/AIDS and has brought out a song titled "Papa I'm sorry" related to this. He has also released songs and made contributions to the cause of peace between India and Pakistan.
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