Lil Nigam.....

Little Nevaan Nigam's turning out to be a regular chip off the old block. At three, Bollywood rocker Sonu Nigam's son has already cut his first song. And, that too with the Voice of India - Lata Mangeshkar herself!

The story goes that Lataji approached Sonu and asked him if Nevaan would conclude a song on her new album by performing a sargam. Those into singing and understanding Hindustani classical music will know, is far more difficult than just singing or reciting words.

Sonu told reporters, "I believe that Nevaan is truly blessed. To be asked by Lataji to sing with her at this young age, is in itself a great honour. Her compliment to Nevaan even tops all the ones that I've got through my entire career."Nevaan isn't formally being trained as a singer yet. "But he's an intelligent child and grasped every sur very quickly. He has a good music sense," said the proud father. "When we taught him the sargam, the incentive we gave him was the opportunity to sing on the mike. Nevaan was eager enough!"

The album was featured this evening on my show - its called Sarhadein - Music Beyond Boundaries

Peace....