Sonu Nigam's top holiday hotspots

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00:00What was your most memorable holiday as a kid?

00:02We never took holidays.

00:05You'll be happy to know.

00:06Why would that make me happy?

00:12Sonu, welcome to Dubai.

00:13It's always nice to have you.

00:15We have seen you on stage.

00:16This is the first time I'm seeing you.

00:17Very relaxed.

00:19You're on holiday mood, clearly.

00:20Absolutely, absolutely.

00:21Completely.

00:22This is a family kind of reunion with our family over here.

00:27So, we're just here for two days.

00:29I have to tell you, this is the biggest mansion that I've ever been to.

00:34It is massive.

00:34So, is this how you holiday?

00:36Always in style?

00:37He's like my real brother.

00:40We have been connected for the last 21 years.

00:49Accidentally, he's also doing well in his life, which is fine.

00:52What kind of a holiday traveler are you?

00:54We ask you this because Eid is just around the corner.

00:57We have four days coming up.

00:59It's going to be quite cool.

01:02I am an avid traveler.

01:04And I make sure that if I'm going to a place for a concert,

01:11I've now started taking four or five days off.

01:14So, I had a concert in Azerbaijan last year.

01:18So, I took my father and my best friend from my childhood.

01:21So, we went there.

01:22After the concert, we stayed there for five days.

01:25We partied and literally saw the place.

01:28There is a lot to see in Baku.

01:31Then after that, I had a concert in Shanghai.

01:33Again, I took my father and my best friend.

01:35And after Shanghai, we took a flight to Beijing.

01:38And we stayed in Beijing for six days.

01:40And the great wall of China and everything.

01:43So, with your father and your best friend?

01:45With my childhood best friend, yeah.

01:46Oh, wow.

01:47Because Nivaan had schools, so he couldn't come often.

01:51So, Madhu had to be with him.

01:53But then again, last year, just me and Madhu, we went to Canada.

01:59We went to Lake Tahoe in USA.

02:02Las Vegas.

02:02For the first time, I did Las Vegas.

02:04Then we went to New Jersey.

02:08So, yeah.

02:08Because I keep traveling anyways to America.

02:11But sometimes, it is just good to not have any work there.

02:15And just see around.

02:17When you say you go to places for concerts,

02:20I know many people who actually plan the year.

02:22As per where the artist is performing.

02:24Be it UK, be it...

02:26Do you do that as an artist, as a singer yourself?

02:28Do you look at other singers perhaps and then plan?

02:31Or is it not something you do at all?

02:34Like go for, say, Lady Gaga or any other concert at all?

02:38You don't do that?

02:39No, no, no.

02:39We don't do that.

02:40By chance, if somebody is there somewhere.

02:42But that also is a rare opportunity.

02:44We were fans of Michael Jackson.

02:46If there would have been something that I would have wanted to see,

02:48it would have been Michael Jackson.

02:50So, those days are gone.

02:52What was your most memorable holiday as a kid?

02:56We never took holidays.

02:57You will be happy to know.

02:58Why would that be?

03:02My parents never took us to any vacation.

03:04That's very depressing.

03:05As an adult, I'm changing the question.

03:06But we couldn't afford it at that point.

03:08But then, when we grew up, I took lots of vacations with my parents.

03:10Yeah, tell us about...

03:11I like the fact that you holiday with your dad.

03:13What is the most fun thing that you guys do together?

03:16We sing a lot when we're together.

03:18And I know my father's music.

03:19Because older music, I'm grown up on.

03:22So, he has a good company in me.

03:23Because I know about S.D. Batesh.

03:26And I would know about N. Dutta.

03:28And all the names that people today don't...

03:30And you know who they are.

03:30Exactly. So, I know about them.

03:32So, you're a great company.

03:34What is your funniest holiday memory?

03:37Funniest holiday memory?

03:41I can't remember right now.

03:43What's a fun thing that you did with your son?

03:45You can just do it.

03:47My son...

03:50Oh, we did skiing last year.

03:52This year.

03:54In Switzerland.

03:55And I did a good job.

03:57And I felt nice teaching myself something new at this age.

04:00Oh, that's great.

04:02Me, my wife and my son, we did it.

04:03My son was going from the school.

04:05But I learnt in one day.

04:06And the next two days, I was flying.

04:08Really? Oh, fantastic.

04:09So, what kind of a holiday traveler are you?

04:12Are you the kind of meat picking?

04:13How to travel in style?

04:14Or can you do backpacking?

04:16I, of course, I can do backpacking.

04:17I don't have...

04:18I do not believe in luxury living and all this.

04:22There are some friends of mine...

04:22I love it.

04:23The irony is, we are sitting here in like a very plush house.

04:26I don't believe in luxury.

04:27Yeah, because I said, accidentally he's rich.

04:29If he was not rich, he would still be my brother, you see.

04:32So...

04:32Okay, fair enough, fair enough.

04:33And your favorite destination of all the countries

04:36and consuls that you've gone to perhaps?

04:39One of the...

04:39There can be no one favorite.

04:41But India has a lot of beautiful places.

04:43So, a lot of places in India are good.

04:46Another place I loved a lot was Azerbaijan.

04:49Baku, as you said.

04:49Yeah, Baku was great.

04:51You've been there, no?

04:52Yeah, yeah.

04:52I went with my girlfriends.

04:54Okay.

04:54Three days.

04:55Amazing place.

04:56It's still cheaper than Europe, you see.

04:58Yeah, and you know what?

04:59The people are lovely.

05:01I wish there's a language barrier, but there's a lot of...

05:03We don't speak our language.

05:04There's a lot of things to see.

05:05Yeah, but good fun.

05:06Yeah, yeah.

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