Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer, live performer, composer, host, and actor. He sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films. He has also sung in English, Bengali, Manipuri, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Tulu, Assamese, Odia, Nepali, Maithili, Malayalam and various Indian languages.[citation needed] Nigam has also released Indian pop albums and acted in a number of Hindi films. He has been one of the highest paid Indian singers. He is often regarded as a “Modern Rafi” and is now considered as one of the most versatile and greatest singers of the Hindi film industry of all time. He is also regarded as the “Lord of Chords”.