India, May 3 -- Even though he has been in the industry for more than two decades, singer Mika Singh has stayed away from attending award shows. The singer says he does not understand how the awards shows work when someone with a better song loses to another singer. In an interview with host Subhankar Mishra on his YouTube channel, the singer gave an instance from the Filmfare awards when Sonu Nigam lost to Ayushmann Khurrana. (Also read: Sonu Nigam takes a dig at IIFA 2025 after snub: 'After all you were answerable.')

During the interaction, Mika opened up about award shows in the industry. He said, "I have given numerous hit songs but have never received a nomination. The reason is that years ago, around 2011, I had shared the message ...