Mumbai Aug 3 (IANS) Singer Kumar Sanu says he never wanted to disclose that he adopted a girl child in 2001. He is proud of his daughter Shannon now a teenager and also a singer.
The "Dheere dheere se meri zindagi mein aana" hitmaker talked about adopting Shannon on the show "Dil Hai Hindustani 2" read a statement.
"I never wanted to disclose this as I was scared of what the society would think. I wasn t sure how they were going to see this. But since now this is out I m really proud of Shannon. It doesn t matter if she is my real daughter or not " said Kumar Sanu.
"She is very hardworking and has already achieved so much in her life. A lot of people in Hollywood know me because of her and that is a matter of pride of our family."
During the show she also dedicated a video to her father.
Shannon made her debut with pop single ""A long time" written and produced by singer Justin Bieber s frequent collaborator Jason "Poo Bea" Boyd.


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