After World Cup, Shakira to sing for Bollywood film
Saturday, 19 June 2010
MUMBAI, June 17 (AFP): Columbian pop queen Shakira, the star of the World Cup song "Waka Waka," is to sing for a Bollywood film in the latest move by a global star to target the Indian market, a music director said Thursday.
Shakira, whose catchy Africa-themed football anthem has had a mixed critical reception, is to follow in the footsteps of fellow pop diva Kylie Minogue who made a move into Bollywood last year.
The song will be composed by a team of brothers known as Salim-Sulaiman, who collaborated with South African singers to record "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" which is based on a traditional African soldiers' song.
"We are hoping to start recording next month," Salim Merchant told AFP, declining to reveal the name of the movie in which Shakira's song will appear.
"There will be a lot of Latin influence in the song," Salim added.
It is commom practice in Bollywood for music companies to pre-record songs to be used later for movie soundtracks. Indian actors or actresses then lip-sync the songs during the film.
Shakira, whose catchy Africa-themed football anthem has had a mixed critical reception, is to follow in the footsteps of fellow pop diva Kylie Minogue who made a move into Bollywood last year.
The song will be composed by a team of brothers known as Salim-Sulaiman, who collaborated with South African singers to record "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" which is based on a traditional African soldiers' song.
"We are hoping to start recording next month," Salim Merchant told AFP, declining to reveal the name of the movie in which Shakira's song will appear.
"There will be a lot of Latin influence in the song," Salim added.
It is commom practice in Bollywood for music companies to pre-record songs to be used later for movie soundtracks. Indian actors or actresses then lip-sync the songs during the film.