is there anybody knows any news about launch of {pussycat dolls- jai
ho}.. world premeire..--- In [email protected], "satish_srini" <satish_sr...@...> wrote: > > People dressed in colourful attire mill around a railway station. > Suddenly, familiar strains fill the place, their melody bubbling to a > boil, > till AR Rahman's voice sings Jai Ho! And the station comes to life, > people dancing enthusiastically to the beat. > > But it's neither Dev Patel nor Freida Pinto gyrating their way into > the final scene of Slumdog Millionaire at CST, Mumbai. In their place > is vivacious American girl band, the Pussycat Dolls, swaying to the > remix of the song at a station in Vienna, Austria. This is the video > setting for the remix of Jai Ho, with lead singer Nicole Scherzinger > belting out English lyrics to replace the Hindi words. > > This is not the first time the composer has collaborated with > international artists. Rahman has collaborated with Finnish band > Vattrina for the score of the musical version of The Lord of the Rings > and has recently worked with singer Kylie Minogue for Bollywood movie, > Blue. > > Music producer and chairman of Geffen Records, Ron Fair says he got in > touch with Rahman along with chairman of Interscope (IGA), Jimmy > Iovine, after watching the movie. "We wanted to try and make a pop > record without deviating from the original melody. I spent a week > editing the song," says Fair. Nicole says the song shouldn't be called > a remix, but an interpretation. "I wanted to maintain the integrity of > the song, but also play on the sexy beats that he's used." > > The song was recorded in London and Nicole and Rahman corresponded > over webcam. Fair says the composer gave him the space and > encouragement to experiment with the song. "He was very positive and > he knew our spirit was in the right place," he says. > > The video of the song was shot in Vienna, where the last scene of the > movie was recreated with antique trains. "The video will be a lot of > fun," says Scherzinger. "This is the start of a new age, with > untraditional scores and beats, where Bollywood meets western > sensibilities," says Fair. > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Now-Pussycats-do-a-Jai-Ho/ar\ ticleshow/4179824.cms >
