INDIA IS already doing the “Chiggy Wiggy” with Kylie Minogue, although the film “Blue” for which she rendered this song, is yet to be released on Friday, October 16.

 

Kylie’s meaningless cacophony 'Chiggy Wiggy' in collaboration with Oscar winner AR Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire) has become a chartbuster and household word in India, a signature line for Blue, setting up a new trend for Bollywood music and taken up plenty of column inches.

 

Tipped by its leading star Akshay Kumar as the “most dangerous film ever” and by media as the “most expensive film in the history of Bollywood”, underwater thriller Blue also stars Sanjay Dutt, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta, and pint-sized Grammy winner Kylie Minogue as herself.

 

This is Kylie’s first silver screen appearance after “Moulin Rouge!”. Shot in Bahamas and Thailand, its cinematography has been handled by Pete Zuccarini of Pirates of the Caribbean fame, while the action scenes have been executed by James Bomalick, who directed similar sequences in The Fast and the Furious. The sound for the film has been provided by Oscar winner Resul Pookutty.

 

Rahman was quoted as saying: "By working with Kylie, I was able to create something truly unique for fans - the music fuses the cultures of mainstream pop, Hindi, and Bhangra."

 

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has welcomed the west east musical collaboration in this film and invited other world composers to explore joint ventures with India’s musicians. But in the mad rush, India should not forget its rich music heritage which went back to pre-BCE Hindu scripture Samaveda, and includes Dattila (190 AD), Amir Khusrau, Naik Gopal, Puramdaradasa, Tansen, Pundarika Vitthal, Govind Dikshitar, Ramdas, Venkatamakhin, Tyagaraja, Pandit Bhatkhande, etc.

Rajan Zed, who is also the chairperson of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, said in a statement in Nevada on Thursday, October 15.

 

Kylie Ann Minogue, 41, is an Australian pop singer-songwriter-actress, and has reportedly been offered a Las Vegas residency recently.