Muscat - Arabstoday
Indian music aficionados in Muscat will get a super treat when popular Bollywood star Sunidhi Chauhan performs at the City Amphitheatre on March 30. Chauhan, one of the top female playback singers from India, is known for her famous songs such as Ruki Ruki from the movie Mast, Sheila Ki Jawani (Tees Maar Khan), Desi Girl (Doastana), Mehboob Mere (Fiza), Dhoom Machale (Dhoom), Kaisi Paheli (Parineeta), Beedi Jalaayile (Omkara), Aaja Nachle (Aaja Nachle), Sajnaji Vari Vari (Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.), Dance Pe Chance (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), Udi (Guzaarish), Tee Amo (Dam Maro Dam), among others. The "Indian Glam Diva" has won three Filmfare Awards after being nominated for about dozen times. She has also won two Star Screen Awards, two IIFA Awards and one Zee Cine Award, GIMA awards any many more. Chauhan was a judge in the top Indian Television programme Indian Idol season 5 and for the forthcoming season as well. She began singing at the age of four and was discovered by a TV anchor. She won recognition through a televised singing contest, Meri Awaz Suno, which she won, and made her entrance into playback singing with the Hindi film Shastra. Her breakthrough was Ram Gopal Varma's film - Mast, in which she sang the hit song, Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi. She has collaborated with Spanish-born singer Enrique Iglesias on a song titled "Heartbeat (India Mix)" which was included in Iglesias' album Euphoria (Special Indian Edition), becoming the first Indian female singer to do an international collaboration. Chauhan is one of the few female singers of the present generation who have lent their voice for nearly every leading actress in the Bollywood film industry, including Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Konkana Sen Sharma, Rekha and more. The show is staged in Oman by the NPA Events.