Hindi film industry "intrigues" Kylie

Mumbai, Mar 7 (PTI) Australian pop star Kylie Minogue,
who has forayed into Bollywood with a song alongside Oscar
winning composer A R Rahman, hopes to work again with the
Indian film industry.

"It has been an amazing experience. I want to be part of
Bollywood for some time now," Kylie said during a function at
a suburban five star hotel Friday.

"This experience is still sinking in but I would
certainly like to come back again," she said.

The singer, who has sold over 50 million albums so far
and is known for her elaborate music videos, was in the city
for over a week to shoot for her song in, 'Blue', a big-
budget, multi-starrer film.

Kylie and some of the cast of 'Blue' including Sanjay
Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan and Kabir Bedi were
present at the function to unveil first pictures of the film,
expected to release in August.

Kylie said she had agreed to record a song for the film
after a request from the film's director, Anthony D'souza
and since the Hindi film industry had "always intrigued her".

Describing the experience of shooting her first music
video in Bollywood as "intense", Kylie said, "It was
fundamentally what I have done in music videos but in this
case there were so many people present during the shooting
which makes it more intense."

However, the cast of the film had become like family
during the shooting of the video and the experience of being
in India was a wonderful one, the singer said.

Kylie said she was happy to work with Rahman, whom
she presented the BAFTA award for his 'Slumdog Millionaire'
compositions.

A day after presenting him with the award, we were in
a studio to record the song for 'Blue', she said.

Music composer A R Rahman who was also scheduled to
attend the event Friday did not do so due to ill health.

'Blue' that has been shot mainly in the Bahamas and
boasts of the maximum number of underwater scenes in a Hindi
film, is reported to be one of the biggest Bollywood films in
terms of budget. PTI AG
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