Bollywood debut for Snoop Dogg?
This US rapper Snoop Dogg has made his debut in a Bollywood film. Dogg, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus, sings and acts in a romantic comedy called Singh is Kinng. Fusing hip hop and bhangra, Dogg appears in the film with leading Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, singing the eponymous title track. The song has already made it to the top of the Bollywood music charts and is a hit at Indian nightclubs. The producer of the film, Vipul Shah, told the BBC that Akshay Kumar, the star of the film, and his friends approached Dogg to sing and act in the $11m film.
He was satisfied with the scale of the film and agreed to be a part of it. The song was filmed with his sensibility and he had creative control. Mr Shah said the song cost $475,000 to record and film.
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on Aug 9 2008. Filed under Entertainment.
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