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Music aficionados
across nine Indian cities will get to savour French music as three
top women singers of France go on an India tour titled "French
Kiss" as part of World Music Day celebrations.
Mademoiselle K. Anais and Emily Loizeau, who know
India as a country of culture, heritage and Bollywood, aim to
present their perspectives of French music to bring out the
diversity and dynamism of young French songwriters and composers in
their tour. The weeklong tour kicked off in Chandigarh Wednesday.
"'French Kiss' is a sexy way of labelling the tour that will
showcase different styles and attitudes of three women singers,"
said Philippe Martinet of the French embassy.
"The idea was to showcase the younger generation of French singers
to India and the people will see the modern vision of French women
through their songs."
World Music Day or the Fête de la Musique was initiated in
France in 1982 and since then is celebrated on June 21 every year.
The singers, who have never performed in India before, are not
worried about audience acceptance and the language barrier.
"I have heard that Indians shake their body a lot during the shows
and I want to see that," Mademoiselle K, the 25-year-old rocker,
told IANS.
"When you're a musician, you have to go and see the world. Even
though everyone might not know French, I'm still very excited,
restless and impatient to meet the Indian audience because if
anyone loves music, the language will not matter ... it is music
that they want to hear."
The seven-day tour will see the singers perform in Chandigarh,
Pune, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai,
Thiruvananthapuram and Bangalore.
The singers, who have seen a couple of Hindi movies and have heard
some of Bollywood's foot tapping numbers like "Ticket To
Hollywood" from "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom", think that India is country
where obscenity is criticised heavily.
"I have heard that India cares a lot about decency. We wear shorts
at home in France, I have come to know that it is seen as vulgar in
India," said Anais, who was the lead singer of popular French band
"Opossum" which split in 2002.
"But the best think I have felt coming here is that people are not
as aggressive as they are in Europe. They are very warm," she
added.
Indo-Asian News Service
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