The Hindu.com
Musical evening of `Dhoom Machaale' girl a hit
MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA: Sunidhi Chauhan performing at Nehru Stadium in Hubli.
HUBLI: At first producers of Kannada films who never thought of a place other than Bangalore for releasing audiocassettes of their films started looking at Hubli as a venue for the same.
Then it was the turn of charity shows, and now it is the corporate players that are looking at Hubli for their gala events. The recent musical evening by the "Dhoom Machaale" girl Sunidhi Chauhan as part of the Seagram's Imperial Blue Superhits concert is an example of the growing importance of Hubli.
The event, "Chhaya Sunidhi ka Jadoo," was a hit, with the people of Hubli expressing their liking for the Indi-pop diva in a boisterous manner. Nehru Stadium, the venue for the event, was full of fans of Indi-pop music.
Sunidhi began her concert with the song from Hindi film "Mast" through which she entered Bollywood at the age of 13. It was followed by "Mehboob Mere" from "Fiza" and other hit numbers.
In between there was also a dance number from the Kannada film "Jogi," for which Sunidhi lent her voice. Sunidhi wound up her show up with the song that has made her known as the "Dhoom Machaale" girl.
