Shibani Kashyap’s stint with Tamil songs

Singer Shibani Kashyap has a lot on her platter these days. This includes not just Bollywood projects, tours and live shows across the globe, but also a “lot of stuff down South”.

The Sajna aa bhi jaa hitmaker has just sung an item song called Garam masala for the Kannada movie titled Villian. The film is being currently shot in Bangalore and stars South star Ragini. The music for the film has been given by Gurukiran. “I am dubbing two more Kannada songs for two Kannada films,” says Shibani, who is thrilled with her stint in South Indian films. “It was a truly exciting experience to sing in another language for the first time, and challenging too,” she adds.

Shibani had also sung in French for a Hollywood film called Walk Away, and recently another Bengali song in a film titled Pa Ma Ga Re Sa starring actors Rohit Roy, Reshmi Ghosh, Gauri Karnik, among others. The singer also performed at the last Commonwealth Games.

“I am living out of a suitcase, literally,” she quips as she talks about her performances and live shows across the globe. “I am just not getting time to sit down and work on a personal album and travelling is keeping me occupied,” she adds.

Shibani has been invited by the Public Relations Department of Thailand (PRD) that will organise a music festival titled ‘ASEAN+6 Music Festival for King’ in December 2011 at Thailand Cultural Centre  in  Bangkok. The concert will feature singers from ASEAN countries and dialogue partners. This event aims to celebrate the 84th Birthday Anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej and strengthen relations between the ASEAN members and their dialogue partners. It will also promote cultural exchange through songs and performances. “I will be performing songs mostly in Hindi and maybe one or two songs in Thai language,” she explains.