Mumbai gal to groove with Beyonce

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:=""><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script></span><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">After </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">and the recent </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">, Deepal Shah now gets a chance to sing and dance in an international music video, which will feature sexy pop star Beyonce Knowles.</span><br /></div> <div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -3"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="71.0%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal" style="" text-align:="" center=""><img src="/photo/764992.cms" alt="/photo/764992.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">On his current trip to Mumbai, London-based artist Himesh, of rap band Living In Sin, noticed Deepal in one of her videos and immediately wanted to cast her for the song </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Simple Things In Life </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">in his new, untitled album. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">"I thought she had an image that would look great in the West," says Himesh.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">The funny thing is that when he saw Deepal performing in </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">, he thought that she was the singer! </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">"I thought she would be ideal to sing a part and the chorus in my song too," he explains.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">Fortunately, Deepal is a trained singer and jumped at the chance to work in the video. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">"I''m so honoured to be offered the part. An international video is a big thing to happen, and I''m getting a chance to sing a bit too," she gushes, having just signed a film opposite Ashmit Patel with Hriday Shetty, of </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Plan </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">fame. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">Apart from performing with reputed artists like Black Eyed Peas and Coolio in UK, Himesh has also been performing at prominent clubs in Mumbai for the last three weeks. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">"I haven''t decided on who will direct the video. But it''ll be shot either in New York or Mumbai. I want the video to portray the real aspects of a model''s life, which is why Beyonce will also do a cameo," he says, as he packs to leave for London to finalise the details for his single </span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Blast Off</span><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">, which will release in a couple of months.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">However, on the cards is a big performance with Beyonce Knowles and Sean Paul right here in Mumbai.</span></div> </div>