Sunidhi Chauhan dubs for Hollywood film

She has lent her voice for the Hindi dubbed version of the 3D animation Hollywood film Rio. Shaan, Vinay Pathak and Ranvir Shorey are the other voices in the film.

Singing superstars Shaan & Sunidhi Chauhan will be voicing for the lead characters 'Blu' & 'Jewel' respectively in the forthcoming 3D animation film ' Rio '.

Not only that, the duo will also be lending their melodious voice for some of the Hindi songs of the film's soundtrack, as music is an important aspect of this comedy adventure!

Apparently Shaan, a huge fan of animation films was highly impressed when he saw the film's rushes and immediately loved the idea of lending his voice for the lead character. The singer says, "Associating with Rio was a very unique & exciting opportunity that I couldn't refuse. The film is super fun and will be enjoyed by people of all ages. I had a great time dubbing and singing for the film."

Sunidhi too, is quite excited about her association with Rio and quips; "I wanted to do an animation film for years. Rio is such an amazing film that I just had to do it. Even though my character is a bird, Rio is a beautiful love story!"

The producers had also recently roped in the comical duo Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak to do the Hindi voiceovers for Nico & Pedro (Blu's friends) respectively.

Jesse Eisenberg, who rose to fame after his portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Network' will be voicing 'Blu' in the original version of the film; whereas Anne Hathaway lends her voice for 'Jewel'.

'Sunidhi, Enrique didn't shoot together'

It was big news that Sunidhi Chauhan was to croon with international singing sensation Enrique Iglesias.

But TOI has stumbled upon some startling facts. Sunidhi hasn't recorded with him for 'Heartbeat'. The collaboration is simply to make an Indian version named The Masala Mix composed by Shamir Tandon. The other 'fact' being drummed was the music video that she shot with Enrique. Sources say the original video featuring Enrique and Nicole Scherzinger of Pussycat Dolls has been edited. Nicole has been chopped out, and Sunidhi fitted in! Apparently, Enrique is not in touch with Sunidhi or the composer, he is only in touch with the record label. When confronted on this, Sunidhi attempts to come clean. Read on....

Was Enrique present when the recording happened? We hear otherwise.
Enrique has not re-recorded the song. His part is from the original song. My portions have been fitted in. We've brought in Indian elements into his song.

What about your interviews about "working with Enrique"?
There might be a misunderstanding. You may want to hear the recording before jumping the gun. I mean, it was great to collaborate with Enrique, which is his song, and we have made a totally different new song for the Indian audiences. It is fresh and doesn't sound like the original. It isn't a remix.

We hear Enrique hasn't shot even for the music video and that you've merely been fitted in?
As I said, you have to see the video before you can decide that. Enrique has shot for the video. We have scenes together in the video. (Sources from the record label reveal that when Sunidhi was in LA for four days, Enrique might have shot a couple of shots with her for some part, but most of it was shot separately)

'Meet'ing of minds
Meanwhile, the public relations executive of the music label informed us that the entire office staff was busy in a crucial meeting and and thus unavailable for a comment. Hmmmm... what was the agenda? An album with Sunidhi and Jay Z?