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"I have always lived through my mouth"

By Sheeraz Hasan in Los Angeles
March 21, 2007 14:31 IST
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Not just are Indian fans breathless to see Columbian pop sensation Shakira when she performs in India for the very first time on March 25 at MMRDA grounds in Mumbai, but the singer can't wait for the moment she walks out on stage to greet her most loyal fans in South Asia.

"You can't imagine how much she is looking forward to going to India," a source close to Shakira told me. "With all the love and affection she has received from her Indian fans already, she's making sure that in the future they can get copies of her
newest songs and CDs as soon as they're released."

While the stopover in India is part of Shakira's Oral Fixation tour, the title hit song, as we found out, "comes from the fact that I have always lived through my mouth," Shakira said.

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"It is my biggest source of pleasure and my most accessible vehicle to discover and enjoy the world. I am fixated on chocolate, I am fixated on the spoken word, the written word, the things I have said and the things I should never have said. This is the reason why I decided to name the album Oral Fixation."

Her fans are going to be in for a real treat. In addition to such hits as Hips Don't Lie, Don't Bother and Illegal from her Oral Fixation album, the Latino singing sensation will also perform her previous chartbusters Whenever Wherever, Underneath your clothes and Objection Tango for her Indian fans.

But that's not all they can look forward to. With her amazing intensity and boundless energy, Shakira will have them hypnotised with her belly-dancing moves. Believe it or not, she took up belly dancing when she was a child to
overcome her shyness. Now that she's engaging and radiant, she has obviously overcome that shyness, and her fans will find their breath taken away by her scintillating, hot moves.

Shakira"My god, those hips. In the world of rock Shakira has got to have the most exotic and sensuous hip-swiveling and chest-shaking moves," said a music reviewer.

"People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it," Shakira said. "My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body."

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When Shakira performed in London recently, the crowd went wild. "After the first 30 minutes of her show, it seemed plainly obvious Shakira was born to be an entertainer," one wrote. "Unlike so many other performers, there is no artifice, no shallow cheerleading, no gimmicky sloganeering or posing."

But one fan captivated by her inspiring stage presence said it best. "There's only a handful of shows I have been where you walk away physically exhausted," he said. But a Shakira concert is "so intense, so continuously engaging, it almost drains you. Even if you didn't yell and jump and applaud, you get swept up by the collective energy."

With only a few days to go, fans must get ready as Shakira is sure going to shake up Mumbai.

Sheeraz Hasan is the founder of www.Hollywood.tv

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