By:
Upala
KBR,
Mid-Day
Tuesday,
September
05,
2006
Director
Farah
Khan
has
just
returned
from
New
York
after
choreographing
pop
singer
Shakira's
sexy
moves
at
the
MTV
Video
Music
Awards.
But
now,
Farah
wants
more.
The
choreographer-turned-director
wants
Shakira
to
do
an
item
number
in
her
next
film,
Om
Shanti
Om,
starring
Shah
Rukh
Khan.
Star-struck
Farah
Khan
is
all
praise
for
the
MTV
show.
"The
production
is
awesome.
It
must
have
cost
at
least
5
million
dollars
and
the
production
values
and
precision
you
see
is
perfect.
One
gets
to
learn
a
lot." Any
interesting
anecdotes?
"Oh
yes!
I
behaved
like
a
star-struck
fan
when
I
saw
Justin
Timberlake
rehearsing
the
day
before,
but
was
too
shy
to
ask
him
for
an
autograph!
We
were
screaming
and
shouting
when
he
was
performing!" Farah
says
working
with
Shakira
was
an
amazing
experience.
"She
is
all
of
4
feet
11
inches
tall,
very
sweet,
humble
and
down-to-earth.
We
had
only
three
hours
to
rehearse
as
Shakira
was
in
Toronto.
She
wanted
me
to
come
there
but
I
couldn't,
so
we
sent
her
a
rough
copy
after
auditioning
eight
boys
and
eight
girls
in
New
York.
Then
she
got
back
saying
she
wanted
only
female
dancers,
so
we
made
some
last
minute
changes
and
choreographed
the
whole
thing
again.
Finally,
when
I
met
her
during
rehearsals,
she
told
me
that
she
couldn't
believe
I
had
done
such
work
in
just
two
days!
I
couldn't
tell
her
that
in
Mumbai
we
have
to
change
everything
in
four
hours,"
smiles
Farah,
in
her
trademark
wry
humour.
Chhaiya
in
India
Talking
about
the
dance
steps
for
Shakira
Farah
says,
"Shakira
is
a
fast
learner.
The
steps
were
not
easy
as
she
was
singing
and
dancing.
For
our
shows,
one
has
to
just
lip
sync
to
the
songs
and
dance
the
jhatkas
and
matkas,
but
Shakira
had
to
sing
along
too.
So
I
gave
her
easy
steps
to
do
as
singers
run
out
of
breath
while
performing
rigourous
dance
numbers."
We've
heard
that
Shakira
has
promised
to
do
a
song
for
Farah
in
her
next
film,
Om
Shanti
Om.
"It's
too
early
to
say
anything,
but
yes,
I
have
spoken
to
Shakira
about
doing
an
item
number
for
my
next
film
and
she
might
do
it.
She's
not
seen
any
Hindi
films
but
she
knows
about
Shah
Rukh
Khan.
She
has
seen
Chhaiya
Chhaiya
and
the
qawwali
number
from
Main
Hoon
Naa.
She
loved
the
numbers.
I
gave
Shakira
the
DVD
of
Main
Hoon
Naa.
She
will
be
coming
to
India
for
a
rock
concert
in
March
next
year."
Retail
therapy
What
else
did
she
do
in
New
York
besides
choreographing
for
Shakira?
"I
shopped
a
lot,
chilled
out
with
Karan
(Johar)
and
watched
films."
What
did
she
buy?
"I
bought
lots
of
clothes
for
Shirish,
his
favorite
perfume,
Ralph
Lauren
Silver,
and
some
stuff
for
my
office
people.
I
also
bought
some
household
stuff
like
candle
stands,
table
mats
and
cutting
boards
for
the
kitchen
of
my
new
home
in
Andheri."
About
Om
Shanti
Om
Om
Shanti
Om
is
a
love
story
by
Farah
Khan
and
screenplay
by
Shirish
(Kunder)
and
Mushtaq
Sheikh.
It
stars
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
and
the
female
lead
and
villain
are
yet
to
be
cast.
"I
should
be
starting
the
film
in
December
this
year,"
says
Farah.