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 Anaida is a European
by birth and a double graduate with degrees in
science and commerce. She sings in 8 languages,
is an accomplished painter of oil, water colour
and chalk paintings as well as intricate Persian
miniatures on glass. Also does detailed carvings
and paintings on leather.
She is an excellent dancer
and has won all India dance championship more
than once, apart from awards in acting - she spent
a number of her early years doing theatre and
musicals. She started modeling while still in
school. Phew!
Anaida stormed on the Indian music scene
with her hit single Hotline which also happened to be
the first Indian single to be released. Her first album
Love Today Hai Nahin Aasaan was one of the highest selling
debut album of its time. The song Dil le le fetched
her a nomination for best female vocalist. The album
was supported by two videos, both showcasing her talent
as dancer comfortable both with western and Indian styles.
In fact, Love today… was the first Indian pop video
to be choreographed by ace choreographer Saroj Khan.
It was followed by Anaida's superhit album
Nazuk Nazuk released in 1996, featuring the track Oova
oova. The song got her a nomination for best female
vocalist for the second time, as well as one for viewers
choice. The video showcased her talent as an actress
equally at ease with comedy. At the time when Indian
pop was influenced by glamour she chose to portray a
deglamourized, simple girl and showed her versatility
and love for experiments once again.
The second video Hoo halla hoo from the
same album was the first fully animated 3D video ever
produced in India. It took over six months to complete
and was scripted by Anaida herself. It won a number
of award, including Hope '96 for best animation. And
for the first time ever, Walt Disney decided to produce
a version of one of their popular tracks in another
language. It was the song Hakuna matata" from their
super hit animation movie The Lion King in Hindi. They
chose Anaida to sing the song along with Baba Sehgal.
1996 also saw Anaida teaming up with Syrian singer/songwriter
Shukri for an Arabic album O Malu Malu, the first original
Arabic album produced in India. The video of the title
track was co-directed by Anaida herself, also using
her talent as an excellent choreographer for Arabic
style of dancing. This, incidentally, was the first
original Arabic album by a Hindi pop artist. He most recent effort is the Hindi pop
album, Chori Chori, based on Indian folk music.
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