
It seems during their eight weeks of shooting in India, between Mumbai and Udaipur, the Cheetah girls have noticed the many hoardings with King Khan on them. Kiely Williams remarks, “What’s his name — Shah Rukh Khan? — we see his face everywhere. We are trying to get him in the film!”
Filming has been challenging for the girls, but exciting also. The essence of India’s has captured them as they are now big fans of both the music and food, architecture, dance and color. Aqua (Williams), Chanel (Adrienne Bailon), and Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan) say they love everything about India, and have been immersing themselves in the culture.
One interesting and scary experience happened while in Bombay as their car ran into an auto-rickshaw. The girls may have freaked out, but the driver assured them that is wasn’t a problem.
Cheetah Girls: One World is directed by Paul Hoen. It stars acclaimed actor Roshan Seth and Deepti Daryanani (The Anatomy of Hope). There will be three or four large-scale dance numbers, including very colorful and huge piece shot at Udaipur’s Lake Palace. It will air on the Disney Channel in the United States in August and around the world in the fall.
Learning to dance Indian style has been an eye-opener for the girls as well. Used to dancing hip-hop, which is energetic, but more of a rough and tough style, the talented dancers have a new found respect for the more feminine and graceful Indian dance style.
Bryan comments, “We’ve really been able to take the Cheetahs to a new level. India is something a lot of our viewers have not experienced.”
So will SRK be joining these energetic Cheetah Girls? Only time will tell. Stay tuned to I Crave Bollywood for updates on this and all your other Bollywood news!

