Rock Diva Tina Turner to Play Hindu Goddess in Film

[CatWoman]

BOMBAY (Reuters) - And you thought Tina Turner (news) was just the diva of rock 'n' roll.

After drawing massive crowds with her high-voltage rock performances, Turner will now swing to a new tune: she will play a Hindu goddess in a spiritual Merchant-Ivory musical for which she will also sing classical numbers in Latin and Sanskrit.


"I could think of no one but Tina Turner to play this part," said Ismail Merchant (news) who will direct "The Goddess."


"Her energy, her voice, her dancing--she's mesmerizing," the 66-year-old New York-based film-maker told Reuters.


Turner, 64, who retired about four years ago after years of electrifying shows in leather minis, will portray the goddess Shakti in the film set in India and London.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=1&u=/nm/20040220/en_nm/india_tinaturner_film_dc

[DinahMoeHum]

1. If she's anything like her role in Mad Max Thunderdome. . .

Hoooooooo-eeeeeeeee !!!

She's a LIONESS !!

:bounce:

[BarbaRosa]

2. She did a pretty good Acid Queen

in Tommy.

[Kamika]

3. wow cool

I loved her in Mad Max 3

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. Who could argue with that?

Tina's a diva in the most generous sense of the word.

Here's to her health! :beer: