Nora Fatehi on leaving Bollywood and acting: I don’t have a personal life; I will be here, there, everywhere

Nora Fatehi, no stranger to the world of music, has appeared in several music videos, and is strategically working to build her international indie music career. However, this does not mean that she will say goodbye to her acting career. “I don’t have a personal life (laughs). If you think I’m going to leave my seat to someone else, you’re ridiculous. I will be here, there and everywhere. I will continue to make films and my music.”

Became producer, songwriter and singer for her latest collaboration, Snakewith American singer Jason Derulo, the 32-year-old says: “I have three worlds in me – Canadian because I was born there, Morocco is my ethnicity and India made me who I am today. I’m trying to find a way to bring all those three worlds together and put that into my artistry and music.”

Ask Fatehi what it was like working with Derulo on their new single and she says, “I haven’t met him or spoken to him at all. I’m too shy to approach anyone because I don’t want to bother them and I don’t like hearing no. I recorded the song on my own and the only time I spoke to him was on FaceTime when he called me to ask me the Hindi word for ‘baby’ which he sang as jannu in the song. But I was constantly nervous and stressed.”

Fatehi had a definite vision for the song and knew she needed to bring in a singer who could dance. When her music producer Tommy Brown suggested Derulo, she says, “I knew if I joined it would be great because I knew what I wanted to do with the project in terms of choreography and dance. I wanted to use a Bollywood approach to the hero and heroine. Knowing Jason’s background – he did Jalebi Baby, travels the world, is based in the UAE and Indian audiences love his work too. Jason heard it, liked it, and put his poem on it.’

Recently, the actor and dancer had to evacuate his home in Los Angeles, USA due to raging wildfires that burnt down the homes of several celebrities. Fatehi took to her Instagram to share that she and her team had made it out safely. She wrote: “I’m in Los Angeles and the wildfires are crazy. I have never seen anything like it. This is crazy, we just got an evacuation order five minutes ago. So I quickly packed all my things and evacuate from here. I’m going to go to the airport and rest there because I have a flight today and I really hope I can make it.”