Johannesburg, July 18 - Indian pop queen Sunidhi Chauhan enthralled South Africans with a whirlwind tour of two cities at the weekend, belting out all her frenetic-paced hits with a stage energy to match.

After performing in Durban the night before, the troupe played into the early hours of Sunday at the Carnival City arena here.

Showing the same levels of charisma that characterises Western pop concerts, Sunidhi seemed to have boundless stamina as she did two long stints, and then, on insistence from the audience even after fireworks in front of the stage had brought the show to a climax, went back for more.

Clearly enjoying her own performance as much as her interaction with the audience, there was little allowance though for any duets, the only two being with Sumeet Kumar, son of the legendary Kishore Kumar, who made his debut in South Africa with some solo items as well.

As they did their duets, Kumar jested that the last time they had sung together on a stage was when they were at school together in Mumbai but 'those were those patriotic songs like anthems and things'.

All this was after Ayub Patel had opened the show, as he proclaimed, with some 'mood-setting' songs and then promptly went right into a very sad song. It was definitely not a precursor of the mood to follow when Sunidhi hit the stage.

Describing her audience as 'mind-blowing', a play on her hit song 'You're my mind-blowing Mahiya', Sunidhi had them eating out of her hand as security staff had their own hands full trying to keep dancers away from the front of the stage.