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Kalank: 'Aira Gaira' is a progression from 'Chikni Chameli', but also yet another item song Karan Johar could've done away with
Sonali Kokra • 6 years agoWhile it is excessive to label Karan Johar as an 'oath-breaker' for including an item number in Kalank, his vow during MeToo to never do so for any Dharma film was rather opportunistic.
Malaika Arora on dance numbers like Munni Badnaam Hui: 'Done them willingly, never felt objectified'
Fp Staff • 6 years agoMalaika Arora had been a part of several dance numbers like Munni Badnaam Hui and Anarkali Disco Chali.
Item girls should be declared prostitutes, says Hindu Mahasabha leader
Fp Archives • 10 years agoA Hindu Mahasabha leader demanded that actresses performing item numbers in films wearing "skimpy" outfits be branded as prostitutes.
Item girl tag is silly and derogatory: Malaika Arora Khan
Fp Archives • 11 years agoActress Malaika Arora Khan, whose popular dance numbers like 'Chaiyya Chaiyya', 'Munni Badnam Hui' have raised the bar for her contemporaries to match her style, finds the item girl tag "derogatory and silly"
Bollywood says you want songs to be cruder, sillier and stupider. Do you really?
Anuya • 12 years agoOur Bollywood songs, such as the new Tattad Tattad, now rely on names that court ludicrousness and steps that are just our morning routine repeated 20 times. It’s easy to assume what the future holds.
No blanket 'A' certificate to Bollywood dance items: Censor board
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)'s clarification comes in the wake of raging debate about "obscenity" in item numbers, which have now become a key feature of most commercial films.
Why female desire is not about men wearing the right deo
Fp Staff • 12 years agoThe inadequate representation of female desire in Indian popular culture has for very long nurtured mothballed myths about a woman's sexual behaviour.