Contrary to reports that Katrina would be joining Salman for an €œitem song€ in Salman€™s brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri€™s production O Teri , Katrina has decided to not get into the the shake-and-shimmy space after Chikni chameli unless the material offered goes beyond what she did in that Ganesh Acharya-choreographed number in Agneepath which according to trade experts, went a long way into making the film so successful.
Says a close friend of Katrina, €œChinkni chameli became a benchmark for item songs not only in Katrina€™s career but also in Hindi cinema. Everything else seems a climb-down.For Katrina to go into the €˜item€™ space again would require an infinite amount of resourcefulness on the part of the composer and choreogrpaher.No one can do a Chikni chameli again. Not even Katrina.€
Also, it seems Katrina has decided to be very careful about the lyrics she lip-syncs.
€œEvery time she is offered a song she runs it by her close friends like Arjun Kapoor who understand the nuances of the Hindi language.Chikni chameli was pre-Nirbhaya and now the Mumbai gangrape , and the ensuing clamour to clamp down on the commodification of women through titillating songs. Now, to do an item number Katrina would have to be convinced that no one would get offended by the lyrics and dance steps.€
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