While many Pakistani celebrities believe item songs help movies score big on the box office, there are a few who are against this prevailing culture.<\/p>\n
Last week, Hamza Ali Abbasi expressed his concerns on the culture of item songs in Lollywood movies. His comments, made during a talent show on a private TV channel, sparked a debate on social media \u2013 and actress Sarah Ali Khan is the latest to join this debate.<\/p>\n
While speaking to a local TV channel, Sarah revealed that she had been offered several films but made it clear that she would neither wear revealing clothes nor perform item numbers.<\/p>\n
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I Hate How Common Item Songs Have Become: Hamza Ali Abbasi<\/a><\/p>\n Sarah said she was open to working in films, but only if they conform to social norms. She insisted that item songs were not the only secret ingredient to make a movie successful.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I believe is that for a film to score big, all you need is good actors, a good director, and a well-written script.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The \u2018Tumhare Hain\u2019<\/strong> actor explained that she wasn\u2019t against singing and dancing as they were also a form of art.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think singing and dancing are wrong, but what I am against is the mentality that forces women to think that to look attractive they have to dress in a certain way, dance to certain songs, or make certain expressions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Mehwish Hayat in “Gangster Guriya” Seems Like a New Kind of Item Song [Video]<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe are women, we are better than this, and we are mothers of mankind, so it isn\u2019t justified for a woman to say that to prove her talent she has to perform on an item song, be it internationally or locally.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient Mehwish Hayat had differing views regarding the use of item songs in movies. She defended her right to perform item numbers.<\/p>\n Mehwish has performed two item songs – Chirya\u2019 in \u2018Chhalawa\u2019 and \u2018Gangster Guriya\u2019 in Baaji. Her view is that at the end of the day, artists can choose what they want to work on.<\/p>\n She said:<\/p>\n To do these dance numbers has been my choice. As an actress and performer it is my job. As a woman I find my work empowering. Dance to me is aesthetically the purest form of art. https:\/\/t.co\/KzGNoXJXhU<\/a> — Mehwish Hayat TI (@MehwishHayat) June 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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