Please
Don't
Call
Them
As
'Item
Numbers',
Says
Malaika
Arora!
"Please
do
not
tag
or
label
that
as
an
item
song.
I
have
done
so
many
songs
and
the
one
thing
I
can
say
that
I
have
never
been
objectified
in
any
song.
I
have
done
the
song
willingly
and
completely
knowingly
what
the
situation
is.
If
someone
feels
it
is
important
that
they
should
come
forward
and
speak
about
it," said
Malaika
during
Sophie
Chaudry's
music
album
launch.
Is
She
Sending
A
Message
To
Salman
Khan
Through
This?
Well,
reading
between
the
lines,
we
never
know
if
Malaika
Arora
is
discreetly
sending
a
message
to
Salman
Khan
as
news
was
all
over
the
place
about
she
being
shown
the
door
for
a
special
number
in
Dabangg
3.
Whatever
it
is,
she's
right
that
people
should
not
call
the
songs
as
'item
number'.
Sophie
Choudry
Agrees
With
What
Malaika
Arora
Has
To
Say...
"I
don't
want
to
call
them
item
songs
because
it
reduces
importance.
I
think
they
are
very
special
songs.
They
have
been
there
since
ages.
They
have
become
iconic
over
the
ages,"
said
Sophie
Choudry.
Music
&
Dance
Is
A
Part
Of
Bollywood
Culture
"We
reduce
the
songs
by
calling
it
an
item
number.
Helen
aunty
has
been
doing
it
for
so
many
years.
It
is
being
made
on
a
grand
manner
and
it
is
there
to
celebrate
and
promote
the
film.
We
want
great
music
and
dancing
it
is
a
part
of
Bollywood
culture,"
Sophie
Choudry
summed
it
up.