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Examples Of An Item Songs

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Item song is a commonly used term to describe a catchy, upbeat, often sexually provocative dance sequence for a song in a movie. These songs are much unlikely connected to the plot, often this songs have very little to do with the narration of the movie. The term ‘item’ refers to a piece, a thing, an element, an article or any such tangible accessible object. What makes a song called as an ‘item’? Is that the high material accessibility of pleasure that makes us call this performance of song as an item dance? What are the possibilities of pleasures offered by an item song? One encounters this erotic item in most of the north, central or south Indian movies. What makes an item song expectable in any ‘Indian film’ irrespective of the certification? …show more content…

As in the above said example of Moondraam pirai and films like Don( ye mera dil), Rangeela (thanha thanha) had song performance that resembles an item song which is but not one. These songs directly address the hero and it is either to seduce him or to show the expression of lust form either side. So any spectator who receives the visual pleasure is either being voyeuristic or the presence of a ‘superstar’ makes it a darsan. The possibility of reading it as voyeuristic depends on the plot of the story. More real the story is more is the chances to read the viewing as voyeuristic and more aggregates of melodrama means it is opens more chances for darsan. In case of item song there is never a possibility to understand it as darsanic because the women performing on the screen in nothing more than object of desire. She holds no adorable elements in her, but the material availability of pleasure. This makes the consumption of item dances as an authorized scopophilia, this ‘to be looked at-ness’ explicitly confirm its availability to the spectator. In most of the item songs the majority of audience is lower middleclass comprising of men from diverse labour category (including a police constable in few examples like channoo song from Gali Gali Chor Hai) and diverse age category. Women appear in front of these men and perform a song with highly sensual body language and colloquial lyrics. So in a state like India where censorship is highly practiced the marketing of libidinal pleasure is attained through item songs which have nothing to do with the story line. After Bollywoodization an explicit increase in the number of item songs are observed, which is more of financial reason than the social context of the films now. Although multiple finance possibilities like windowing is not available with songs these days, YouTube channels and similar other

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