According to Indian media, Bollywood’s ‘item songs’ have always received mixed reactions from the audience. While some artists take pride in their work, Shreya Ghoshal has a different approach. She recently admitted that she feels embarrassed about Chikni Chameli (Agneepath, 2012), featuring Katrina Kaif.
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Shreya Ghoshal expressed her thoughts in an interview. When asked about how she feels about singing such songs, she said, “I have a handful of songs that could be borderline raunchy, like Chikni Chameli. There is a very fine line between being sensual and sexy or just being objectified.”
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“Why I have become more conscious about this over time is because I see young little girls singing this song. They don’t know what it means; it’s a fun song, and they are dancing to it. They come and say, ‘I love your music, can I sing this in front of you?’ And then, I feel very embarrassed,” she stated.
The singer went on to say, “A little girl who is hardly 5-6 years old sings this, and it doesn’t seem appropriate or sound good. I don’t want that, so I have become more conscious about it. It isn’t wrong to confidently express how sexy I am, but don’t write it in such a way. Maybe, if a woman were writing it, she would have phrased it more gracefully. It’s just a matter of perspective.”
