Chitrangada Singh: 'Item number is no big deal'

Chitrangada Singh has dismissed the 'item girl' label.

The actress can be seen doing her first item sequence in the upcoming Joker.



She told PTI: "It's just a song at the end of the day and I don't understand what is the big deal about an item number. We had songs in Mughal-e-Azam and they were never termed as item songs. You just remember the song and the dance and it's beautiful.

"If we do it in a certain way, and there is nothing objectionable about the lyrics or dance steps, then I don't know why anything becomes objectionable or has to be explained. I get irritated by the term 'item number' but I understand that it is the way people understand that you are not a part of the film but just doing a song.

"I think it's about just tagging the actor. It's good to keep changing tags as an actor; I have been tagged before and now I have got another one."

Singh revealed last week that she had found dancing on-screen "tough".

The independent film star announced in December that she wants to appear in more "masala" films.