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[[caption-width-right:350:[-Creator/ShahRukhKhan and [[ItemGirl Malaika Arora]] in Kaal.-] ]]

A Bollywood song designed for only one thing: {{Fanservice}}. The song in question traditionally had an [[MsFanservice Item Girl]] do a dance for either the hero or the villain, but usually did not involve them beyond ogling the girl in question. Also, the song may or [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment may not have anything to do with the plot]]. A variation on this would be the heroine to do the Item Number, depending on a few factors: She is either a skilled dancer, a new actress in her first movie, the studio could not afford the Item Girl they wanted, or the movie's promotion was centered around the song in question.

Arabic film (or rather Egyptian film, but frankly they're all but synonymous) does much the same thing with a [[BellyDancer belly dance]].

* Creator/AishwaryaRai in ''Kajra Re in BuntyAurBabli'', alongside her future father-in-law Creator/AmitabhBachchan and her future husband Abhishek Bachchan.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-{{Shah Rukh Khan}} and [[ItemGirl Malaika Arora]] in Kaal.-] ]]

* Deliberately invoked (among with a lampshading of its fanservice nature) in ''Bollywood/OmShantiOm'', when ShahRukhKhan's character believes the film he is working in is too dull and claims that such an scene must be added to reflect the mindset of his absurdly crippled character. Cue Item Number with him as the main Item, alternately [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] or [[WetSariScene in dripping clothing]].

* Creator/AishwaryaRai in ''Kajra Re in BuntyAurBabli'', alongside her future father-in-law AmitabhBachchan and her future husband Abhishek Bachchan.

* AishwaryaRai in ''Kajra Re in BuntyAurBabli'', alongside her future father-in-law AmitabhBachchan and her future husband Abhishek Bachchan.

* "Nimbooda Nimbooda" in ''Bollywood/HumDilDeChukeSanam'' featuring AishwaryaRai. It's a song about lemons, though to be fair, the lemons are being used as a metaphor for the challenges that make life and relationships interesting.

* ''{{Lajja}}'' featured two item numbers. The first one is "Aa Hi Jaiye" with Urmila Matondkar. The second one is "Badi Mushkil" with MadhuriDixit.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-{{Shah Rukh Khan}} and [[ItemGirl Malika Arora]] in Kaal.-] ]]

* Deliberately invoked (among with a lampshading of its fanservice nature) in ''OmShantiOm'', when ShahRukhKhan's character believes the film he is working in is too dull and claims that such an scene must be added to reflect the mindset of his absurdly crippled character. Cue Item Number with him as the main Item, alternately [[ShirtlessScene shirtless]] or [[WetSariScene in dripping clothing]].

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A Bollywood song designed for only one thing: {{Fanservice}}. The song in question traditionally had an Item Girl do a dance for either the hero or the villain, but usually did not involve them beyond ogling the girl in question. Also, the song may or [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment may not have anything to do with the plot]]. A variation on this would be the heroine to do the Item Number, depending on a few factors: She is either a skilled dancer, a new actress in her first movie, the studio could not afford the Item Girl they wanted, or the movie's promotion was centered around the song in question.

[[{{Bollywood}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaal.jpg]]
[[caption-width:350:[-{{Shah Rukh Khan}} and [[ItemGirl Malika Arora]] in Kaal.-] ]]

* The controversial (because of its title) song "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai" in ''{{Khalnayak}}''. The title translates as "[[KeepAbreastOfThisIndex What's behind the blouse]]?"...although [[SubvertedTrope the answer is far less perverted than one would expect]].

* "Nimbooda Nimbooda" in ''HumDilDeChukeSanam'' featuring AishwaryaRai. It's a song about lemons, though to be fair, the lemons are being used as a metaphor for the challenges that make life and relationships interesting.

* Malaika Arora (on top of a moving train!) in Chaiyya Chaiyya, in 1998's ''DilSe''.

* "Dola Re Dola" in ''{{Devdas}}''

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpnohT_a-2I "Munni Badnam Hui Darling Tere Liye"]] from ''{{Dabangg}}'' (2010) This one lampshades itself.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpnohT_a-2I "Munni Badnam Hui Darling Tere Liye"]] from ''{{Dabangg}}'' (2010)

A Bollywood song designed for only one thing: {{Fanservice}}. The song in question traditionally had an ItemGirl do a dance for either the hero or the villain, but usually did not involve them beyond ogling the girl in question. Also, the song may or [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment may not have anything to do with the plot]]. A variation on this would be the heroine to do the Item Number, depending on a few factors: She is either a skilled dancer, a new actress in her first movie, the studio could not afford the Item Girl they wanted, or the movie's promotion was centered around the song in question.

A Bollywood song designed for only one thing: {{Fanservice}}. The song in question traditionally had an ItemGirl do a dance for either the hero or the villain, but usually did not involve them beyond ogling the girl in question. Also, the song may or may not have anything to do with the plot. A variation on this would be the heroine to do the Item Number, depending on a few factors: She is either a skilled dancer, a new actress in her first movie, the studio could not afford the Item Girl they wanted, or the movie's promotion was centered around the song in question.