Item number
An item number or an item song, in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that is often shown as a part of the movie but most of the times without any importance to the plot of the movie. The term is commonly used in connection with Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu cinema, to describe a catchy, upbeat, often sexually provocative dance sequence for a song in a movie. The main aim of an item number is to entertain and also to lend support to the marketability of the film. However, the term as understood in Bollywood parlance has entered the Kathmandu entertainment industry scenario as well. Item numbers are usually added to Indian movies to generate publicity by featuring them in the trailers. Item numbers are favoured by filmmakers for the reason that since they do not add to the plot, the
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Item number
An item number or an item song, in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that is often shown as a part of the movie but most of the times without any importance to the plot of the movie. The term is commonly used in connection with Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu cinema, to describe a catchy, upbeat, often sexually provocative dance sequence for a song in a movie. The main aim of an item number is to entertain and also to lend support to the marketability of the film. However, the term as understood in Bollywood parlance has entered the Kathmandu entertainment industry scenario as well. Item numbers are usually added to Indian movies to generate publicity by featuring them in the trailers. Item numbers are favoured by filmmakers for the reason that since they do not add to the plot, the
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An item number or an item song ...... m for the length of that song.
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Item number lub item song – wy ...... eena Kapoor czy Shahrukh Khan.
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On appelle item number ou item ...... dépendamment de celui du film.
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非劇情演員（英文：item number）是印度寶萊塢特有的 ...... 現五到十分鐘，進行與劇情不甚相關的一首歌曲表演，然後即消失。
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An item number or an item song ...... ey do not add to the plot, the
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Item number lub item song – wy ...... ruchy o podtekście erotycznym.
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On appelle item number ou item ...... isés à titre de bande-annonce.
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非劇情演員（英文：item number）是印度寶萊塢特有的 ...... 現五到十分鐘，進行與劇情不甚相關的一首歌曲表演，然後即消失。
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非劇情演員
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