Now ‘item song’ to jazz up animated film

Even if irrelevant to the story, the tantalising item song has become integral to Bollywood movies these days. So much so that it is now spicing up the make-believe world of animation.

The makers of the animated mythological Dashavatar felt that the movie was looking a bit “dry”, and suggested an item song to add mirth to it. However, they say it was a cinematic consideration more than a commercial one. “The situation where a beautiful maiden (Mohini) mesmerises the demons and lulls them into a sense of complacency lends itself to the song, which has all the trappings of an item number,” director havik Thakore said.