Malaika Arora says she feels empowered doing item songs at 52: ‘They make me feel amazing; why would I be apologetic?’ | Bollywood News
Actor Malaika Arora has long been associated with giving scintillating performances in Bollywood songs and has been part of some of the most beloved ‘item songs’ of the past 20 years. While her performance has garnered a lot of positive reaction, the actor has often faced trolling for it as well. Malaika featured in two major music videos last year — one was for the Yo Yo Honey Singh song ‘Chillgum’, and the other was the song ‘Poison Baby’ from the Aditya Sarpotdar film Thamma. The music video also included Rashmika Mandanna, the female lead of the film. In a recent interview, she addressed this phenomenon and said that she doesn’t see any reason for not accepting this ‘image’ of her and owning what she is doing with conviction. The actor and entrepreneur appeared on The Namrata Zakaria Show on YouTube, where she discussed her career, personal life and everything in between. When asked about whether she now owns the image that is associated with her and the performances, she said, “Why not? Why do …
