Nora Fatehi rose to fame soon after her song “Dilbar” went viral. Ever since she has been known to conquer every item number song there is, from “Kamariya” in “Stree” to “Dilbar” in “Satyameva Jayate”. Now, we all are familiar with the concept of item songs in Bollywood and how actresses are portrayed in it. The directors tend to make it into some kind of thirst trap by over-sexualizing the actresses. The item songs are only added to movies to make it more glamorous and tempting. Item Songs has been the kickstart for many of the Bollywood actresses who rose to fame after featuring in a Bollywood item song.
Nora Fatehi recently opened up on how she protested against not wearing tiny blouses. She was extremely against the directors sexualizing her by making her wear tiny clothes. In a recent interview, she opened up on what she had to face during the shoot of these songs, she shared, “I remember they had to make a new blouse because the blouse they brought was too tiny, and I had to put my foot down. I said, ‘Guys, I cannot wear this. Don’t over-sexualise me. I get it, it is a sexy song. We are all inherently sexy, but we don’t need to get vulgar about it.’ Milap (Zaveri) makes fun of me for this in several parties. It was also Ramadan, so I said, ‘Guys, chill. Can we please not do this?’ So they make fun of me.” Further on Nora added, “They had to reconstruct the whole blouse. I said, ‘I don’t mind showing the stomach, because it is about the aesthetics, but I cannot be showing too much cleavage. To a lot of people, it looks over sexy, but for me, it was something I was comfortable wearing compared to what they were going to give me.”
Today we focus more on the body than the talent. We appreciate what looks nice and not what actually deserves to be appreciated. In this case, Nora Fatehi wanted to do these songs to showcase her talent. But on social media, she ended up having the image of “ The Girl Next Door”. Now whose fault it is, Nora’s? The Directors? The Audience? Well, I feel it’s the whole society, who had this upbringing of seeing women as an object to satisfy people’s needs.
Comment down if you feel Nora Fatehi stood for the right thing or if she should’ve gone with the traditions that have been followed in Bollywood for generations.
