In today’s time, almost every big actress is seen doing item songs. But do you know that in the era of 40-50s, there were item girls for films and their tantrums used to be more than the heroines of the film. At that time, thousands of rupees were used to dance on just one song of the film, which used to be more than the fees of any heroine of that time and she used to have a lot of status in the industry.
Well, thanks to these item numbers, many actresses have made their mark in the industry. Let us tell you how much has changed since the first item girl of Bollywood and which actresses earned their name in the industry from item numberers.
cuckoo more
Kukku More is known as the first item girl of Bollywood, she ruled films in the 40-50s. She was born in 1928, she belonged to Anglo Indian family. She was also considered the best dancer of that time. His dream was to become the Most Top Dancer in the film industry, his dream was fulfilled but his last time was difficult. He died on 30 September 1981 at the age of 52.
Helen
After Kukku More, the second item girl film industry got its name in the 60-70s and 80s, whose name was Helen. Helen entered this industry only because of Kukku More. Cuckoo had realized from his connoisseur’s eyes that Helen was a great dancer and advised Helen to dance in Bollywood. Helen accepted Kukki’s advice and then raised the flag of her success as soon as she came to Bollywood.
Bindu and Aruna Irani
After Helen, Bindu and Aruna Irani entered the industry. These actresses are known as famous villains in today’s time. Both started their careers in films as item girls. But as a dancer, she worked for a very short time in the industry as the audience started liking her more in negative characters.
Then came the 90s, during this period only the lead actresses of the film started doing item numbers. The biggest ruckus was when Madhuri Dixit created a ruckus on the song ‘Ek Do Teen’ in the film ‘Tezaab’. Seeing Madhuri, the rest of the actress also started showing their interest in item numbers, although even after this, item girls dominated for many years. Which let us tell about those item girls of today’s time who have made their step in Bollywood with item numbers.
Shefali Jariwala
Shefali Jariwala created a sensation with her album ‘Kanta Laga’ in the year 2000. This song also proved to be a superheat. But after that, she was also away from the industry for some time. Then she did an item number in the film ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’, after which she got recognition as an item girl, but again she did not work for many years. After years, he has now returned.
Malaika Arora
Malaika Arora has been a famous model, she also did some video albums. But he entered the film industry as a dancer. In the song ‘Chaiya Chaiyya’, he danced on a train and set a different competition. After that she did many item numbers and if seen, she is still doing it. And also takes fees in crores for its item number.
Rakhi Sawant
Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant, popularly known as Drama Queen, has been introduced in the industry with her item number. She has done amazing dance in ‘Khula Hai Mera Pinjra’ in Govinda’s film ‘Joru Ka Ghulam’. She has shown her dance skills in many other films.
Kashmira Shah
You must have known Kashmiri Shah, wife of famous comedian and actor Krishna Abhishek, but do you know that she started her career with item numbers only. She danced in many films, due to which she was trying to make a career in acting, but till now she could not do anything special.
There was a time when foreign models and actresses were brought to Bollywood to do item numbers in films. At that time many such actresses came who came only for dance numbers and then no one knew where they went. But this period did not last long.
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