Chitrangada Singh open to item numbers

"Madhuri is the item girl I look up to. My whole reference point for this song is Madhuri. When I was getting ready for the song I was very excited but when I reached the on the sets and saw the scale at which they were going to shoot it, I got nervous. But overall it was overwhelming," she said. "Like in songs of Rekhaji and Madhuri, I have realised the most important thing is the face and the emotions conveyed. Then of course steps and movement of the body is important," she said.

Chitrangada said for the rustic song she looked up to dancing diva Madhuri Dixit for inspiration.

"The easy part was that Farah was choreographing me. But I did injure my knee very badly, I was on pain killers, it got swollen. Farah took care of that and somewhere she changed steps," she said.

The song has been choreographed by Shrish's wife and ace choreographer Farah Khan.

When asked if she is open to do more item numbers, she said: "I don't mind some song and fun, but there will always be a mix. I really think song and dance are very important. Hindi films always had it and we Indians enjoy that. So if there is one song which is extra special, shot really well and if the girl is hot, it becomes an extra bit in the film."

She feels that adult content in songs is not a new thing and added:" 'DK Bose' came up. Not that we don't listen to these songs... there were lot of Marathi lines in it, it has Marathi background. I was told the meaning of the word, so I thought that's fine. Had it been a Punjabi song, you couldn't take away anything because that's the quality of that language."

"When we shot, the clothes that I was wearing were also very Marathi. In the song some lines were in Marathi, there was 'fakht' in it," the 36-year-old explained.

Original version of Kafirana became controversial because of the words - "I want 'fakht' you" (fakht means 'just you' in Marathi), but later it was changed to avoid controversy, says Chitrangada.

Directed by Shirish Kunder, Joker features Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha and is coming out August 31.

"One thing I want to clarify is that I neither want to change my image nor I am trying to fit in anything...I was trying to do something out of the box. It's a chance that you take, it's a risk. Sometimes you fall flat on your face. Sometimes you don't. But I think it's worth taking the risk. I had a good time doing it," she said.

After having done off-beat films like Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi, Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow, Yeh Saali Zindagi and full on commercial drama Desi Boyz, it was a risky job for the actress to endorse an item number, but she says it was worth it.

The best thing is that her ethnic look in the song has been appreciated by her husband, golfer Jyoti Randhawa. "He really liked it. He said I really look good in that whole ethnic, rustic look," she said, adding that she doesn't "really discuss my career with him".

Chitrangada Singh, a powerful performer, is lured by item song - she will be seen jiving to Kafirana in forthcoming film Joker.