Item numbers and dance numbers with scantily dressed women are becoming a part of Pakistani films now. These dance numbers or song videos are released for public viewing months before the films are released so that people who are interested in such dance numbers will know that the film contains such songs.
Zhalay Sarhadi talked about her dance number in the film “Jalaibee” when she was invited as a guest to Bushra Ansari’s Morning Show on Geo. First of all she said that her dance number was not meant to be an item number but it was shown merely to show the background of her character. Bushra Ansari commented that people said that this was a very decent dance number to which Zhalay Sarhadi replied, “We decided we were not going to promote the film based on showing women’s skin.” She further said, “There were people who I know from the industry who questioned me because I was wearing so many clothes in an item number. They said that if I was going to do an item number I should’ve gone all out and done it!”
Zhalay said that people like and respect me and she wants to be known as a drama actor because Pakistan dramas are much more popular than any other in the world. She said that Indians can do whatever they want to in their films because that is their culture but Pakistanis have a different identity.
