director karan johar who has been very vocal about women empowerment issues especially in the film industry in a recent interview has opened up about the objectification of a womans body through item songs in bollywood the director also accepted the fact that he has priorly used such songs in his movies and apologized for it karan also pledged that he will never use any item songs in his movies according to the director item numbers such as chikni chameli and sheila ki jawaani are meant specifically for women to be objectified the songs have no role in furthering the plot of the film ahead and is just a means to promote the film by enticing the male audience item songs are full of vulgar lyrics and shot in a way that keeps the focus on various body parts of the performer resulting in sexuallycharged visuals furthermore the director also said that the word item itself is too demeaning to womenhowever actress katrina kaif who has many item songs to her credit including the most famous numbers has a completely different take on the whole issue katrina said its all down to the individual who is performing the song personally she never felt objectified in chikni chameli or sheila ki jawaani while she enjoyed the song and the dancethe zero actress also stressed that we dont need to characterize every song that a woman is celebrating herself and performing as objectifying women it all depends on the angle and lens its being seenkatrina kaif is all ready for her upcoming release zero starring alongside shah rukh khan and anushka sharma the film will release on 21 december