Sonakshi not scared of Item songs, I'm not scared of item numbers: Sonakshi Sinha, Sonakshi ready to do Item numbers

Actress Sonakshi Sinha wants to prove that she is truly "Dabangg" when it comes to her professional career. Brushing aside the rumours that she wants to refrain from doing item numbers, the actress came out saying that she is not scared of doing them.

The 23-year-old, who has shown her dancing expertise on stage at various award shows earlier this year, revealed that she has no problems in joining the lines of Katrina Kaif, Malaika Arora Khan and Mallika Sherawat by doing an item number, but she has to be comfortable in doing so.

"I'm not scared of doing item numbers. For me, when I did stage shows, I was wearing what I was comfortable in and the moves that I was doing were also what I was comfortable doing. So all depends on comfort. If what is offered to me, I'm comfortable doing that, then I might just take it up. I'm not averse to it," Sonakshi told reporters here.

Sonakshi, the daughter of veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha, has laid down various rules for herself. She has been maintaining that she won't be doing any kissing scenes in films and also won't sport a bikini on screen ever.

Yet the budding actress has been getting plump Bollywood offers. After her debut film "Dabangg" with Salman Khan, the actress will be seen in "Joker" with Akshay Kumar and is also a part of "Race 2".

At an event Tuesday, she was also named as the brand ambassador of fashion brand Provogue, that has had actors like Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Fardeen Khan and Katrina Kaif endorsing it in the past.

"I'm very happy to be associated with Provogue. I think they've seen how my career is shaping up and they think that I'm able to contribute to their brand in some way as a brand ambassador. So very happy about this association and hopefully it will be a long and fruitful one for both of us," said Sonakshi.

Firang girls flock Hindi film industry

American singer, Jennifer Lopez’s cousin, Caterina Lopez, apparently wants to make a career in Bollywood. This admission catapults Caterina in the long list of foreign babes wanting to woo the Indian audience on the big screen. “I am eagerly looking forward to Bollywood. India is soon going to be my second home,” says Caterina. Ask her if she has heard of her namesake (almost), London-bred Katrina Kaif made it big in Bolly land and she says, “Yes, I’ve even heard her latest item song, Sheila ki jawani. I’m glad we share a common name, the only difference being the initial alphabet and the surname.”

Actress Giselli Monteiro, a Brazilian, who was first seen as a desi belle in Love Aaj Kal, says that foreign chicks are probably attracted to B-Town because “India is at the epicenter of the world. In the last decade, India has emerged as the international entertainment hub and the movie business is growing at a very fast pace here.” And what, according to her, attracts the Indian audience to a foreign babe? “Many presumed that I was an Indian because of my Indian character. But at the end of the day, people appreciate the actor on screen and the origin doesn’t really matter,” says Monteiro.

Another actor who became a household name after an alleged link up with Salman Khan and a stint in a reality show, Claudia Ciesla, of German origin, says that the audience wants to experience “something different” in each movie. “People want to experiment different cuisines and clothes and travel locations. I think it is the same with the face they see on the big screen too,” says Ciesla, still awaiting her big break.

Ankush Bhatt, who directed Caterina for an item number in the upcoming film Bhindi Bazaar, says that since Indian movies are now offering more mature and bold content, certain roles require a face that portrays the same in an aesthetic manner on screen.

“Foreign actors are not very conscious about their body and if a girl has an Indian face, she will even connect with the audience and get the extra leverage as compared to an actor who has a typically firang face,” says Bhatt.

Fan spends $3,300 to meet Shah Rukh Khan

Mehjabeen Erum Alim, of Bangladesh, kept a patient vigil and spent a whopping 10,000 ringgit (about $3,300) over two days to meet Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan along with some other fans in Malacca.

She did realise her dream -- but the actor only smiled, gave autographs, posed for photographs and left, blowing flying kisses. Mehjabeen was told that he does not speak before shooting to stay within the character he is playing.

Khan, who is on a month's schedule to shoot a sequel to his earlier blockbuster Don, saw the news of Mehjabeen spending big money on her vigil in The Star.

"Fortunately, he spotted us just as he was about to get into the car and agreed to sign autographs," Mehjabeen said, adding that she managed to draw his attention to the story in the daily about her wish to meet him. Khan autographed the news article for her.

"It is an indescribable feeling and I am so happy to have finally met him. I feel like I am in dreamland," Mehjabeen said after meeting Khan at a resort in Ayer Keroh town.

Khan met her and seven other fans at the resort just as he was about to enter his car to go to the film location for his latest movie Don 2.

Mehjabeen, 27, is happy, but not satisfied. She said she would still love to meet him again just to hear his voice.

"It was just a fleeting moment and he didn't say a word but merely nodded and gestured to us as he rarely speaks before filming so as not to come out of the character he is playing," Mehjabeen, pursuing her masters in business administration in Kuala Lumpur, said.

Besides taking home memories of the meeting with Khan, she said she was glad to have made new friends who shared a similar passion for the Bollywood heartthrob.

Immensely popular in Malaysia, Khan was conferred the title of Datuk, akin to knighthood, by the Sultan of Malacca in 2009.