Kalpana Iyer’s Rise In Item Numbers
The ’80s began with the sensual new item girl Kalpana Iyer taking center stage with high-voltage sexy item numbers. These were Hari Om Hari… (Pyaara Dushman -1980) and Rambha Ho Sambha Ho (Armaan -1981). Both the songs were a national craze and took Kalpana Iyer to the dizzy height of popularity. Some of the hit item songs of Kalpana Iyer are Koi Yahan Aha Nache Nache … (Disco Dancer -1982) , Tu Mujhe Jaan…(Wardaat 1981) and of course the hit song Pardesi Pardesi Jana Nahi…. from Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor staring (Raja Hindustani -1996). In this film, she played a cameo of a rural Banjaran.
Kalpana Iyer remains the last of the vamps who was an excellent dancer. After Kalpana Iyer, film actresses began doing item songs and bold and sexy Zeenat Aman started the trend. Educated in Los Angeles and winner of both Femina Miss India and the Miss Asia Pacific International pageant, Zeenat Aman made a sensational entry in Bollywood with her debut film Hare Rama Hare Krishna opposite Evergreen Star Dev Anand. The song Dum Maro Dum … became a national craze and Zeenat Aman became the New ‘Sex Bomb’ of Bollywood.
Zeenat Aman’s Charming Performances
In the early ’80s with her song Aap Jaisa Koi … and Laila O Laila…. (Qurbani -1980) the sultry Zeenat Aman oozed oomph on the silver screen! The audience went bananas and the film Qurbani was a smash hit at the box-office. Thus, Zeenat Aman opened a floodgate for the Indian heroines to do item songs!
Zeenat Aman’s Successor
Following on the footsteps of Zeenat Aman, another gorgeous actress who carried the legacy of heroines performing items song was Parveen Babi. Tall, slim and glamorous, Parveen Babi earned recognition as a fashion icon. She holds the rare and prestigious honour of appearing on the cover of Time Magazine!!! She did glamorous and seductive roles. Her song Jawani Janeman… from (Namak Halaal – 1982) is one of the sexiest songs of Bollywood. In a golden catsuit, Parveen Babi looks stunningly hot and sexy.
In fact, even before Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi, one of the top Bollywood actresses who dared to wear hot revealing clothes and did sizzling cabaret song on the silver screen was Rekha. In the hit film Nagin, one is left mesmerized by the hot Rekha enticing the hero Sunil Dutt in the song Tere Ishq Ka Mujh Pe Hua Yeh Asar Hain….Some of the hot item songs of Rekha are Pehle Hum Muskuraye Phir Woh Muskuraye….(Kachcha Chor), Kisne Yahan Kiska Jaana…(Zameen Aasman) and Main Hoon Pari Rekha (Chehre Pe Chehra).
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