Kareena finds ‘Item song’ derogatory. Will she refuse Salman?

She has grooved to chartbusters like "Chhammak challo", "Chhalliya", "It's rocking" and "Mauja hi mauja" - but actress Kareena Kapoor says she finds the term "item song" derogatory. She has also clarified that she is yet to just accept a song in Salman Khan's "Dabangg 2".

"I hate that word item song," Kareena said in an emphatic tone on the India Today Conclave 2012 Friday.

"It's become a trend among directors and producers...'Chalo ek item number daal dete hain (Let's installed an item number)'. I DO NOT like this word item number. Why can't it just be called a song," she added.

The 31-year-old says hit dance numbers deserve more respect, just the best way yesetryear dancer Helen used to command through her songs.

"In the 1960s, when Helen aunty used to do a song, my mom has told me, that she used to get scared and used to mention 'Oh my god, Helenji goes to do a song in our movie'.

So she always knew she will not be noticed (within the film), given Helen aunty's personality and the command that she respected," said Kareena.

"I just find something very derogatory about songs being called item numbers. I wish people just confer with them as just songs because songs make our Hindi films. They're what make our films global.

"When I walk the streets of London, fans arise and speak about 'Chhammak challo', 'You are my soniya' and songs of 'Jab We Met'. Songs are a part of our culture, we must always be happy with them," added the actress, who has shot a mujra song for her forthcoming film "Agent Vinod".

She has also been offered a song within the sequel to blockbuster "Dabangg".

"They have spoken to me about it. But we've not decided anything yet. Salman have been saying you ought to do it, it's going to look great. But I DO NOT need to do an item song...I need to do an even song in a fair film like 'Dabangg 2'," she said in a diplomatic way.