And now, it’s Razia!

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Months before ‘Munni’ and ‘Sheila’ became household names, there was intense buzz created around how Malaika Arora Khan and Katrina Kaif would be creating something extra special for their respective item numbers. But the usually media savvy Mallika Sherawat has chosen to keep mostly quiet about her ‘Razia’ (in Thank You).

“This time around, Mallika wanted to adopt a different strategy. Rather than tom-tomming about her item number in the Akshay Kumar starrer, she has chosen to let her work speak for itself,” says a close associate. “Hence, even though the makers did give a hint about a song called Razia Gundon Mein Phas Gayi, Mallika kept mum about what she had actually done with the song.”
Despite its raunchy and outright suggestive lyrics, ‘Razia’ has as much class as mass appeal, and is all set to be the song of this summer. “It was high time that she went back to what she was best at, that is, getting the heat on,” says a senior choreographer, who also recalled her sizzling performance in Maiyya Maiyya (Guru) and Mehbooba Mehbooba, (Aap Kaa Surroor). “With her sensual moves as Razia, Mallika will end the debate on who is the best item woman of them all,” he says.