"Over the years, since Company , I have not been giving enough focus on the songs because I am doing very different kind of films. After Rangeela and Khallas songs, I think Dan dan is the best item song.

I think this is the best item song of my career," said Varma. The song features Brazilian model of Indian descent Nathalia Kaur.

Varma acknowledges how important item songs have become nowadays, and believes they are like a moving portfolio for actors. "I believe that item song is a moving portfolio.

Many actresses feel that they will not have a career if they do an item song, but I think that is wrong. "The way you do a layout of pictures for a magazine, item songs are moving portfolios," said the 50-year-old.

Department features Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati. It will release May 18 (less)

Recently, Department leading ladies Anjana Sukhani and Madhu Shalini accused him of promoting Nathalia Kaur over them. Talking on the controversy exclusively on zoOm, he said, "Item songs have become the face of films.

I asked a little girl about the last film she'd seen, and she replied, Chikni Chameli. She didn't even register the name of the film.

That's what sells, and the way I see it, Nathalia's item song (Dan Dan Cheeni ) just launched the music of the film." Fair enough, Ramu.

And as for Anjana and Madhu, take it with a pinch of 'sugar', gals! For exclusive interviews, B-town parties, events and news, watch B Tonite from Mon - Fri at 10pm only on zoOm - India's No.1 Bollywood channel (less)

"I never ever hid the fact that I am a devotee of a woman's beauty. But not only in my entire career, but never even ever since I have consciously come of a mental and a physical age to perceive and admire the beauty of a woman, have I seen a woman more beautiful than Nathalia," he said.

"Her beauty is truly electrifying and it just sparks out from every nook and curve of both her face and her body. Her face looks so classically beautiful and her body literally looks like the perfect embodiment of an ultimate female figure.

"This combined with her ability on cue to give any expression that is asked of her is what I think will happen in only once in a decade and in this decade I think Nathalia is that girl," he added. Nathalia will shake a leg on item song Dan dan in the film, which also stars Rana Daggubati and Sanjay Dutt.

Earlier Sunny was expected to do the song. "We were trying for Sunny Leone but by God's grace it didn't work out or else we would have lost out on someone as divine as Nathalia and I thank God for that," Varma wrote on his Twitter page.

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Ask Rana about his USP and he quips with a grin, "It's got to be my looks. It's the way God has designed me.

" The actor, who was in the city recently, was excited to talk about his film Department with Ram Gopal Varma , and another project that the filmmaker has announced with Rana in the lead. According to reports, RGV is so impressed with the actor that he has decided to cast him in the film opposite Nathalia Kaur, even before the completion of Department.

"We are still developing the idea of the film that Nathalia and I are going to do," says Rana. But we have heard that it will be a love story with lots of action.

The actor admits, though, that working with Natty on the Dan Dan..

. song for Department has made him a fan of the model.

"She is fabulous. I have known her for a brief time and she is one of the finest newcomers in recent times.

I think Nathalia has the potential to become a big star ," he says. Reports suggest that the duo shared some sizzling chemistry in a recent photo shoot and he adds, "It was a concept shoot for the film and it was done right after Dan Dan.

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was shot." As for Department, the actor says that sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan made him nervous.

"I was very nervous when Amitabh and I were in the same frame," he says. Meanwhile, his Tamil debut with director Selvaraghavan will take off later in the year, after he wraps up Department and a Telugu film with director Krish.

As the conversation veers towards his love life, Rana maintains he's single at the moment. "I am waiting for the right woman to come by," he says.

'I knew about Bipasha's visit' How does he then explain Bipasha Basu's (his rumoured ex) presence at his birthday bash? "I was celebrating my birthday in Hyderabad after a long time. Bipasha came on a planned visit and everyone knew she was coming.

The media was surprised though," laughs Rana. So does that mean that Bipasha praising his six-pack look for a new film is just friendly banter? "Bipasha is one of my very good friends and one of my first friends in Mumbai.

There's nothing more to it," he says. With inputs from Richa Bhatia (less)

"I never ever hid the fact that I am a devotee of a woman's beauty. But not only in my entire career, but never even ever since I have consciously come of a mental and a physical age to perceive and admire the beauty of a woman, have I seen a woman more beautiful than Nathalia," he said.

"Her beauty is truly electrifying and it just sparks out from every nook and curve of both her face and her body. Her face looks so classically beautiful and her body literally looks like the perfect embodiment of an ultimate female figure.

"This combined with her ability on cue to give any expression that is asked of her is what I think will happen in only once in a decade and in this decade I think Nathalia is that girl," he added. Nathalia will shake a leg on item song "Dan dan" in the film, which also stars Rana Daggubati and Sanjay Dutt .

Earlier Sunny was expected to do the song. "We were trying for Sunny Leone but by God's grace it didn't work out or else we would have lost out on someone as divine as Nathalia and I thank God for that," Varma wrote on his Twitter page (less)

Till now I have got good reviews from people who have seen the song (Dan Dan) and I am glad I could adapt the Bollywood style dancing that I am not used to." Nathalia is unfazed about being labelled an item girl.

She says, "I don't care what people think about me. My song is not an awkwardly placed item number, but an integral part of the story.

People might criticize and label you, but there is nothing wrong in doing an item number. Some people like doing the song and dance and not want to act, so what is wrong with that? Besides the Indian audience is intelligent and know what they want.

" Nathalia, who is still new to film industry has bagged two Hindi movies and is set to make her acting dream come true. "I love the way songs and dances are shown and shot in the South films.

I'd love to do more movies there. But right now I am concentrating on my Bollywood career.

" She adds negating that things have come easy to her, "I have been lucky to be there at the right time and meet right people, but a lot of hard work has gone behind getting where I am right now." She's enjoying her life in Bollywood right now She says, "India has given me a very different experience.

People here see Bollywood as a magical world and look up to the stars. B-Town's an amazing place.

Initially I was scared of joining Bollywood films because of all the controversies. But now I feel more confident and comfortable.

I think I'm here to stay." (less)

Right now, I am back to shooting the quintessential item number. In the Bollywood times we are living in, what a face to a woman is what an item song to a film.

There was a film called "Teen Patti" and someone had asked me what I thought about the promos. I had said, I only remember the girl's back! The film, of course, wasn't made to show the girl's back but like it or not, that's all that I remember about it.

An item song is like the icing on the cake. Nobody buys a cake for the icing and but they enjoy it because of it.

Who is this new girl in "Department"? Her name is Nathalia Kaur. She is a Brazilian-Punjabi girl.

Frankly, I have not seen a girl in the last 10 years with more grace and expression along with an angel like body and a classically beautiful face than what Nathalia has. She is smoking hot in the 'Dan Dan' song in "Department" which I am shooting with her, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati.

'My Dan Dan' will do 'Khallas' to all item songs! "Department" is being shot in a format that no one has seen before in India. The camera angles are completely new for Indian cinema.

Having worked with Amitabh Bachchan in so many films, how challenging is it to reinvent him? What is the challenge for Sanjay Dutt? It is very easy to reinvent Amitabh Bachchan if you are clear with your vision. He is very sharp and can quickly interpret what you want him to do.

Sanjay has a larger than life persona and it's quite a task to create a character for him that's more down-to-earth. What's the status of your 26/7 film? The script is done.

Rommel Rodrigues, who wrote Kasab, The Face of 26/11, has written the script for the film though my movie isn't based on this book. I shall begin shooting on March 10.

This film is called "The Attacks On 26/11" and has to be elaborately shot. The event was complex and has to be shot in too many different places.

I am expecting it to stagger and work on it instead of finishing it in one go. I feel, 26/11 is the second most horrific act in the world.

The terrorists involved in this had more audacity than those involved in 9/11. The ambition of the people was far complex than that of others 9/11 though more people were killed in the twin tower attacks.

Is Riteish Deshmukh part of the cast? Of course, not. When I had visited the Taj, I had no intention of making this film.

It's strange for people to even think that I would be casting Riteish as a terrorist or a cop in this film. All those who are playing the terrorists are fresh faces.

The rest of the cast will be announced soon. Reports claim that you are directing the Hindi remake of "The Businessman".

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That's what reports do. They claim.

I am actually producing the film and haven't decided on who will direct it. Your recent comment on the microblogging site, "Since a man has only one life, it is unfair and unjust to waste it on one woman", has Taslima Nasreen saying "2+ lacs idiots wasting time on you".

What's your take on this? I love all women and yes, even Taslima Nasreen. What exactly is your view of a woman? A woman for me is an incredible object of desire.

I don't feel desiring a woman is any less than loving her. In fact, I feel there's more emotional honesty in a sexual desire than in love.

Once can fake love but one can't fake a sexual desire. A sexual act should not be confused with sexual feeling.

The act could be common to everyone but a feeling is a function of the degree of its intensity in a particular individual. There's a difference between I want to have sex with a particular girl and how badly I want to have sex with her.

I want to sexually love a woman because for me, the very concept of a woman is about her sexuality. But the tragedy is that women want to be loved for every reason other than their sexuality.

So, this wisdom of mine is now forcing me to look for what I want in virtual women because they come completely edited and also come with a remote control. Recently, a Twitter co-founder has warned that spending hours on the site is unhealthy.

Will this information change your tweeting habit? Since tweeting is as good as sex, anything unhealthy will be the most desirable for most people (less)

The Grenade singer plays guitar in the shot, while Playmate of the Month, Raquel Pomplin, lies at his feet, The Hollywood Reporter said. The singing star flaunts his signature style and dresses sharply for his photo spread.

Mars is pictured wearing a shirt by Palace Costume Los Angeles, pants by Louis Vuitton, sunglasses by Ray-Ban and loafers by Re-Mix. He has chosen his own Armani suit for the cover shot of the notorious magazine.

As a Playboy cover star, Mars follows in the footsteps of several Hollywood icons. Peter Sellers was the first male to appear on the cover back in April 1967, followed by Burt Reynolds (October 1979), Steve Martin (January 1980), Donald Trump (March 1990), Dan Aykroyd (August 1993), Jerry Seinfeld (October 1993), Leslie Nielson (February 1996), Gene Simmons (March 1999) and Seth Rogen (April 2009).

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