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Mumbai, May 24: Item numbers are in vogue but Yash Raj Films` blue-eyed director Kunal Kohli doesn`t approve of them and says using the term `item` for an actress is derogatory.

I don`t believe in item numbers. Neither do I believe in item girls. How can you call a girl `item`? It sounds so cheap. It is humiliating,` said Kohli.

`I am not against the performance, but the term used for it. Let people use the term, but I will never call any song in my film an item number,` he added.

After carving a niche for himself with his previous films `Hum Tum` and `Fanaa`, the director returns to the marquee with `Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic`.

Starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji, the film`s story revolves around four orphaned children and has elements of magic, love and fun, but no item songs.

Although Kohli has roped in Amisha Patel for a song, he says it is not an item number.

`My film doesn`t have item numbers. It has special performance by Amisha Patel, but she is not just doing a song, she also has a very important role in the film.`