Pakistan, Aug. 8 -- Yasir Hussain is no stranger to speaking his truth off screen. Last month he shared his views on extra-marital affairs. Now, in an exclusive interview, Yasir had some thoughts about 'item numbers' in Pakistani films. These are songs that feature a scantily clad "item girl" seductively dancing to provocative lyrics. The song itself usually has little to no link with the plot, the sole purpose being only to draw crowds to the theatre.

Yasir pointed out this double standard where our culture indulges in item songs but widely disapproves it too. "We first need to understand what our culture is. Is it the one before partition or is it after that?" he said.

As Pakistani commercial films have taken off recently, many produc...