Item numbers may just have risen a notch higher. After all, it's not everyday that we see Johnny Depp gyrating to one!

If things go as planned, Depp may perform an item number for Mira Nair's Shantaram.

When we asked the film's music director, Vishal Bhardwaj, about this, he exclaimed, "I pray and hope! Doing an item number for Johnny Depp will be a pleasure!"

Even though the film is not yet on the floors, its music has been decided.

"We will have two Sufi songs and one item number in Shantaram," Bhardwaj informs us.

Shantaram, which also stars Amitabh Bachchan, is based on Gregory David Roberts' bestseller on his life on Mumbai's streets.