made her Bollywood debut with the movie . Directed by Imtiaz Ali, she featured alongside Ranbir Kapoor in the movie. The actress then featured in several movies along with some dance numbers. Some of the songs Nargis featured are Yaar Naa Miley, Oye Oye, Dhating Naach, and several others. In an interview, Nargis talked about the difficulties she faced while doing these dance numbers.
In an interview, the actress talked about her stint in the film industry and revealed that she has encountered some unfortunate situations due to which she didn’t continue in Bollywood for a long time. refused to talk about the same and said how the factors of having to pander to male ego are international. So that’s not what made her quit Bollywood back then. “Although this is not true for all people in the industry. I have met and worked with some wonderful people and really appreciate them,” shared the Rockstar actress.
Further in the same interview with Subhash K Jha, the Main Tera Hero actress talked about her initial struggle of doing item songs. “I completed a song and dance with Shahid Kapoor in Phata Poster Nikla Hero and then Varun Dhawan in Main Tera Hero. Even the terminology ‘item song’ is new to me. When people say a girl is doing an item song, they mean it in a not-so-nice way. Bollywood dancing is as alien to me as Hindi. I am just enjoying learning it. There is a lot of heaving and boob-thrusting, which I found difficult at first. But I was okay after a while. There are so many people indulging in so many activities on the sets. Come to think of it, everything here in Mumbai is culturally very different from everywhere else,” revealed the actress.
Nargis Fakhri’s next Bollywood release includes Housefull 5. It also stars , Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Jacqueline Fernandez, and others. The movie will hit theatres this year.