Taking time out from four Kannada films in 2000, Narang
appeared alongside Karisma Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan in
Khalid Mohammed's Fiza. An item number appearance in
Prakash Jha's Rahul completed Narang's introduction to
Hindi film. Brief returns to South India in 2001 were
coupled with two more Bollywood films: Pyaar Ishq Aur
Mohabbat, directed by Rajiv Rai and starring Sunil
Shetty alongside a young Arjun Rampal; and K.
Raghavendra Rao's urban comedy Aamdani Atthani Kharcha
Rupaiyaa, opposite Govinda, Juhi Chawla and Johnny
Lever. By 2002, Narang appeared to be consigned to
support roles until she was asked by Ram Gopal Varma to
appear in an item number for his underworld movie
Company starring Ajay Devgan, Vivek Oberoi and Manisha
Koirala. The number in question was Khallas,
choreographed by Ganesh Hegde and the effect on cinema
audiences and critics was to leave Narang with the
enduring nickname Khallas Girl. A second notable item
number, Ishq Samundar, in Sanjay Gupta's Reservoir Dogs
remake Kaante, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt
and Sunil Shetty, was enough to raise Narang's profile
and in the following year she took the Stardust Award
for Most Exciting New Face for Khallas

Film Actress