Started her film carrier as a child actress and has also played a boys role in the 1960's in Indian cinema.She did many films with Sachin whom she married. She has acted in many classic Indian films such as _Kranti(1981)_

Became a noted costume designer for films, mostly for those made by her husband. In 2000, she received an award for her costume design for the film Hey Ram (2000).

Was often cast as the vamp or 'westernized' girl in films from 1980's Bollywood, however she was very unhappy with this 'bad girl' type casting.

Acted in more than 30 films, including films such as Subhash Ghai's Vidhaata (1982), but she gave up acting when she married Kamal Hassan during the peak of her career in the late 1980s.