Biographie

While she got along with her leading men, such as Vinod Mehra, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, and Rishi Kapoor, her favorite co-star is Sanjeev Kumar, who played her boyfriend, father, and brother-in-law in different films.

After she became a character actress, she played sister-in-law to one of her favorite actors, another Bengali star named Mithun Chakraborty.

Her personal favorite songs from her films are: "Jaa re bachpan tu jaa" from Kuchhe Dhaage (1973); "Woh Kya Hai" and "Sun ri Pawan" from Anuraag (1972); "Rim jhim gire saawan" from Manzil (1979). However, her most favorite song is "Chhod de saari duniya" from Saraswatichandra (1968), which she did not act in but starred Nutan, who she had worked with in Anuraag (1972).

Her real-life husband, Jayanta Mukherjee, played her husband on-screen in one of her first Hindi films, Kuchhe Dhaage (1973).

She came from a conservative family, where her grandfather was a judge, and her father was in the army.

God is not only kind but he was quite partial to me. He has given me so much. The loveliest thing that he blessed me with is my two daughters Payal and Megha. They are awesome. And off course without the support of my husband I would have never enjoyed my life and wouldn't have been doing the things that I am doing today.

I was never a busy actor in my entire career. I am from Kolkata. I am married to popular yesteryear singer Hemant Kumar's son and after my marriage I joined the Hindi film industry. I have balanced my career and family. Apart from that I have two lovely daughters. So I have played several roles in my life.

On women film directors: "It feels great that women are creating their space in a male dominated world."

On her father-in-law, legendary music composer & singer Hemant Kumar: "I have learnt lot of things from Hemant Kumar. He was a lovely and down to earth person. People say he was not only a very good singer but also a fantastic human being."

One thing is really strange in our industry that when we work together, we are a family and after the film gets over we becomes strangers.