 As of 2014, Dandekar is a judge on "India's Next Top Model" alongside model-actress Lisa Haydon.In 2003, Dandekar made her acting debut in Bollywood with "Mumbai Matinee" and went on to do "Viruddh" in 2005, alongside Bollywood veterans Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sharmila Tagore and John Abraham.Her performance in the film won her the Best Debut Award at the Maharashtra Times Awards in 2006.