 She also notably played the strict but kind Mrs. L. D'Sa in "Anari" (1959) with Raj Kapoor.Under Hrishikesh Mukherjee's direction, she gave the performance of a lifetime, for which she received the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.And as the tough matriarch who falls in love in "Professor" (1962), and the devious hunchback Manthara in Ramanand Sagar's television series "Ramayan".