 She started her acting career at age nine in the film "Raja Harishchandra" (1928), and later went on to play lead roles in the silent era and 1940s films, in a career that lasted until the end of her life, spanning seven decades.She co-produced and acted in a silent film "Kailash" (1932), and later produced another film "Duniya Kya Hai" in 1938, a talkie.In 1942, as a part of a scene in the movie "Jung-E-Azadi", actor Master Bhagwan was to slap her hard.