 While studying in South Point School Kabir earned the Miss Calcutta title in 1968.She got her first break from Satyajit Ray through the film "Pratidwandi" in 1969.She married Bangladeshi film director Alamgir Kabir and starred in two of his films, "Shimana Periye" and "Rupali Shoikotey", which are regarded by the British Film Institute (BFI) as among the finest films to have come out of Bangladesh.