The film got shelved and she made her debut under the direction of Sunil Dutt with the movie Man ka Meet in 1968.

[5] Chandavarkar came into the limelight after finishing as one of the runners-up for the Fresh Face Competition organized across the country by Filmfare.

She made her debut in Man Ka Meet for Sunil Dutt, and it was his wife Nargis who groomed her to be an actress.

[6] Bairaag, in 1976, is another example where she acted with Dilip Kumar and an ensemble star cast of Saira Bano, Prem Chopra and Helen.

She had an arranged marriage to her first husband, Siddharth Bandodkar, who came from a prominent Goan Marathi political family.

Siddharth died from an accidental gunshot wound, a few days into the marriage, leaving Leena a widow at age 25.