[2] Dhingra's 1988 novel Amritvela tells the story of Meera, a woman taken to England as a child, who is forced to confront her diasporic identity when returning to visit India after having married an Englishman.
[4] She has appeared in television soap operas Doctors as Nina Parmar, Coronation Street as Mina Parekh and EastEnders as Manju Patel.
Her role as Manju was only supposed to be for two episodes but after an internet campaign, EastEnders made her a recurring character in the soap from Autumn 2007.
Furthermore, Dhingra has done the rounds of popular British TV by making appearances in The Bill, Casualty, Peak Practice, Cutting It, Silent Witness, Prime Suspect and Doctor Who.
In 2021 Dhingra had a main role in the fourth series of Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge as Zainab Hyatt.