She was posthumously conferred with the Best Actress Award for her role in Aadmi Aur Aurat (1984) at the 5th Damascus International Film Festival in 1987.

She had also shared screen with matinee idol Uttam Kumar in some films notable amongst being Seyi Chokh, Bagh Bondi Khela etc.

She had produced hit films pairing with actors like Deepankar De, Santu Mukhopadhyay, Samit Bhanja, Anup Kumar, Tapas Paul, Chiranjeet, Kaushik Banerjee, Ranjit Mallick, Prosenjit Chatterjee and even with the legend Sri Uttam Kumar.

Mahua infused the art of dancing successfully in her films, a quality quite rare in those days.

Her outstanding performance in Tapan Sinha's Aadmi Aur Aurat with Amol Palekar won her critical acclaim that corrected her reputation of merely filling up the box office coffers.

[5] In the midnight of 12 July 1985, Mahua who was in a complete drunk state, met with a fire accident at her residence, getting serious burns and succumbed to death owing to the injury.

Many of her films were released after her death like Anurager Choya, Prem O Paap, Abhimaan, Ashirbaad, Kenaram Becharam, Abir etc.