[1][2] While visiting her mother in Mumbai, she came in contact with director Saeed Akhtar Mirza, who offered her the role of the female protagonist in his film Naseem (1995), a Bollywood film based on the Babri Masjid demolition.
[3] Mahesh Bhatt was impressed by her performance and offered her the lead role in his next film Papa Kehte Hai (1996).
Though the film was not a critical or commercial success, her acting received generally positive reviews.
She later moved to New York with her husband and got an MBA in marketing and finance from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business.
She was formerly the Managing Director for Performics, a leading digital media agency a part of the French group Publicis.