[2] Starting her career in the late 1920s with small roles in films like Second Wife (1928), Indira B.

(1929) and Jayant (1929), she went on to do character roles before acting in the lead opposite Ashraf Khan in Veer Kunal (1932).

Modi cast her in the historical drama Jhansi Ki Rani (1953), which in spite of having spectacular scenes and lavish sets could not work well at the box office.

Finally in 1932, she acted under the banner of Indian Art Productions as the main female lead in Veer Kunal, opposite Ashraf Khan, an actor she was to marry and then divorce.

[2] She continued to work under different banners including Chandulal Shah for Ranjit Movietone in Bhola Shika (1933), directed by Jayant Desai, with E. Billimoria as hero, and Ranchandi directed by Babubhai Jani opposite Navin Chandra.

She also acted in a couple of films directed by Jaddanbai like Moti Ka Haar and Jeevan Swapna, both in 1937.

[1] Modi did not act in the film which starred Mehtab with Yakub and Balwant Singh.

[8] Mehtab acted in films like Ismat (1944), Ek Din Ka Sultan (1945), Saathi (1946) and Shama (1946).