She had worked with film director Satyajit Ray in classics like Pratidwandi and Seemabaddha.

[1] Arati Das was the youngest of three sisters from a Bengali Hindu family of Narayanganj, East Bengal (now in Bangladesh) which migrated to India during the Partition of Bengal.

[2] Arati Das had made her film debut in Bengali film named Chowringhee, in which she acts with actors like Supriya Devi, Uttam Kumar, Utpal Dutt, and Biswajit.

Her plays include Samrat O Sundari, Saheb Bibi Golam, and Ashlil.

[3][4] An American national named Robin Rootland once wanted to marry her, but she decided to stay in India as unmarried for her family.