[7] After her Dujane (1984) tanked at the box office, she took a sabbatical of seven years[8] and returned to silver screen with Chandra Barot's hugely successful commercial drama Ashrita (1990).
[9] Mukherjee made her debut in 1971 Bengali hit film Shesh Parba opposite Samit Bhanja directed by Chitta Bose.
[13] Her career faced a major setback when two of her high profile movies of 1976 Hotel Snow Fox and Chander Kachhakachhi flopped in spite of having Uttam Kumar in the main lead although not as hero.
She made her Bollywood debut with Dulal Guha's Khaan Dost (1976) opposite Shatrughan Sinha that also starred Raj kapoor in a pivotal role,[7] but limited herself to Basu Chatterjee's films only.
In 1982 she acted in Dinen Gupta directed Oriya movie Jwain Pua opposite Uttam Mohanty which was a remake of her Bengali Blockbuster film Mouchak.
After a one song two scenes guest appearance in 1984 movie Prarthana , Mukherjee started shooting for her home production Ranga Bhanga Chand based on Pratibha Basu's novel of the same name in 1984 under the direction of Dinen Gupta.