Possessing a beautiful voice, Munavvar Kalantarli, along with her brother Hashim, performed folk songs such as "Aman nene," "Kishmiri shal," and "Lolo" at concerts.

Composer Muslim Magomayev, who took notice of her talent, invited her to the Opera Theater in 1933, marking the beginning of Munavvar Kalantarli's stage career from that year onwards.

The actress continues her work at the Musical Comedy Theater with her own desire, where she plays F. Amirov's "Gozun aydin", S. Alasgarov's "Star", T. Guliyev's "Gold Digger", S. Rustamov's "Crane", A. Rzayev's "Journey to the Moon" etc.

Munavvar Kalantarli began her film career with the role of Aunt Jahan in the movie "The Cloth Peddler", which was released in 1945 and was shown in 136 countries around the world.

Later, Munavvar Kalantarli appeared as Gulzar aunt in the musical "Bakhtiyar", Dagmara's mother Sonu in "Labor and Rose", Gulbahar grandmother in "Under The Scorching Sun", Munavvar in "Meeting", Yenga in "O olmasin, bu olsun", Malikov's stout wife in "Kazbek box" , Mesma in "Shadows crawling", and housewife in "New Year's Eve".