She is most remembered for her role in the film Saudagar with Amitabh Bachchan and also as Queen Kaikeyi in Ramanand Sagar's epic series Ramayan (1987–88).
She also acted in Odia movie Sakshi Gopinath(1978) Khanna started her Kathak training when she was about 7, from Pandit Birju Maharaj.
[1] She was born in Banares and was introduced to Bollywood under the suggestions of actresses Padmini and Vyjayanthimala.
[2] Khanna debuted as an actress in the 1962 Bhojpuri film Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo.
In 2008, she choreographed and acted in a musical based on the epic Ramayana with 64 actors and dancers at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, directed by her husband, Jagdish L.