Regarded as one of the finest actresses of Indian Cinema, Sadhana was noted for her exquisite beauty and trend-setting fashion statements.

She went to Boston for her treatment and returned to acting in 1969, starring in two consecutive box-office hits — Ek Phool Do Mali and Intaqam.

In 1974, the actress made her directorial debut with the crime thriller Geetaa Mera Naam, and later withdrew from acting.

They cast her in India's first Sindhi film titled Abaana (1958), where she played the role of Sheila Ramani's younger sister.

He also created her trademark look, called the Sadhana cut, inspired by British actress Audrey Hepburn.

[7][8] The Filmalaya Production banner thus introduced Joy, Sadhana and her iconic hairstyle in their 1960 romantic film Love in Simla.

[10] Besides Love in Simla, Sadhana was signed by acclaimed director Bimal Roy for his satirical film on Indian democracy, Parakh.

The film was a semi hit at box office and is known for the song "O Sajna Barkha Bahar Aai" sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

Sadhana and Shammi Kapoor worked together in 4 films Rajkumar, Budtameez, Sachaai and Chhote Sarkar of which the first 3 were box office hits and the pair got good audience acceptance.

After returning from the US, she starred in the successful movies Intaquam (1969), Ek phool do mali (1969), Sachaai (1969), Dil Daulat Duniya (1972) and Geeta Mera Naam (1974).

In Intaquam she played the role of a woman who revengefully lures the son of her own boss who cheated her, to be put behind the bars for a crime he did not commit.

Produced by her husband, the film had herself playing the lead actress along with Sunil Dutt and Feroz Khan.

[18] Sadhana married her Love in Simla director Ram Krishna Nayyar on 7 March 1966.

[8] Living in Santacruz, Mumbai, she rented an apartment building owned by singer Asha Bhosle.

R. K. Nayyar, director of the film and her future husband, suggested the fringe style in order to make her forehead look narrower.

[31][29] She went with this concept of gracefully changing the traditional loose salwar kameez to her director Yash Chopra for the 1965 film Waqt.

[34] In 2014, Sadhana made a rare public appearance walking the ramp in a pink sari at a fashion show to support the cause for cancer and AIDS patients.

[37] She had undergone an emergency surgery due to a bleeding oral lesion in December 2014 at the K J Somaiya Medical College.

Bollywood stars such Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Lata Mangeshkar and several others expressed their sorrow at the loss.