She first reached Biratnagar where she sang revolutionary songs in Radio Democracy during the revolution.
She met playwright Bal Krishna Sama for the first time in 1953-54[a] in Kathmandu, and acted in his play Andhaweg in a theater in Singha Durbar, that same year.
[2] She had been living with Latika, granddaughter, in the latter's home in Bhainsepati, Lalitpur, where she died from complications related to her heart problem, on 18 January 2011,[1] at the age of 83.
[2] Although she died at home, her body was taken to Gangalal Memorial Hospital to get the pacemaker removed.
[5] Her body was kept at Nepal Pragya Pratisthan, Kamaladi for final tributes, before being cremated at Pashupati that same day.
[1] Among the attendees from the film industry were, Basundhara Bhusal, Bhuwan Chand, Chaitanya Devi Singh, Yuvaraj Lama and Dhiren Shakya.
[1] Information minister Pokharel remembered her contributions to the country's first democratic revolution, while first actress of Nepali cinema, Bhuwan Chand said Maskey's death was like losing the mother, and Bhusal said that Nepali film had lost its "foundation pillar".