She joined Sangeet Kala Academy in Rajkot as a folk dancer and singer.
[2] It was during that time that her famous Gujarati drama Jesal Toral ran to more than a thousand performances.
She had also played character roles in Hindi films for over two and a half decades (1960s to early 1990s).
A few other popular films done by her are Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978), Geet Gaata Chal (1975), Besharam (1978), Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985), Balika Badhu (1976), Dhund (1973) and Alibaba Marjinaa (1977).
On television, she also played the role of Sita's mother "Maharani Sunaina in Ramanand Sagar's historic blockbuster serial Ramayan and that of Sharda Sharma in Rajshri Productions' TV Serial Paying Guest (1985).