In every film starring her as lead heroine, except when opposite Ashok Kumar, in the period 1947 to 1955, her name used to appear first in the credits before the leading hero's name appeared. Her pairing opposite Dilip Kumar was popular with audiences with box office hits such as "Shaheed" (1948), "Pugree", "Nadiya Ke Paar" (1949), "Shabnam" (1949) and "Arzoo" (1950)). The popularity as an actress increased with Filmistan's "Do Bhai" (1947), aided by Geeta Roy's impassioned singing of songs such as "Mera sundar sapna", which, incidentally, was shot in a single take. Kamini was paired opposite Dev Anand in his very first success, Bombay Talkies' production "Ziddi" (1948), a light romance. The pair followed this up with "Namoona". Kamini played the third angle to the Dev-Suraiya pair in "Shayar". In Raj Kapoor's directorial debut "Aag" (1948), she did a cameo as one of his three heroines (Nargis and Nigar were the other two), whose relationship with the hero doesn't fructify. She also starred with Raj Kapoor in "Jail Yatra".