From 1965, her songs started to be mimed by actresses other than the lead. Beginning in 1965, songs for her in films started getting reduced but the songs she sang instantly became hits through 1968. She then declared a self-imposed retirement in 1965. But she kept having certain composers asking her to sing songs in few films and among them her songs from films like in "Daku Mangal Singh", "Upkar", "Kismat", "Heer Ranjha", "Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong", "Teri Meri Ik Jindri" and "Main Papi Tum Bakhshanhaar". Her song "Kajra Mohabbat Wala" from the 1968 film "Kismat" and "Nathaniya Hale To Bada Maza" from the 1971 film "Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong" remains popular.