She starred in Gulzar's 1975 film, "Mausam" and won the National Film Award for Best Actress. She also played a supporting role in Mira Nair's 1991 film, "Mississippi Masala". She was the highest paid Bollywood actress from 1970 to 1976 along with Sadhana & Mumtaz. She had a very successful pairing opposite Dharmendra, along with whom she starred in seven movies - "Devar" (1966), "Anupama" (1966), "Mere Hamdam Mere Dost" (1968), "Satyakam" (1969), "Yakeen" (1969), "Chupke Chupke" (1975), "Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka" (1975) and Sunny (1984). Her filmography also include "Faraar" (1975) opposite Amitabh Bachchan; "Mausam" (1975) and "Besharam" (1978) and opposite Sanjeev Kumar; and Bengali film "Mangaldeep" (1991) opposite Naseeruddin Shah.