her best known roles were in "pyaasa" (1957), "anpadh" (1962), "dil tera deewana" (1962), "gumrah" (1963), "bahurani" (1963), "gehra daag", "apne huye paraye", "jahan ara", "himalaya ki god mein" (1965), "nai roshni", "aankhen" (1968), "maryada" (1971) and "babu".