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• Never received formal education, as she and her sister were forced to start acting in films by their parents at a very early age.
• Became famous after playing little Raju in the film Chirag Kahan, Roshni Kahan (1959).
• Got married to Javed Akhtar at the age of 18, after which she quit working to take care of her family.
• Lamhe (1991) was her first movie as a screenwriter.
• Made her debut as a movie director with Armaan (2003).