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• Was trained since age 7 in Kathak dance by the renowned virtuoso Guru Kishen Maharaj.
• Used to practice Kathak dance for 10-12 hours every day and performed in professional conferences by the age of 12.
• Made her acting debut as a child artist in the Bhojpuri movie Bhaiya (1961) when she was just 12 years old.
• Worked with an actual Bengal Tiger in the film Chhaila Baabu (1977).
• Appeared mainly in Hindi and Bhojpuri films in the 1970s and 1980s.
• Had played a village girl in many films and has danced in over 500 films.
• Has acted in Bhojpuri, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Telugu language films.
• Directed the Bhojpuri film Nahir Hutal Jaya (2004).
• Founded the Indianica Dance Academy in New Jersey, USA.
• Choreographed and acted in a musical based on the epic Ramayan with 64 actors and dancers at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City.