The brightly lit star that shined until the mid-80s for Tamil and Telegu films and then for big-budget Hindi films. She starred in several films with male lead Jeetendra although Shekhar Kapur's Mr India with Anil Kapoor was her first solo success, the blockbuster Chandani gave her strong hold in the industry. And her bubbly acting in songs like Hawa hawaii and Mera beemar tera dil from Chaalbaaz made her the shining star of Hindi films as well. Sensualized by the lovemaking of an invisible man in yet another song from Mr India, she presented the most sexual of her performances.

With her sequinned dress and feathers look and inch-long false eyelashes and tons of acting potential, she has proved herself a buxom South Indian star. She will however be best known as the highest-paid actress in India, and the main sales asset of India's most expensive film to date, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja.