In 1959, S. S. Vasan was making a Tamil film which would be a bilingual to Hindi film Paigham starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjayanthimala with theme built around capital-labour relations.
She and her daughter Vyjayanthimala acted together in two films, Paigham and its Tamil remake Irumbu Thirai, which during the filming they both were not good in talking terms.