In the 1970's, her roles as mother to the characters played by Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor made her name synonymous to the impoverished suffering mother.
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As a child he appeared very briefly in his uncle Nasir Hussain's 1969 film Pyar Ka Mausam playing Shashi Kapoor's role as a child.
She appeared with Shammi Kapoor in the 1962 film Professor, with Shashi Kapoor and Kishore Kumar in Pyar Kiye Jaa (1966), with Dev Anand in Teen Devian, with Pradeep Kumar in Saheli and with Feroz Khan in Tasveer and Teesra Kaun.
Meri Zubaan is an action thriller, featuring Mithun Chakraborty and Shashi Kapoor in lead roles, well supported by Farha, Kimi Katkar, Tanuja, Vinod Mehra and Amjad Khan.
Other than Vinod Mehra, her on-screen pair opposite heroes Shashi Kapoor,Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra and Sanjeev Kumar.
The film tells the story of an honest journalist Vikas Pande (Shashi Kapoor) from Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh who moves to Delhi to run a newspaper, and soon uncovers a political assassination, and in the process, falls prey to a corrupt system and the nexus between politicians and media barons.
Sammy (Ayub Khan-Din) and Rosie (Frances Barber) are a married couple, both leading a promiscuous bohemian lifestyle until Sammy's father (Shashi Kapoor) comes to visit to escape past issues.
Sharmeelee had powerful and promising performances by the lead actors, Shashi Kapoor and Raakhee, and had received both critical as well as commercial success.
After Anuraag, she was part of hits like Naina opposite Shashi Kapoor, Kuchhe Dhaage with Vinod Khanna, Us Paar with Vinod Mehra after which she decided to do more Hindi films until 981.