Directed by R.K. Nayyar, the movie was based on the K.M. Nanavati vs State of Maharashtra court case. She teamed up with Sunil Dutt in the movie.

In the same year, she was offered a role in the first Merchant Ivory Production 'The Householder', which was directed by James Ivory.

After a guest appearance in 'The Guru' in 1969, she bid adieu to films to marry, and later divorce, businessman Tikki Oberoi. She later tied the knot with poet Dom Moraes, her childhood sweetheart.

In 1985, she made a comeback on silver screen as a Goan matriarch in Shyam Benegal's 'Trikaal' and later featured in director Pradip Krishen's 1992 movie 'Electric Moon'.