 She served as the General Secretary and the Vice President for the West Bengal Motion Picture Artistes' Forum, a body representing cine artistes.Her first acting assignment was Bijoy Chatterjee's Hindi short film "Nirupama" (1986) based on Rabindranath Tagore's Bengali short story "Dena Paona" and broadcast on DD National.Her breakthrough role came with the Bengali TV series "Muktabandha" (1987) directed by Ramaprasad Banik.