From 1940 through 1949 her career would be active and somewhat successful, with her playing mostly heroine roles in B-movies.

She started out playing heroine roles in Pre-Partition films.

Fawn carries her heroine role through by thinking out a way to revive him, and the rest of the Lakewalkers.

The production team approached Samantha to do the heroine role.

Most of her early films had her playing the heroine role in B-movies, often westerns.

The films were chosen as examples of strong heroine roles in Indian films.

She played heroine roles throughout the 1960s but offers dried up in early 70's.

This helped her gain fame and recognition and she started doing heroine roles.

Daniel had earlier signed an actress from Bombay named Lana to act in the heroine role.

Thus, she was taken for the heroine role.