Career
She is a former Mission Young India (1968) who has worked in minor roles in Hindi movies, and has also produced two films. She was credited as Komal in Jigri Dost. She was cast with Shatrughan Sinha in the movie.
The two later got married in 1980.
The two had earlier met in a train compartment while traveling. After a long gap of thirty years she starred in the film playing the role of Mallika Hamida Banu Begum - mother of Emperor Akbar enacted by Hrithik Roshan directed by noted film director Ashutosh Gowariker.
She is the wife of actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha. She is the mother of twin brothers actor Luv Sinha and Kush Sinha, and Hindi movie actress Sonakshi Sinha.