Career
She may be best known in the United States as the masked dancer in the dance segment Jaan Pehechan Ho from the 1965 movie Gumnaam, portions of which were included in the opening credits of the 2001 United States. film Ghost World. Chhaya"s film career extended from 1961 through at least 1982. After retiring from cinema, Chhaya taught dancing to indigent children.
She died of cancer in Mumbai in 2004 at the age of 56.