Since starting her career at fourteen, she has starred in over twenty-nine feature-length films, including several National Award-winning films. Her directorial debut was the
Dimasa language film
Semkhor. The film received two National Awards at the
68th National Film Awards. She also became the first actress from
Assam to walk down the red carpet at the
75th Cannes Film Festival. Her documentary film,
Screaming Butterflies, was bestowed with Silver Conch award at the 17th
Mumbai International Film Festival. (MIFF). She was a jury member at the 53rd
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) as well as a member of the steering committee at the 54th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held in Goa. She became the first Assamese actress to receive the "Best Actress in a Leading Role" award at the first edition of the Filmfare Awards Assamese 2024. Her latest documentary film, "Birubala: Witch to Padmashree" which chronicles a tribal woman's fight against witchcraft and witch hunting, initially in Goalpara and then throughout Assam, has been honored with the Jury's Special Mention Award at the
70th National Film Awards for the year 2022. == Personal life ==