Kimi Katkar made her acting debut in the 1985 film
Patthar Dil as a supporting actress. Later that year, she starred in
Adventures of Tarzan, where she played the lead opposite
Hemant Birje. After the film, she continued to work through the late 1980s in many popular and hit films such as
Mera Lahoo (1987),
Dariya Dil (1988),
Sone Pe Suhaaga (1988),
Gair Kanooni (1989),
Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharnii (1989) and
Khoon Ka Karz (1991). She acted in 35 movies during the three years 1988-90 and in 1989 alone had 15 releases. While she was mostly paired with Anil Kapoor, Govinda and Aditya Pancholi she has also played the lead opposite more senior stars of the era like Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha and Rishi Kapoor. In
Hum (1991), she played the lead opposite
Amitabh Bachchan. The popular song "Jumma Chumma De" from this movie was picturized on her and was sung by playback singers
Sudesh Bhonsle and
Kavita Krishnamurthy. Her last film was
Humlaa (1992). During the same time, she refused film offers for
Yash Chopra's
Parampara (later
Ramya Krishna did the role). Katkar quit the Hindi film industry after her marriage to photographer and ad-filmmaker Shantanu Sheorey in 1992 and is settled in
Melbourne, Australia. She is associated with the book
Shantaram which was written by
Gregory David Roberts. Roberts was an Australian fugitive who escaped to India where he worked as an extra in films including
Paanch Paapi (1989) which starred Katkar. ==Personal life==