(1954): Her breakthrough role as a cabaret dancer, featuring the classic song "Babuji Dheere Chalna".

When searching for "Shakila" (often spelled interchangeably with "Shakeela"), internet queries usually point toward two entirely different eras of Indian cinema: , the elegant 1950s Bollywood star, and Shakeela , the late 90s/early 2000s South Indian soft-porn lifestyle icon whose films saved many local single-screen theaters from bankruptcy.