Ratna Pathak only played starring roles in movies.
Just as the 1970s ended, she was seen in the comedy classic, Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Gol Maal (1979), where she essayed the role of Kamala Shrivastava, a middle-aged woman who sportingly plays mother to Amol Palekar, who went on to direct her in his 1985 film, Ankahee
She is best known for her memorable roles in the Hindi films Gol Maal and Khubsoorat

