Her skills extended beyond acting to both classical and contemporary dance, earning her a unique place among her contemporaries. Actresses Sabitri Chatterjee and Sandhya Roy helped mentor and refine her craft, which contributed to her meteoric rise in Bengali cinema.

In 1976, Mahua Roychoudhury married actor Tilak Chakraborty, and the couple had a son named Tamal. Her critically acclaimed performance in Tapan Sinha’s “Aadmi Aur Aurat” with Amol Palekar marked a turning point in her career, winning her praise for her acting depth and helping dispel her “box office star” reputation.

She received a Filmfare Award for Best Actress for “Dadar Kirti” in 1980, and was posthumously honored with the Best Actress Award for “Aadmi Aur Aurat” at the Damascus International Film Festival in 1987. By the early 1980s, she was so popular that Bengali films often relied on her star power to ensure commercial success, with movies like “Lal Golap” in 1983 credited with rejuvenating the industry.

Her promising career was tragically cut short on 22 July 1985, following a fatal accident at her residence under circumstances that remain mysterious to this day. At the time of her untimely death, she was only 26 years old and was involved in about fifteen ongoing film projects.

Several films featuring Mahua, including “Anurager Choya,” “Prem O Paap,” “Abhimaan,” “Ashirbaad,” “Kenaram Becharam,” and “Abir,” were released posthumously.