Her eldest daughter is Kajol, also a film actress.
Sister in law of Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee ( Husband's brother's).
She enjoys smoking cigarettes and is known to chain smoke. She smokes 1-2 packs a day, and this has been controversial because she smokes so openly and smokes frequently in public, which does not go well with many members of media and Bollywood.