- She also composed music in films like Kshitij,Mandir Masjid,Hazaar Haath,Tu Meri Main Tera & Maa Behen Aur Biwi.
- She sang duets with prominent singers like Mukesh,Mohd Rafi,Kishore Kumar & Mahendra Kapoor.
- She was also the first non Mangeshkar singer to win the Filmfare Award in 1966.Only Lata Mangeshkar & Asha Bhosle had won the award before her.
- Sharda was the first female singer in India to introduce a pop song album titled Sizzlers in 1971.
- She currently lives with her son Shammi Rajan & family in Mumbai. (December 2009)
- Mohd Rafi was nominated for Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer Award for the song "Achcha Hi Hua Dil Toot Gaya" from Maa Behen Aur Biwi (1974), which he sang under Sharda's music direction.
- Shankar composed "Ek Chehra jo Dil Ke Kareeb" for a film called Garam Khoon (1980) and sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The song was penned by Sharda under the name Singaar.
- "Titli udi" turned out to be a top chartbuster in 1966. It so happens that the coveted Filmfare award for best playback singer had only one category (either male or female) until 1966. "Titli Udi" song, however, was tied as best song with Mohd Rafi's song "Baharo Phool Barsao" which had never happened before. Sharda didn't win the award but from then on Filmfare started giving two awards for best playback singer: one for male singer and the other for female singer. Thus Sharda made history.
- Srichand Ahuja, a big film distributor in Tehran had organized a party for Raj Kapoor in which Sharda sang. Raj Kapoor introduced him to Shankar of Shankar-Jaikishan when he came to Mumbai. After some practice and rehearsals, she got a chance to sing Sooraj 's "Titli Udi, Ud Jo Chali". The song became one of the popular songs of 1966.
- She was active in the 1960s and 70s and received four nominations at the Filmfare Awards from 1969 to 1972 , including one for "Baat Zara Hai Aaps Ki" from Jahan Pyar Miley .
- In 2007, she released her album Andaaz-e-Bayan Aur, featuring her own compositions based on Mirza Ghalib's ghazals (poets).
- In a short span Sharda won two Filmfare awards, when the Mangeshkar Sisters were dominating. Thereafter she continued singing for Shankar in nearly all of his films until his death. Her voice was last heard in Kaanch Ki Deewar (1986).
- She was the first Indian female singer to record her own pop album in India with Sizzlers, released in 1971 by HMV.
- She was a playback singer in Hindi films, best known for the song "Titli Udi" from Sooraj (1966).
- Sharda's family is Tamil., but she was fond of singing Hindi songs since childhood.
- The veteran singer was regarded as one of the best singers in the Indian music industry.
- She has been the voice for leading actresses in the 1960s and 1970s like Vyjayanthimala, Saira Banu, Hema Malini, Sharmila Tagore, Mumtaz, Rekha, and Helen.
- While Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle mostly lent their voices to songs at that time, Sharda's unconventional childlike voice was a welcome change in that era.
- Besides Hindi, Sharda also crooned songs in Telugu, Marathi, English, and Gujarati.
- She also took charge of the website TitliUdi and used to conduct singing and puppetry lessons for kids.
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