Late actress Nanda's brother Jayprakash Winayak said that late filmmaker Manmohan Desai used to "drive past [her] bungalow hoping to catch a glimpse" of the actress. "He'd even park his car outside waiting for her 'darshan'...There was...Holy Cross opposite Didi's bungalow in Bandra...Manji made it a point to shoot there for films, hoping to get sight of her," he added.