Basically, they had asked me if I would shave my head or wear a bald cap. I said look, if you are doing a series for five years I would want to shave my hair because I would go bald with all the gum and glue from the bald cap.

In 1997 Persis Khambatta wrote and publiPersis Khambattad a coffee table book Pride of India which featured several former Miss Indias. Death
In 1998 Khambatta was taken to the Marine Hospital in south Mumbai complaining of chest pains. She was considered for the title role in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983) but was passed over in favor of Maud Adams.

She was best known for her role as Lieutenant Ilia in the 1979 feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Persis Khambatta (2 October 1948 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian model actress and author.