In 1967, Madhur traveled to India to attend a black-tie premiere of Shakespeare Wallah in Delhi hosted by the British High Commissioner to India, John Freeman and his wife, Catherine. At the premiere she met Marlon Brando, an actor Madhur admired deeply for his method acting technique. Brando was in India to raise money for UNICEF and the film premiere also served as a fund-raiser. Later that year, Madhur shot scenes for Merchant Ivory's next film, The Guru (1969). Madhur returned from India with her children. The family, along with Sanford Allen, moved into a 14th-floor apartment in a Greenwich Village co-op. In order to better provide for her children, she became a freelance Writer for food and travel magazines, covering subjects as diverse as paintings, music, dance, drama, sculpture, and architecture.