She first appeared in R. Sarathkumar starer, Ragasiya Police. He studied composition with Vittorio Giannini and Robert Starer. Bhat's home production "Pancharangi" and Puneeth Rajkmar starer "Hudugru". Among his teachers were Felix Salzer, Carl Bamberger, Roy Travis, Noah Sokolof and Robert Starer. Leona played a small role in the Bhagath Manuel starer Zoom. One of her childhood playmates was first cousin, Robert Starer, Austrian-born American composer and pianist. This multi starer movie was released in 1984 under the banner of Maruti Films. She also appeared in Srijit Mukherji's multi starer film "Chotushkone" in October 2014 . Starer was prolific and composed in many genres. Starer became an American citizen in 1957. She will be debuting in Bollywood with Ranveer Singh starer "Jayeshbhai Jordaar" in 2020.