In 1978 when she was studying in class seven, she made her debut in film industry by acting in the Tamil film Bhairavi in which she had acted as the younger sister of Rajinikant. Her first film in Malayalam was Panchagni, which was released in 1986. Since her marriage to a Chartered Accountant in 1997 she has moved over to United States. After few years she has again taken up roles in movies.