Since her father was working for ITC Limited and was often transferred, her family has been shifting regularly and living in various parts of India, including Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh as well as in Kathmandu, Nepal.

[citation needed] During her first year at college in 2009, she was spotted by a Femina Miss India contest scout during an NSS event, who persuaded her into modeling and to participate at the beauty pageant.

She was cast for the role of Pooja, the rich girlfriend of the lead character Cable Raju (portrayed by Allu Arjun),[4] after 70 girls were rejected by the makers, citing that she "loved the script and decided to give it a shot".

[citation needed] Two weeks later after Mirapakaay, the action drama Wanted with Gopichand, which constituted her debut as a lead female character,[7] released and ended up as a box-office bomb.

[citation needed] She has been signed for three more Telugu projects, Rebel alongside Prabhas and Tamannaah,[8] Nippu opposite Ravi Teja again,[9] and the socio-fantasy film Uu Kodathara?