Her father-in-law K. Balachander was a veteran film director and her husband Bala Kailasam was also a filmmaker.
[2][1][3][4] Following her marriage with K. Balachander's son, Bala Kailasam, she took over the control of the Minbimbangal film production banner by auditing financial statements and later gradually began concentrating on producing commercial feature films, while also balancing her career aspirations as a chartered accountant.
[2] In 2019, she was signed up to play a role in Ganesh Babu's directorial venture Kattil, after being approached with the script narrated by Ganesh Babu to her, and upon listening to the script, she felt that there is a scope for her in terms of showcasing her acting potential.
[8][9][10][11] Her performance in the war action film, Amaran was critically acclaimed for her blend of humorous and serious emotional sequences during her dialogues with lead actor Sivakarthikeyan, playing the role of his mother to showcase a curious case of a paradoxical mother-son relationship due to the creative differences that erupt between them over the military.
[12][13] Geetha's sufficient screen presence elevated the characterization of her, which had been one of the main pillars of the film's engaging screenplay.