Gita Krishnankutty was born and raised in Chengammanad, near Aluva in Ernakulam district.

[2] She stopped her studies upon marriage and later, after the age of thirty-seven, joined the University of Mysore for an M.A.

[2] After receiving her doctorate, she joined Alliance Française, a Franco-Indian nonprofit association, to study French.

Vasudevan Nair's novel Kaalam was translated without his permission and sent to Vikas Publications, but they returned it saying it was too large.

Nair, who was the director of the Pune Film Archives, was the one who gave her initial help in subtitling.

[2] She has subtitled many Malayalam films including 'Neelakuyil' directed by Ramu Kariat, 'Esthappan' by P. Bhaskaran, Aravindan's 'Kummatty', 'Amma Ariyan' by John Abraham and Shyamaprasad's 'Agnisakshi'.