[2] Starting her career in the mid-90s , she had a critically acclaimed performance in the 2002 Telugu film Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru!, that fetched her the Nandi Award for Best Actress.
Kaveri was born into a Malayali family settled in Kavumbhagom, Thiruvalla, Kerala.
[citation needed] Her father, Muralidharan, worked at Kerala State Road Transport Corporation.
After playing lead and supporting roles in Malayalam, Tamil films, she enacted female lead roles in several Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu language films.
[citation needed] She has won the Kerala state television award for best actress in 2002 for Anna and Nandi Award for Best Actress for her performance in Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru (2002).