She has acted in about 100 films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.

During the shooting of Harishchandra (1932) in Bombay (now Mumbai) the producers were looking for a young actor to feature as Lohidasan.

The producers talked to the parents and made Kumari Rukmani to feature as Lohidasan in the film.

While the shooting of this film was going on both she and Rao fell in love with each other and later got married.

[3] After ailing for some time, Kumari Rukmani died on 4 September 2007 at her daughter actress Lakshmi residence in Chennai.