After becoming the second runner-up in the 2018 Malayalam talent-hunt reality show Nayika Nayakan, she played the lead role in the television serial Indulekha from 2020 to 2021.

[8] Malavika started her career through the television dance reality show Super Dancer Junior 2 on Amrita TV.

She returned to mini-screen as a contestant on Nayika Nayakan (2018), a talent-hunt reality show telecasted on Mazhavil Manorama.

[13][14] She made her movie debut in the same year through Thattumpurath Achuthan directed by Lal Jose.

[16] She started her career as a television host through D5 Junior on Mazhavil Manorama as she replaced her Nayika Nayakan co-contestant Vincy Aloshious to anchor the show.