She entered the Kannada film industry in a small role in Mane Katti Nodu in 1966.

Her debut as a heroine was in the 1972 film Yaara Saakshi, directed by veteran director M. R. Vittal.

She shared the screen with all the top Kannada actors including Rajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Srinath, Ashok and Shankar Nag.

She specialized in the role of the bossy tomboyish village belle which brought her huge success as a top Kannada heroine in the late 1970s.

Some of her notable films are Sampathige Savaal, Eradu Kanasu, Sose Thanda Sowbhagya, Besuge and Seetharamu.