She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada films.
She has acted around 600 movies in all major south Indian languages.
Her debut film was Kettikaran in 1971, directed by H.S Venu.
[1] She has acted with former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MGR, former Tamil Nadu Chief minister Jayalalitha and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Rama Rao.
During her period she has acted as the heroine to famous heroes Gemini Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, AVM Rajan and so on.