[2] During her college days, the joy of performing on stage for cultural events and plays made her realize she wanted to be in media, and she went on to do her post-graduation in mass communication from M.O.P.

In 2006, she was one of four radio jockeys selected by the then upcoming 92.7 BIG FM after a two-month audition process of thousands of candidates.

She hosted the afternoon and later the morning shows, during which time she gained popularity as RJ Imsai Arasi for her humor and style of speech.

In 2012, Ophelia started her television career anchoring School Savari, a weekend kids show on Chutti TV.

[9] Later that year, she moved on to host Comedyil Kalakkuvathu Eppadi, a weekly skit-based comedy show on Star Vijay.