[2] She entered filmmaking by producing commercials and the music video for KLa Project's "Tak Bisa Ke Lain Hati".
[2] In contrast to the increasingly frank depiction of sexuality by female writers such as Ayu Utami after the fall of the New Order, Asmara's works take a more conservative view.
Tineke Hellwig of the University of British Columbia, Biola Tak Berdawai is anti-feminist to the point of being misogynistic.
According to Hellwig, the traditional view of women being loving mothers is idealized in Asmara's works, but rarely shown.
[2] Asmara received the Best New Director award at the 2003 Cairo International Film Festival for Biola Tak Berdawai.