Watching TV was one of the things that I always rejoiced, watching all the saas-bahu serials with my mom and rounding off the day with some teen shows.After school, Phutela joined Dayananda Sagar College, Bangalore to do her graduation in BE Computer Science.

Phutela has been the face of some of the top brands like Fastrack, Honda City, TVS Scooty, Kingfisher, Britannia, Fly Mobile etc.

Shubha has walked the ramp for designers including Raj Shroff, Michele Salins, Ramesh Dembla, Anu Nagappa etc.

Phutela debuted as an actress in the Tamil-language film Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey, released in July 2012.

According to a report by The Times of India, she was suffering from a kidney ailment which was a result of jaundice which she chose only to reveal to a small number of people.