 Subsequently, she married producer Nitin Kapoor, cousin to actor Jeetendra, in 1985 and had two children, sons Nihar and Shreayan.She has friends in the industry, such as Raadhika and Jayaprada, with whom she had acted in a number of films such as "Adavi Ramudu" and "Meghasandesam".She converted to Christianity in 2001 and was elected as MLA for Congress from the Secunderabad constituency in 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections
 but lost the election and was placed 3rd in the 2014 Telangana assembly elections.