 Her roles varied from the cute looking teeny-bopper who wore minis in "Nomu" (1974), to that of a tortured wife of a sadist husband in K. Balachander's film "Idi Katha Kaadu" (1979), to that of a comedian who discovers that her husband wants to murder her for her wealth in "Money" (1993).She performed showy roles in Telugu remakes of Hindi films, such as "Yugandhar" (1979) (the fighter role that Zeenat Aman originated in "Don") and "Illalu (1981 film)" (Reena Roy's dark-shaded role from "Apnapan" (1977)).In commercial cinema, she received a huge break when she starred in "Adavi Ramudu" (1977), which broke box office records.