 The Malayalam film was not a box office success, but she was able to find additional roles in Tamil and Telugu films like "Kurumbu" and "Sambaram".In 2005, she entered Kannada cinema with S. S. Niwas's "Maharaja".Thukral then returned to star in a Tamil film and featured in Venkat Prabhu's multistarrer "Saroja" as Kalyani, the muse of a gangster portrayed by Sampath Raj, and won critical acclaim for her performance.