The role which got her noticed was the portrayal of Mayil's mother in 16 Vayathinile.
He gave Rajini a very similar kind of role in 16 Vayathinile
The third part of this movie was later remade in Tamil by Mahendran with Rajinikanth in the lead role and Revathi playing the role of the blind girl.
The film starred Rajinikanth, who worked with Bharathiraja nearly a decade after their last film 16 Vayathinile (1977).
It is a remake of the Tamil hit 16 Vayathinile (Padhinaaru Vayathinile)(1977) which starred Kamal Hassan and Sridevi.