He was identified as the teacher of master psychologist Saravanan (played by Indian superstar Rajnikanth) in the movie Chandramukhi.
Since then, she has acted in over 100 movies, some opposite leading actors such as Kamal Hassan, Rajnikanth, Vishnuvardhan, Venkatesh, Nagarjuna, Ravichandran, Mammootty, Mohanlal, Sathyaraj, and Prabhu.
Kamal Haasan had played the anti hero role in the Malayalam version Mattoru Seetha, which was later played by Rajnikanth in this Tamil version.