Karthika was brought into films by the Malayalam chief Balachandra Menon. She went to the Malayalam motion picture industry as a lesser craftsman, She was one of the gathering dance lovers of the film Oru painkilikadha. At that point she was noted by that motion picture chief Balachandra Menon and he give her a role as the courageous woman in his film " Manicheppu Thurannappol". She was most as often as possible matched with Mohan Lal. She additionally showed up in the Tamil film Nayagan as the girl of Velu Naykar, played by Kamal Haasan. She exited filmdom for marriage while at top of her profession.
