Geetha made her cinematic debut with the 1978 Tamil film "Bairavi" as the title character in which she played Rajinikanth's sister. She was a student of class seven when she was cast for the film. When she got handful of movies she discontinued her studies at eighth class to concentrate on movie career. Her performance as Indira in the 1986 Malayalam film "Panchagni" based on the true life story of a Naxalite revolutionary Ajitha was well acclaimed and described by The Hindu as "one of Malayalam cinema's landmark heroines". The same year she had more Malayalam releases such as "Sukhamo Devi", "Kshamichu Ennoru Vakku", "Aavanazhi", "Geetham", etc. made her a popular actress in Malayalam cinema She won the State award for the second best actress in 1989 for "Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha"., most of her notable performances were with Mammootty and Mohanlal