Later she also acted in a few films, in an era when acting was considered unsuitable for women from respectable families. In her first stint, she acted in two silent films, including the first silent film of Kannada film industry, "Mricchakatika" (Vasantsena) (1931), based on the famous play by Shudraka, also starring Yenakshi Rama Rao, and directed by pioneering Kannada director, Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani. In her second stint in films she acted in a 1943 Hindi film, "Tansen", also starring K. L. Saigal and Khursheed, followed by "Shankar Parvati" (1943), and "Dhanna Bhagat" (1945).