1. She was born in Andhra Pradesh and is the daughter of Brindavan Chaudhary, a famous Telugu film actress and dubbing artist.

2. She started her career in 1976 as the lead actress in the Telugu film Pelli Kani Pelli.

3. She has appeared in more than 180 films.

4. She is also an accomplished Kuchipudi dancer who has performed over 700 times with her guru, Vempati Chinna Satyam.

5. She has won the Panorama Award for her dancing abilities.

6. She was a classmate of Rajinikanth at an acting school in Chennai.

7. She served as a judge on the National Film Awards Committee for three years.

8. She has a tradition of offering silk sarees to Hindu goddess temples after each film.