She debuted as a child artist and later transitioned into leading roles.
Moreover, the industry has struggled with its own internal culture—misogyny, casting couch allegations, and a star-centric hierarchy that contradicts the "realist" labels it wears. The inability of the industry to produce female-led blockbusters at the same scale as male-led ones remains a blind spot, though films The Great Indian Kitchen , Aarkkariyam , and Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam are slowly redressing the balance. sindhu mallu actress