 Kanaka acted in many Tamil movies, including "Athisaya Piravi" (1990), "Periya Veetu Pannakkaran", "Periya Kudumbam" and "Samundi".She also starred in a few Telugu and Malayalam movies with major stars like Mukesh, Mammootty and Mohanlal.Her Malayalam debut, "Godfather", was an all-time hit movie in Kerala, and ran for 404 days.