Vijaya Nirmala entered cinema at the age of eleven, as a child artist with Panduranga Mahatmyam (1957).In 1964, she starred opposite Prem Nazir and rose to stardom with Malayalam hit Bhargavi Nilayam.he has a son Naresh who is also an actor, from her first marriage, after the demise of her first husband, she married actor Krishna who was already married and continued staying with her post marriage.