Poornima Bhagyaraj was a top actress during 1980’s. She acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, etc. But She has enacted in only one Telugu film – Mantrigari Viyyankudu, starring megastar Chiranjeevi.
Poornima voluntarily quit films prior to his marriage with actor Bhagyaraj before making a comeback into films in mother's role in Aadhalal Kaadhal Seiveer in 2013 and Jilla in 2014.