After college, Kothari became a model and appeared in a number of advertisement campaigns. She appeared in the music video of the remix of
Chadti Jawani Meri Chaal Mastani. In 2003, she got her big break through actor
Madhavan, who recommended her for an audition in his film after viewing her photographs. She made her acting debut with him in the
Tamil film
Jay Jay, credited as Amoga. She made her
Bollywood debut in the 2005 film
Sarkar and then later that same year appeared in
James, directed by
Ram Gopal Varma and
Rohit Jugraj respectively.
James turned her into a
sex symbol overnight. like
Shiva,
Darna Zaroori Hai,
Aag, in which she played a
tapori called Ghungroo,
Darling and
Agyaat and also his productions like
Go and
Stalker. Most of the films were unsuccessful. She made her Sandalwood debut with
Raaj the Showman opposite
Puneeth Rajkumar in 2009 and later did a supporting role in
Dandupalya. She was seen in a Telugu film with Balakrishna,
Okka Magadu which also bombed and also acted in a film titled
Hari Om. Her only 2011 release was
Bin Bulaye Baraati. In 2013, she appeared in a Malaysian Tamil film titled,
Ops Kossa Dappa 3. She was seen in the Telugu-Tamil film
Ala Ila Ela, which had a delayed release in 2023, and has signed up a Telugu thriller titled
Criminals. ==Other work==