Suchitra started her career with the TV series
Chunauti while still in school in the year 1987–1988. She acted in a production of
Peanuts: The Musical, a musical based on the famous comic strip
Peanuts. She played the character Lucy. She appeared in television commercials endorsing products such as Palmolive soap, Clearasil, Sunrise Coffee, Limca and Colgate toothpaste. In 1994, she made her breakthrough in films with
Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, a commercial and critically acclaimed hit, opposite
Shahrukh Khan. She also starred in
Kilukkampetti opposite Malayalam superstar
Jayaram. She pursued a music career in the mid- to late 1990s, releasing the pop albums
Dole Dole (1995),
Dum Tara (1996),
A-Ha (1997) and
Zindagi. She returned after 10 years in the film ''
My Wife's Murder (2005), opposite Anil Kapoor. The year 2010 saw the release of Rann, a film about the Indian media, directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Suchitra played the role of a media executive named Nalini Kashyap. The second book in the series is titled The Good News Reporter
, and The Ghost on the Ledge'', the third part of the series, was released in 2016.
Drama Queen, a memoir by Suchitra released in November 2013, received positive reviews. The first print of the book sold out within a week of its release.
Drama Queen, a musical written by Suchitra and adapted from her book of the same title, opened at
NCPA Mumbai in October 2016. Drama Queen is still currently being staged all across India.
Odd Couple, a feature film starring Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Vijay Raaz and Divyendu Sharma, was released on Amazon India in 2022. It trended on the Top 10 on Amazon India for several months. ==Filmography==