Tulasi made her debut in the Telugu language when she was three months old in 1967. For a song in a film, a baby was needed and Tulasi was placed in the cradle after actress
Savitri had requested Tulasi's mother, who was a friend of her. She was featured in a song when she was years old in
Jeevanatarangalu and said that she became a full-fledged actor when she was four. They have one son, Sai Tarun. Tulasi decided to quit acting after getting married, working only occasionally as a voice actor in Telugu films, including ones by Mani Ratnam. When her son was around six years old, she received several mother character roles. She initially declined them all, but finally signed on one Kannada film,
Excuse Me, in which she played mother to
Divya Spandana and which became a big hit. and had given her "career best performance". ==Partial filmography==