Sada's nickname is Darlo and when she entered movies she arrived at the screen name Sada by mixing Sadhaaf and Darlo. She made her first debut in Jayam in the year 2002 a box office successful Telugu Film. She won a Filmfare best Telugu Actress. The same movie was released in Tamil in the year 2003. She continued to stand out in the South Indian film industry with the release of movies like Monalisa, Anniyan, Classmates and Naan Aval Adhu. Anniyan is the biggest hit in her career.