Born and brought up in Bombay on May 10, Namitha entered the Telugu film industry via the Tamil route. Her father is a businessman and her mother is a housewife. She is actually a Malayali and was introduced into the film industry first by Malayalam film director Siddhique. She became popular with the tamil version of the film Engal Anna.
Miss India contest brought Namitha to telugu film industry. After entering Tollywood, she immediately grabbed the attention of telugu film lovers with her action in both Sontam and Gemini though the films didn’t fare well in the box office.
