 Kitu played the role of Svetlana in Swabhimaan and became a household name after it.Then she signed Shaktimaan and played the role of "Geeta Vishwas", a news channel reporter who stand for the truth.She left the show after a few episodes and later became popular after a TV series, "Air Hostess" aired on Doordarshan in 1986, and received critical acclaim for her roles in "Dance of the Wind" (1997), Deepa Mehta's "Earth" (1998), Govind Nihalani's "Rukhmavati Ki Haveli" (1991), Kamal Haasan's "Abhay" and "Deham" (2001).