Often, offbeat films are citied to be the ones reserved for a niche audience and true to the fact not many achieve the kind of commercial success, in spite of being quality cinema. The trend is common throughout the Indian films, be it in Hindi, Telugu or Kannada, the films fail to garner commercial profits. The multi-talented Roopa Iyer has proved all the pre-conceptions wrong.

The writer-director cum producer Roopa's offbeat film 'Mukhaputa' was based on an unconventional topic of AIDS which has earned over Rs.1 crore in the span of three years. Roopa went from one region to other convincing theatre owners to release the film so that it can reach to maximum audience, as the message in the film needs to be conveyed to the audience.

The issue of 'AIDS' and stigma attached to it was the core issue of the film 'Mukhaputa', which was explored to the fullest extent.

Recently, when she was present at Chitra Samooha felicitation for a state and national film award, Roopa Iyer expressed her desire towards such films, “It is our duty to make the film reach. The running around I have in the last three years got me the returns, awards and of course the recognition” said the elated Roopa.