Soundarya
Soundarya was a film actress in
Telugu,
Tamil,
Kannada, and Malayalam films. She had a successful career of 12 years as heroine in films until her death in a plane crash near
Bangalore. She acted in more than 100 films.
She was born Soumya in Bangalore. Her father Satyanarayana was a producer and director in Kannada films. Soumya acted in her first film while she was at high school. She was offered a role in the film
Gandharva by her father's friend, while she was studying in her first year of MBBS. She discontinued her studies after the film became successful.
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Soundarya was a film actress in
Telugu,
Tamil,
Kannada, and Malayalam films. She had a successful career of 12 years as heroine in films until her death in a plane crash near
Bangalore. She acted in more than 100 films.
She was born
Soumya in Bangalore. Her father Satyanarayana was a producer and director in Kannada films. Soumya acted in her first film while she was at high school. She was offered a role in the film
Gandharva by her father's friend, while she was studying in her first year of MBBS. She discontinued her studies after the film became successful.
She moved onto Telugu films where she achieved popularity and success. She has also acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and one
Hindi film
Sooryavansham opposite
Bollywood superstar
Amitabh Bachchan.
She also produced and acted in a Kannada film
Dweepa, with
Girish Kasaravalli as director. The film won host of National awards including Swarna Kamal given for best film of the year and the Best Actress award for Soundarya. It also won Karnataka state awards for Best Actress, Best Film and Best Cinematography and was featured in five international film festivals.
Soundarya married software engineer G. S. Raghu, who was also her childhood friend and maternal uncle, in April, 2003.
Soundarya died on April 17, 2004 when the four-seater plane Cessna 180 caught fire immediately after take off. She was on her way to
Andhra Pradesh to campaign for the
Bharatiya Janata Party for the elections. Her brother, a producer of Kannada films, Amarnath, also died in the accident. Her last film was the immensely successful Kannada film, Aaptamitra.
Film career
She was one of the last Telugu actresses who had a powerful screen presence.She had formed a hit pair with Venkatesh by featuring together in clean family entertainers like Raja,Jayam manadera,Pellichesukundam etc.They were the most successful hit pair of
Tollywood.She never appeared in skimpy dresses even for a single movie scene. She was always against choosing roles that required exposure and obscenities. She is respected and fondly remembered by the Telugu people.
Selected filmography
- Telugu
- Madam
- Rajandrudu Gajendrudu
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- Raja
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- Priyaragalu
- Anthahpuram
- Annayya
- Pedarayudu
- Sri ramulayya
- Seethayya
- Swethanagu
- Mayalodu
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Thavasi
- Harichandra
- Arunachalam
- kathala kathala
- Padayappa
- Malayalam
- Yathrakarude Sradhakku
- Kilichundan Mampazham
- Hindi
See also
- List of Indian film actresses
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