Soundarya

Soundarya (1971-2004) was popular for her graceful and dignified roles. She acted with almost all the super heroes of South Indian cinema. In ‘Sooryavansha’, she was co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan!

Soundarya, daughter of noted Kannada producer and director Satyanarayana, was born in Bangalore and her real name was Soumya. She entered the film world in 1992. She was discontinuing her medical education to make her first appearance in a Kannada film 'Gandharva'. A Kannadiga, Soundarya did not initially taste much success in Kannada except for ‘Sipayi’, in which Ravichandran and Chiranjeevi acted. But, she steadily climbed the commercial success ladder and was a hit in Telugu and Tamil movies. She acted opposite stars such as Rajinikant, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna and Kamal Hassan.

She won the national award for producing the Kannada film ‘Dweepa’, directed by Girish Kasaravalli. She had acted in the film as well.

She acted in two Malayalam films: ‘Yathrakkarude Shradhaikku’ and ‘Kochu Kilichundan Maambazham.' It was Sathyan Anthikkadu, who introduced her in Malayalam. Her second film 'Kilichundan Maambazham' was directed by Priyadarsan.

She was on top of her movie career when she died in a helicopter crash on 17th April, 2004. Soundarya acted in more than 90 films.

Kilichuntan Mampazham


Yathrakkarude Shradhaikku: with Jayaram


Yathrakkarude Shradhakku


Kilichundan Maambazham with Mohanlal

(courtesy: chennaionline.com)