Soundarya
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Soundarya (July 17, 1971 - April 17, 2004) 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 (1992) 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 also acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films.
She also produced and acted in a Kannada film Dweepa, with Girish Kasaravalli as director. The film won Karnataka state awards for Best Actress, Best Film and Best Cinematography and was featured in five international film festivals.
Soundarya married her 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.
Selected filmography
- Telugu
- Hello Brother (1994)
- Kannada
- Dweepa (2001)
- Tamil
- Arunachalam (1997)
- Padaiyappa (1999)
- Malayalam
- Yathrakarude Sradhakku (2002)
- Kilichundan Mampazham (2003)
- Hindi
- Suryavansham (1999)
See also
External links
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- Photo gallery from my-telugu.com (http://www.my-telugu.com/p/m/stars/f/soundarya/)pl:Soundarya