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. July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Telugu film industry. ... Image:Veerapandi. ... The Kannada Film Industry deals with movies in the Kannada language and related topics. ... Malayalam cinema, or movies in Malayalam language, forms a significant component of the Cinema of India, both as a form of art and as mass medium. ... , Bangalore (proposed to be renamed Bengaluru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ...

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 Gandarva (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 has also acted in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and one Hindi film Sooryavansham opposite Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Sooryavansham is a 1999 Bollywood movie starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, Soundarya, Rachana Bannerjee, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan. ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... For the celestial Buddha, see Amitabha “Bachchan” redirects here. ...

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 (Golden Lotus) 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 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 Bharatiya Janata Party for the elections. Her brother, Amarnath, a producer of Kannada films, also died in the accident. Her last film was the immensely successful Kannada film, Aaptamitra. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Eminent Kannada film-maker Girish Kasaravalli started his career with Ghatashraddha in 1977. ... Jin Ping Mei (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally The Plum in the Golden Vase, also translated as The Golden Lotus) is a Chinese naturalistic novel composed in the vernacular (baihua) during the late Ming Dynasty, attributed to Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Andhra Pradesh (Telugu: , Urdu: ; pronunciation: ), the Rice Bowl of India, is a state in southern India. ... The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Hindi: , English: ), created in 1980, is one of the two major national political parties in India. ... Aaptha Mithra is one of the superhit movies of 2005 and is running to packed houses in all over the state for nearly one full year. ...

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 family entertainers like Raja,Jayam manadera,Pellichesukundam,Pavithra Bandham etc.They were the most successful hit pair of Tollywood. She was always against choosing roles that required exposure of skin. She is respected and fondly remembered by the Telugu people. She got 6 filmfare awards which no one got like that in a span of 12 yrs. Ammoru (1994), Antahpuram (1998), Raja (1999), Dweepa (2002)[2 awards as best actress and best producer], Aaptamitra (2004) Venkatesh is one of the most famous actors in Telugu film Industry, Tollywood. ... This article is about the Telugu film industry. ...

Personal life

Soundarya married software engineer G. S. Raghu, who was also her childhood friend and maternal uncle, in April 2003.She has great dreams about public welfare.But unfortunately death occurred. Even though her dreams are fulfilled by their family using the trust AMARA SOUNDARYA SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST [ASSET]. She decided to act and produce a film 'Kamli' by the director K.N.T.Sastry after getting award for DWEEPA which is her own production but death stopped.

Selected filmography

• Telugu
  • Manavarali pelli(1993)
  • Madam
  • Allari premikudu (1994)
  • chudalani vundhi(1998)
  • Rajandrudu Gajendrudu (1993)
  • Hello Brother (1994)
  • Ammoru(1995)
  • Premaku velaayara
  • Raja
  • No 1
  • Amma Donga
  • Amma Naa Kodala
  • Top Hero
  • Annayya
  • Rikshavadu
  • Tommidi Nellalu
  • Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu
  • Priyaragalu
  • Anthahpuram
  • Annayya
  • Raithu Bharatam
  • Postman
  • Pedarayudu
  • Jayam Manadera
  • Pelli chesukundam
  • Narasimha
  • Sri ramulayya
  • Seethayya
  • Swethanagu
  • Mayalodu
  • Deviputhrudu(2000)
  • Arundhati(1999)
  • Azaad(2000)
• Kannada
  • Dweepa (2001)
  • Aaptamitra (2004) (her last film after she died)
  • Naanu nanna hendatiru
  • Sipaayi
• Tamil
  • Thavasi
  • Harichandra
  • Arunachalam (1997)
  • kathala kathala (1998)
  • Padayappa (1999)
• Malayalam
  • Yathrakarude Sradhakku (2002)
  • Kilichundan Mampazham (2003)
• Hindi
  • Sooryavansham (1999)

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See also

• List of Indian film actresses

This is an alphabetical list of notable Indian film actresses. ...

External links

• Soundarya at the Internet Movie Database
• Photo gallery from my-telugu.com
• A School in the name of Soundarya inaugurated on 15 May 2005
• Wikimapia bookmark of Amara Soundarya Vidyalaya school