Soundarya
Birth : 1972-07-18, Mulbagal, Kolar, Karnataka
Death : 2004-04-17
History
Soundarya Raghu (born Sowmya Satyanarayan) (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004) was an Indian film actress and producer known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema. She was also starred in few Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, and Bollywood films in lead roles.
Draupati
Pandavas, after completing the 12 years of exile in the forest along with their wife Draupadi, choosing their disguised avatars for the remaining 1 year of incognito life until the Vijaya Dasami festival. If caught, they will have to repeat another exile of 13 years if anyone spotted their real identities.
Apthamitra movie is based on Nagavalli (Dancer). Ramesh, an engineer buys the palace. Everyone believes that the spirit of Nagavalli, a dancer is captivated in a room of that palace. Ganga she opens the locked room with the help of Soumya. Then start the troubles. Vijay who came to ramesh house for holidays.
Madhumathi
Film starring Abbas, Sarath Babu, Brahmanandam
Seeta
Inspector Seethaiah makes more enemies than friends and changes names wherever he migrates. But, he cannot escape the evil and fights back the anti-social elements till the end.
Amina
A young man tries to rescue the woman he loves after she is forced into marrying another.
Producer
Located in the backwaters of a dam, Sita Parvata is an island slowly submerging due to the rains. The government succeeds in evacuating the residents by giving them compensation for the properties they own. The village temple priest Duggajja, his son Ganapa, and his daughter-in-law Nagi find it impossible to leave their homeland and make a living with the meager compensation given by the government. On the island, they are important people, but outside, they would be one among hundreds of families struggling to make a living. The film narrates the struggles of the family and how ultimately in the end they manage to continue life on the island.
Nagi
Located in the backwaters of a dam, Sita Parvata is an island slowly submerging due to the rains. The government succeeds in evacuating the residents by giving them compensation for the properties they own. The village temple priest Duggajja, his son Ganapa, and his daughter-in-law Nagi find it impossible to leave their homeland and make a living with the meager compensation given by the government. On the island, they are important people, but outside, they would be one among hundreds of families struggling to make a living. The film narrates the struggles of the family and how ultimately in the end they manage to continue life on the island.
Jyothi
Two strangers pretend to be husband and wife in order to use a pre-reserved ticket bought from a scalper to get on a train, because of last second plans, find that their lives intersect and later fall in love.
Dikshanya
Ivan is a 2014 Tamil film directed by Parthiban. The film stars Parthiban, Meena, Soundarya and Thalaivasal Vijay in lead roles.
Mahendra, a multimillionaire businessman, chooses a wealthy young man for his daughter, Lahari. However, she insists on getting married to her boyfriend, a mere car driver.
A noble and just man makes the ultimate sacrifice after he imposes an unjust sentence on a male from a poor family.
A chauvinistic and egoistic man challenges his progressive yet traditional thinking wife, to earn more than him. If she wins, he will listen to her, if not, she will remain a doormat, and she agrees.
Katyayini
Manjunatha, an atheist, fights against social evils. He marries Kathyayini, a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. As the days go by, Manjunatha realizes the existence of God.
Vasundhara
Surya Murthy lives a very wealthy lifestyle in India along with his parents, his niece, and a younger look-alike brother, Satya. His parents would like him to get married, but he refuses until Satya, who himself is anxious to get married to his girlfriend, selects a bride named Vasundhara. Events prove that Vasundhara is indeed the ideal bride for Surya, and both get married
Karuna
An archaeologist extracts a box from the sea which contains mystical powers. However, evil people are in pursuit of the box and create trouble for the former.
Savitri
9 Nelalu or Tommidi Nelalu (English: 9 Months) is a 2001 Telugu language drama film directed by Kranthi Kumar. The film features Soundarya and Vikram in the lead roles. The film opened in 2001 to positive reviews from critics.later dubbed and released in Tamil as Kanden Seethaiyai.
Jayam Manade Raa (Telugu: జయం మనదేరా) is a 2000 Tollywood film which was written and directed by N. Shankar. It starred Venkatesh and Soundarya in the lead roles. The film went on to be a big hit. Abhiram (Duggubati Venkatesh) is a fun loving guy staying with his parents in Jim Corbett. A bunch of 8 people won the contest of Thumps up, which gave them an opportunity to tour Jim Corbett National Park. Uma (Soundarya) is one of the contest winners. Abhiram likes Uma and acts as a tour companion for them during their stay in Jim Corbett National Park. A shy Uma could not express her love towards him so she leaves a message in Abhiram's answering machine. But Abhiram could not listen to the message at the right time.
Anjali
Azad (Telugu: ఆజాద్) is a 2000 Telugu film directed by Tirupathi Swamy. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna in the lead role and Raghuvaran, Shilpa Shetty, and Soundarya in other important roles. C. Ashwini Dutt produced the film and Mani Sharma composed music. The film was released on 29 September 2000 and was dubbed into Hindi as Mission Azaad. The film was later remade into Tamil as Velayudham. The story was inspired from 1989 hindi film Main Azaad Hoon in which Amitabh Bachchan played the lead role of Azaad.
Meghamala
A young man meets with an accident and loses his eyesight; three months later he recovers and goes back to his job. He meets a lady who is very affectionate towards him; But why?
Panthulamma Sirisha
Ravanna, a wayward youth, is misguided and used by the local MLA to threaten those who oppose him. Things start to change and he goes through a behavioural shift after falling in love with Sirisha.
Devi
Rajaram (Chiranjeevi), owner of a fleet of lorries, meets Devi (Soundarya), a garment factory owner. After that acquaintance, she once seeks his help in dealing with two street ruffians, who were teasing her sisters, Lata (Chandini) and Geetha (Sishwa), and is shocked when the culprits turn out to be his brothers, Ravi (Ravi Teja) and Gopi (Venkat). Rajaram takes the incident lightly as the pranks of youngsters and is very lenient to them. With more such incidents, the two fall in love, with the brothers and sisters not far behind. On his brothers' request, Rajaram approaches Devi for her sisters' hands in marriage to his brothers. But she curtly refuses her consent on grounds that the two are wayward drunkards. Rajaram reacts sharply to it and vows to get his brothers married to her sisters. Since then on he is more exacting with his brothers and brings about a transformation in them. Devi agrees to their marriage.
Vishnu, a postman in Hyderabad, is adored by all and Sirisha develops feelings for him. But it turns out that he loves Archana, who is imprisoned in connection with a bomb explosion case.
Madhavi
A young man plans to climb the ladder of success by trying to woo his rich uncle's daughter.
Banumathi
Anthapuram is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Krishna Vamsi. The film stars Prakash Raj, Soundarya, Parthiban and Mansoor Ali Khan in lead roles.
Radha Singh
A zamindar and his family called "The Sooryavansh family" of Bharathpur village has a God like image among the villagers. This generation is headed by Thakur Bhanupratap Singh.
Vasundhara
Padayappa, a mechanical engineer whose father gives up his property to his foster brother, and then dies of shock soon after. Neelambari initially loves Padayappa, but plans to humiliate him after his family humiliates her father. The rest of the plot deals with Padayappa overcoming all the obstacles placed by Neelambari.
A story about a petty thief Raja, and how his life changes when he meets Anjali in a robbery gone wrong.
Ramakrishna (Chiranjeevi) is a mechanic whose life changes when he meets Priya (Anjala Zaveri) at a train station. She sees him and feels some inexplicable connection and runs away with him to flee her father, Mahendra's (Prakash Raj) goons. They end up living in the forest with their son, but her father, who is an underworld don, kidnaps her so that he can marry her off to another don's son. Ramakrishna confronts her father and in the ensueing struggle Priya takes the bullet shot at her husband and dies. Their son, because of the shock, loses his voice and Ramakrishna is jailed. Mahendra takes the boy away to Kolkata, where the story originally started. Rama Krishna with the help of Padmavathi (Soundarya) reunites with his son.
Bhanumati
Anthahpuram is a 1998 Telugu film directed by Krishna Vamsi. Prakash Raj, Soundarya and Jagapati Babu star in prominent roles. The film won three Filmfare Awards South for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress. The film also went on to win the Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jagapati Babu and the Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer for S. Janaki.
Sundari
Two friends, both with the name of Lingam, create a comedy of errors and consequent chaos with their girlfriends and their families.
When Madhu neglects his son while dealing with his wife's demise, Sneha enters his life as his son's nanny. Though she falls for Madhu, her half-brother, Banerjee, has other plans for them.
A man gives shelter to a girl who has been a victim of rape and has also witnessed a murder. He gives her hope to live again and they fall in love with each other.
K.Veeru's First Film
Subbalakshmi
Dongaata (English: Blind Game) is a 1997 Telugu drama film produced by Dr. K. L. Narayana on Sri Durga Arts banner, presented by S. Gopal Reddy and directed by Kodi Ramakrishna. Starring Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Suresh, Rithu Shivpuri in the lead roles and music composed by Ramani Bharathwaj. The film is inspired from English Movie French Kiss (1995).
Vennela
A lorry driver saves a woman from an accident but she loses her memory and he brings her home. They get married and have a child but her parents discover the truth and decide to take her home.
Vedhavalli
Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.
Aishwarya
Sethu falls in love with the village head's daughter. However, things are not all that smooth, as his elder brother is given the responsibility of protecting the girl's honour until she is married.
Pavithra Bandham is a 1996 Telugu film directed by Muthyala Subbayya. The film stars Venkatesh, Soundarya, S P Balasubramaniam and Subhalekha Sudhakar in lead roles.
Shanti
Sipayi, who fights for the welfare of the people in his village, falls in love with Shanti. When she is forced to marry a criminal, he tries to change her fate.
Seetha
Sriram and Seeta have been married for three years but they don't have any children. Sriram's father wants him to marry another woman but he doesn't agree. On a business tour to Nepal, he marries Manisha, a Nepali girl under some unavoidable circumstance. Manisha gets pregnant with his child.
Seeta
When Sriram learns that his wife, Seeta, cannot bear a child, he keeps it hidden from his father. However, he marries Manisha under dire circumstances during his trip to Nepal and soon learns that she is pregnant. They have a son and Seeta, after much reluctance, accepts Manisha as Sriram's wife.
A village is split into two because of rivalry between two families. Years later, a young man returns from America and tries to reconcile the differences between the two village heads who were, once upon a time, close friends.
Bhavani
Bhavani, a devotee of Goddess Amman, gets an evil godman arrested. However, when he returns with the intention of exacting revenge on her, she turns to the goddess for guidance.
Bharathi
Pedarayudu, the eldest brother, sits on an ancestral throne that is cursed and whoever delivers a wrong verdict dies. However, things take a turn after his youngest brother is accused of murder.
Satyavathi
The film begins with a dispute between two people, Parasuramaiah (Mukka Narasimha Rao) & Bullabbai (Charan Raj) who are brothers-in-law and important people in the village. Gopala Krishna (Jagapati Babu) runs a boat on the river (Godavari) adjoining the village, is liked by each and every person in the village, including Parasuramaiah & Bullabbai and he, tries to make both the families get together. Satyavathi (Soundarya), daughter of Parasuramaiah loves Gopala Krishna, but he treats her as a friend. Meanwhile, Bullabbai brings a beautiful girl Radha (Meena) from the city. Gopala Krishna likes her at first sight itself. Radha leads a cloistered life and does not meet anyone expect Gopala Krishna and both of them start loving each other.
Chakri is framed in multiple murder cases and sent to jail. On release from prison, he heads to the village to bring to book the real culprits.
Self
A married couple has two kids, but the wife is unhappy that her husband is not a rich man. The husband gets a proposal for marriage from his boss' daughter, but he rejects it; unrelentingly she approaches the wife with a huge amount of money..
Bharathi
Super Police is a 1994 Telugu film directed by K Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Soundarya, Nagma and Brahmanandam in lead roles.
Ooha
Hello Brother is a 1994 Telugu action-comedy film, produced by K. L. Narayana on Sri Durga Arts banner, presented by S. Gopal Reddy and directed by E V V Satyanarayana. Starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna, Soundarya in lead roles and music composed by Raj-Koti. The film was a Blockbuster at the Box Office. It was later remade in Kannada as Cheluva with V. Ravichandran and Hindi as Judwaa with Salman Khan. The film is loosely based on Twin Dragons and borrows plot elements from the Hindi film Kishen Kanhaiya.
Top Hero is a 1994 Telugu film directed by Sv Krishna Reddy. The film stars Balakrishna, Soundarya, Amani and Kota Srinivasan Rao in lead roles.
Some like it spicy.
Ponnumani and Chinthamani are childhood sweethearts. Chinthamani goes off to pursue education in the city, but they remain devoted to each other. They decide to marry once her exams are over. However, Ponnumani finds her in a mentally unbalanced state in the railway station when she returns.
Rajendra wins a lottery and the prize is an elephant. Despite being poor, he chooses to keep the animal. What follows is a unique bond of love between a man and an animal.
A girl comes to her grandmother's home to study when she notices a bright and handsome student. Thereafter, their respective grandparents try to bring them two together.
Seetha
When Raju falls in love with his rich friend Ravi's sister, Seetha, Ravi puts forth a condition before agreeing to their marriage. Will Raju change his mind?
A wealthy kind hearted landlord who is very happy about the return of his son from the oversees. His happiness comes to an end when the hidden truth about his 6 year old daughter who is come down to meet her grand parents is revealed to them.
Shravani
Three girls, Shravani, Lahari and Aliveni, are in love with Shanti Swaroop, a lecturer. His life takes a turn when these girls execute different ways to woo him.