She played an award-winning role in Ammoru, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, starring alongside Ramya Krishna and Suresh and played the role of Bhavani, a devotee of Goddess Ammoru. Satyanarayana, in which she starred alongside Nagarjuna and Ramya Krishna. Real commercial recognition came to her with Hello Brother (1994), directed by E. Her first film in Telugu was Rajendrudu Gajendrudu, directed by S.

She began with lead roles in Kannada, her mother tongue, and went on to become the most popular actress in Telugu films. She acted in more than 100 movies, predominantly in Telugu, in a span of 12 years. In the same year, she acted in the Telugu movie Raithu Bharatham, with Krishna, directed by Tripuraneni Sriprasad alias Varaprasad. Siddalingaiah, released in April 1992, immediately followed by Gandharva in July 1992. Soundarya's first movie was the Kannada film Baa Nanna Preethisu, directed by S. Main article: Soundarya filmography Early career Raghu, a software engineer by profession. While some sources indicate the birthdate as 18 July 1972, the others including The Times of India stated it to be 18 July 1976. Soundarya's birthdate has been reported inconsistently by the media. Her father was a Kannada film writer and producer. Soundarya was born and brought up in Bengaluru, Karnataka. She has also received Three Nandi Awards, Two Karnataka State Film Awards for Best Actress and Six Filmfare Awards South for her performances in films such as Ammoru (1994), Pavitra Bandham (1996), Anthahpuram (1998), Raja (1999), Doni Saagali (1998), Dweepa (2002) and Apthamitra (2004). In 2002, she received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film as a producer for the Kannada film Dweepa. She was regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Telugu Cinema and the most Successful actress after yesteryear's superstar Mahanati Savitri. Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. Sowmya Sathyanarayana (18 July 1976 or 18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu,

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