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Soundarya Sathyanarayana (July 18, 1971 – April 17, 2004) was an Indian actress and producer who worked in the Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam and Hindi films, mainly in the lead roles.
Soundarya was born into a family of Kannada and has producer K. S. Satyanarayana, writer and producer of kannada film. She interrupted her M.B.B.S. first year in Bangalore. She married G. S. Raghu, a childhood friend and software engineer. She enjoyed great popularity and immense benevolence among Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu and is probably the most successful actress after the story of Mahanati Savitri in the history of Telugu cinema. It is often called “Savitri of modern Telugu cinema”. She died in a plane crash in 2004 with her brother Amarnath in Bangalore during an election campaign.
In addition to acting, she also produced the Kannada film titled Dweepa in 2002. The film was highly praised and won State, Filmfare Award for Best Actress and National Film Award for Best Feature Film. The film also bagged the Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal) Award. The film was also screened at various international film festivals. Her last successful Kannada film was Aaptamitra.
In addition to all south Indian language films, she has also acted in a Hindi film, Sooryavansham alongside Amitabh Bachchan. She also acted alongside Tamil superstars Rajnikanth in Padayappa and Arunachalam, and alongside Kamal
Hasan in Kaadhala Kaadhala. Until her death, she acted in more than 90 films. She was renowned for choosing the film which had family stories rather than playing glamorous roles.
Before his death, only Soundarya had opened 3 orphan schools in Bangalore on behalf of his father. After the death of Soundarya, her mother Manjula established schools, institutions and orphanages in the name of Amarsoundarya Vidalaya in Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
Soundarya Awards, Honours, Achievements
National Film Award 2003: Best Feature Film – Dweepa as Producer (Kannada)
Filmfare Awards South 1995: Best Actress – Ammoru (Telugu) 1998: Best Actress – Anthapuram (Telugu) 1999: Best Actress – Raja (Telugu) 2003: Best Actress – Dweepa (Kannada) 2003: Best Film – Dweepa (Won as Producer, Kannada) 2004: Best Actress – Apthamitra (Posthumously Awarded, Kannada)
Nandi Awards 1994: Best Actress – Ammoru 1996: Best Actress – Pavithra Bandham 1998: Best Actress – Anthapuran
Karnataka State Film Awards 1998: Best Actress – Doni Saagali 2003: Best Actress – Dweepa
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