Soundarya

Acting

Soundarya

Born — Died

1972-07-18 — 2004-04-17

Place of birth

Mulbagal, Kolar, Karnataka

Known for

Acting

Credits

61 titles

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.

Known for

Padayappa poster
7.4

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.

Padayappa

1999

Sooryavansham poster
6.1

Thakur Bhanupratap, a well-respected village head, deems his youngest son Heera, a failure and treats him poorly. However, despite his father's disappointment, Heera tries his best to make him proud.

Sooryavansham

1999

Navashakthi Vaibhava poster
NR

Ramkumar and Shruthi who make lot of oaths for the betterment of their children (Master Ramprasad and Kumari Arpitha) and once the children become a pair of very talented singers, they forget everything about their promises. It is only when the kids suffer through a crucial illness that they are reminded of their oaths and the couple set out on a pilgrimage along with their children to all the nine goddesses – Kollur Mookambike, Badami Banashankeri, Mysore Chamundeswari, Belgaum Yallamma, Horanadu Annapurneshwari, Katilu Durgaparameshwari, Annamma Devi of Bangalore, Shringeri Sharadambe, Gokarna Parameshwari. There are also villains in the film in the form of the other family members who are bent upon killing the children.

Navashakthi Vaibhava

2008

Shiva Shankar poster
NR

Sobhanadri, a criminal leader, adopts an orphan Sivaji and raises him like his godson. Issues erupt when in order to teach his own son a lesson, he decides to grant his riches to Sivaji.

Shiva Shankar

2004

Pelli Peetalu poster
NR

Gopi, who hates to work for anyone, opens up a watch repair shop in his hometown. He falls in love with a village girl, Anjali, but her family's past threatens to hinder his love story.

Pelli Peetalu

1998

Arunachalam poster
7.3

Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

Arunachalam

1997

Film credits

2000s · 23 titles

Navashakthi Vaibhava poster
NR

Ramkumar and Shruthi who make lot of oaths for the betterment of their children (Master Ramprasad and Kumari Arpitha) and once the children become a pair of very talented singers, they forget everything about their promises. It is only when the kids suffer through a crucial illness that they are reminded of their oaths and the couple set out on a pilgrimage along with their children to all the nine goddesses – Kollur Mookambike, Badami Banashankeri, Mysore Chamundeswari, Belgaum Yallamma, Horanadu Annapurneshwari, Katilu Durgaparameshwari, Annamma Devi of Bangalore, Shringeri Sharadambe, Gokarna Parameshwari. There are also villains in the film in the form of the other family members who are bent upon killing the children.

Navashakthi Vaibhava

2008

Shiva Shankar poster
NR

Sobhanadri, a criminal leader, adopts an orphan Sivaji and raises him like his godson. Issues erupt when in order to teach his own son a lesson, he decides to grant his riches to Sivaji.

Shiva Shankar

2004

The Island poster
6.9

Nagi is the pillar of her small family that includes her husband and her rigid father-in-law. Faced with the possibility of losing her home due to the construction of a dam, Nagi proves her strength.

The Island

2002

Seetayya poster
8.0

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.

Seetayya

2003

Apthamitra poster
8.2

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.

Apthamitra

2004

Kilichundan Mambazham poster
6.9

A young man tries to rescue the woman he loves after she is forced into marrying another.

Kilichundan Mambazham

2003

Premaku Swagatam poster
NR

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.

Premaku Swagatam

2002

Kondaveeti Simhasanam poster
6.5

Kondaveeti Simhasanam is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao

Kondaveeti Simhasanam

2002

Yathrakarude Sradhakku poster
6.8

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.

Yathrakarude Sradhakku

2002

Naa Manasistha Raa poster
NR

Shankar and Seershika fall in love and decide to get married. However, complications arise in the form of a love triangle when Nandini confesses her feelings to Shankar.

Naa Manasistha Raa

2001

Jayam Manadera poster
6.2

Abhiram and Uma fall in love with each other when they meet in Europe. Unable to express their feelings at the right time, the two are separated when Uma returns to India. Abhiram goes to India to marry his lover, Uma. However, when he reaches the country, he is attacked by some unknown people. Later, a lady named Jhansi reveals Abhiram's shocking past.

Jayam Manadera

2000

Azad poster
5.9

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.

Azad

2000

Ravanna poster
NR

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.

Ravanna

2000

Sri Manjunatha poster
6.8

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.

Sri Manjunatha

2001

Chokka Thangam poster
5.7

Muthu's sister gets married, but her in-laws put forward a condition that Muthu must marry the groom's sister if he wants his sister to be happy. Muthu finds himself at a crossroads as he is in love with someone else

Chokka Thangam

2003

Eduruleni Manishi poster
6.2

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

Eduruleni Manishi

2001

Devi Putrudu poster
6.3

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.

Devi Putrudu

2001

9 Nelalu poster
6.5

In a bid to pay for her husband's expensive operation, a woman accepts an unusual proposition. When she becomes a surrogate mother for a wealthy couple, problems begin to crop up in her life.

9 Nelalu

2001

Ninne Premistha poster
5.3

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?

Ninne Premistha

2000

Annayya poster
6.3

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.

Annayya

2000

Thavasi poster
5.2

A noble and just man makes the ultimate sacrifice after he imposes an unjust sentence on a male from a poor family.

Thavasi

2001

Nagadevathe poster
9.0

Naganna, a devotee of the Snake goddess, vows celibacy in her honour only to be seduced by a dancer. Soon, he is found dead because of a snake bite which leads to his brother's hatred for the goddess.

Nagadevathe

2000

No artwork available
NR

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.

Moodu Mukkalaata

2000

1990s · 36 titles

Padayappa poster
7.4

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.

Padayappa

1999

Sooryavansham poster
6.1

Thakur Bhanupratap, a well-respected village head, deems his youngest son Heera, a failure and treats him poorly. However, despite his father's disappointment, Heera tries his best to make him proud.

Sooryavansham

1999

Pelli Peetalu poster
NR

Gopi, who hates to work for anyone, opens up a watch repair shop in his hometown. He falls in love with a village girl, Anjali, but her family's past threatens to hinder his love story.

Pelli Peetalu

1998

Arunachalam poster
7.3

Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

Arunachalam

1997

Choodalani Vundi poster
6.1

Ramakrishna arrives in Kolkata and takes up residence in Padmavathi's housing colony. While at first he seems happy and easy-going, soon his real reason for returning to Kolkata is revealed. He wants revenge!

Choodalani Vundi

1998

Priyaraagalu poster
NR

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.

Priyaraagalu

1997

Super Police poster
6.8

Super Police is a 1994 Telugu film directed by K Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Soundarya, Nagma and Brahmanandam in lead roles.

Super Police

1994

Hello Brother poster
6.5

A couple has twin sons with reflection mentality but one of the sons is abducted and left on the road by a criminal. Both brothers grow up with different personalities and when they cross each other's path misunderstanding arises.

Hello Brother

1994

Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu poster
7.1

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.

Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu

1996

Jagadeka Veerudu poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jagadeka Veerudu

1996

Maa Ayana Bangaram poster
NR

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.

Maa Ayana Bangaram

1997

Rajendrudu Gajendrudu poster
7.2

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.

Rajendrudu Gajendrudu

1993

Pedarayudu poster
7.4

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.

Pedarayudu

1995

Amma Donga! poster
9.0

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.

Amma Donga!

1995

Dongaata poster
7.0

A thief boards a train intending to steal a young woman’s necklace, but after she’s betrayed by her lover, he unexpectedly becomes the one she can rely on.

Dongaata

1997

Kadhala Kadhala poster
6.9

Two friends, both with the name of Lingam, create a comedy of errors and consequent chaos with their girlfriends and their families.

Kadhala Kadhala

1998

Ramudochadu poster
3.5

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.

Ramudochadu

1996

Premaku Velayera poster
6.3

A young man plans to climb the ladder of success by trying to woo his rich uncle's daughter.

Premaku Velayera

1999

Taraka Ramudu poster
NR

Ramudu, an orphan raised by Taraka, who discovers he is the son of a wealthy man named Gajapathi. He faces conspiracies from his stepmother and her brother, who seek to seize his inheritance, but is rescued by Taraka.

Taraka Ramudu

1997

Suryudu poster
NR

Suryam, a just and kind village head, teaches the locals to live together in unity when a misunderstanding ensues between two villages and leads to a bitter rivalry.

Suryudu

1998

Raja poster
7.8

A story about a petty thief Raja, and how his life changes when he meets Anjali in a robbery gone wrong.

Raja

1999

Rikshavodu poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rikshavodu

1995

Subhalagnam poster
8.5

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..

Subhalagnam

1994

Pavithra Bandham poster
5.0

Upon his father's insistence, Vijay agrees to marry Radha. However, he tells Radha that their marriage will be contractual with a one year trial period. Will they remain together after one year?

Pavithra Bandham

1996

Postman poster
3.0

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.

Postman

1999

Anthahpuram poster
7.3

When Bhanu and her husband Prakash unexpectedly return to India, Bhanu discovers the true nature of Prakash's family and finds herself stuck in a feudal and violent society.

Anthahpuram

1998

Allari Premikudu poster
6.0

Kittu always bets for money with Chandram. Once there bet is that Kittu makes Bhavani, Jhansi and Jogeshwari Devi fall for him and he agrees to that.

Allari Premikudu

1994

Mayalodu poster
10.0

Veerababu, a street magician, is implicated in a murder by Appalakonda, who has committed a double murder to get rich. Veerababu has to use his magical powers to be exonerated.

Mayalodu

1993

Ammoru poster
7.3

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.

Ammoru

1995

Anthapuram poster
NR

Anthapuram is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Krishna Vamsi. The film stars Prakash Raj, Soundarya, Parthiban and Mansoor Ali Khan in lead roles.

Anthapuram

1999

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Muthu Kaalai

1995

Pelli Chesukundaam poster
4.0

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.

Pelli Chesukundaam

1997

No artwork available
NR

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.

Senathipathi

1996

Naanu Nanna Hendtheeru poster
NR

Ram is married to Sita, who is unable to have any children. When his father asks him to marry another woman for a child, he decides to marry Manisha.

Naanu Nanna Hendtheeru

1999

Top Hero poster
7.5

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.

Top Hero

1994

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mannavaru Sinnavaru

1999

Behind the camera