Sukanya

Acting

Sukanya

Born

1969-07-08 (57)

Place of birth

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Sukanya (born July 8, 1969) is a South Indian actress, singer, music composer, Bharatanatyam danseuse and voice actor. She has acted in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu movies, totaling over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry. She has composed two devotional albums namely Azhagu, Thirupathi Thirukudai Thiruvizha. She has won five Best Actress Filmfare awards for her performance in Tamil films including Puthu Nellu Puthu Nathu, Walter Vetrivel and Rajarajan.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 9 titles

Adhinayakudu poster
2.5

Harischandra Prasad (Nandamuri Balakrishna) is an influential leader in Rayalaseema and he treats all his people as his children. To provide jobs to them, he decides to build a huge steel plant with the assistance of foreign collaborators. But Ramappa (Pradeep Rawat) and his assistant (Kota Srinivasa Rao) oppose this. They hatch a plan to eliminate him. His son Ramakrishna (Nandamuri Balakrishna) thwart the villain’s plans. But the story takes a cruel twist as the villains strike at the heart of the family by using Bobby (Nandamuri Balakrishna).

Adhinayakudu

2012

Srimanthudu poster
6.7

Harsha, a multi-millionaire guy who has everything but there is something else he's looking for and in the process he adopts a complete village trying to bring change in the people.

Srimanthudu

2015

Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva poster
4.1

A corrupt cop who has a heartbreaking childhood realises his mistakes and turns into a sincere officer to take on a dreaded criminal and his son.

Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva

2017

Chandra poster
2.2

Princess Chandramathi falls in love with the music teacher Chandrahasa. However, she unwillingly gets engaged to US-based Arya and attempts to speak to her lover about her feelings for him.

Chandra

2014

Aamayum Muyalum poster
2.9

The film is set in a fictitious poverty-ridden village of Gowlipady, which is virtually ruled by the ruthless zamindari Bhandaravathi . Kashi is a lottery salesman. He is the only literate person of his village. Once, a lottery sold by him happens to win the first prize of 5 Crore Indian Rupee. Greedy Kashi tries to get back the lottery ticket but doesn't know to whom he has sold the ticket to.

Aamayum Muyalum

2014

No artwork available
3.0

Tells the story of a young man who is settled in his job and is now going through the exciting journey of finding love.

Parandhu Sella Vaa

2016

Thirumanam poster
6.3

A couple who is in love convinces their respective families about their plans to lead life together. However, they realise that both the families are poles apart when they start the wedding preparations.

Thirumanam

2019

No artwork available
7.0

Burma, a gangster and politician, is after Vijay, who, he thinks, has swindled him of a huge amount of money. But Vijay claims that the money was stolen from him. Is he lying? If not, who has stolen the money and why?

Ennamo Nadakkudhu

2014

Inayathalam poster
5.0

A team of cybercrime officials are left scratching their heads after an untraceable website starts streaming murders live on the internet.

Inayathalam

2017

2000s · 13 titles

Adi Thadi poster
5.0

Tirupati (Sathyaraj) is a criminal who commands respect from state heads like the CM. He hates women and remains a bachelor even at the age of 50. A naughty college student Priya (Rathi) grabs Tirupati's attention though a beauty contest, and there he falls in love with her and proposes to her. Then, Priya's life turns to disaster

Adi Thadi

2004

Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven poster
5.0

Surya (Ajith) has been brought up in the army barracks in Ooty, ever since his mother(Sukanya) handed him over as a baby to a brigadier (Nasser). She tells the officer the reason for her action but the audience is not allowed to hear it at this point. Surya grows up to be a patriotic youth and the best soldier in his class. He falls in love with Indu (Simran), the daughter of an army officer. Indu's parents accept her choice of husband but soon after, her father dies in a bomb blast while her mother loses her life on seeing her husband's body. Not wishing to lose her husband too in war, Indu asks Surya to choose between her and the army.

Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven

2000

Udayon poster
5.8

Kunju is a farmer with five children. He strongly and firmly believes that farming is the best profession and forbids his sons to pursue their own interest. Matters become worse when he wants his daughter to marry an ugly looking farmer.

Udayon

2005

Innathe Chintha Vishayam poster
4.9

Garment exporter Gopakumar, with the help of his fashion designer Kamala and broker Immanuel, brings together three couples who are on the verge of separation.

Innathe Chintha Vishayam

2008

Good Luck poster
7.0

Surya (Prashanth) is a carefree youth living in Malaysia with his brother Chandramohan (Raghuvaran) and sister-in-law Devi (Sukanya). Chandramohan and Devi are childless because of a problem with Chandramohan. Surya falls in love with dancer Priya (Riya Sen) and manages to steal her heart too. Just when things seem happy, a bombshell is dropped by a Sister Mary who tells Surya that he is the father of a small girl Pooja. Pooja must undergo an operation to save her life but insists on seeing her dad before agreeing to the operation. Surya agrees to pose as her dad and is forced to do so on a more permanent basis even after the operation is done.

Good Luck

2000

Thottal Poo Malarum poster
4.8

A happy-go-lucky youngster falls in love with his wealthy classmate. However, the girl's mother is opposed to their relationship and arranges her wedding with a gangster's son.

Thottal Poo Malarum

2007

Notebook poster
7.0

Sarah, Sreedevi and Pooja are best friends who are studying in the same school. However, problems start brewing in their lives when Sreedevi gets pregnant.

Notebook

2006

Samba poster
4.6

Samba and Pasupathi vie for each other's blood due to an old family feud. Samba wishes to further his dad's dream of making education available to all but Pasupathi stands in his way.

Samba

2004

No artwork available
5.0

A young man tries to save the girl he loves and her village from a cruel landlord.

Sri

2005

Ayutham Seivom poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ayutham Seivom

2008

Ellam Avan Seyal poster
7.0

A lawyer, who defends criminals, wages vigilante justice against them in private. The movie deals with the murder of a girl who was ragged and brutally murdered by her classmates. The lawyer, through his own investigation arrives at the fact that she was brutally raped by college authorities and framed the students as culprits.

Ellam Avan Seyal

2008

No artwork available
NR

Akash and Ashima leave for Goa to argue a case in the local court there. By the time they return to Hyderabad, a case of homicide is filed against the hero. From then on the story turns into a kind of a gripping thriller on how the hero gets out of the situation and helps book the culprits.

Naidu LLB

2005

Vinayapoorvam Vidyadharan poster
4.0

Vidyadharan is a bank employee, who loses his job due to his wife's extravagant lifestyle. He tries to flee from the city but finds peace and happiness among slum dwellers!

Vinayapoorvam Vidyadharan

2000

1990s · 32 titles

Indian poster
7.0

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.

Indian

1996

Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad poster
5.7

Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Venu Nagavalli. The film stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Suganya and Murali in lead roles.

Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad

1998

Chinna Mappillai poster
6.5

Thangavelu, A poor bus-stand coolie is talked into faking his identity as a wealthy Singaporean engineer to marry a rich girl (Janaki). When her father catches on, every lie only digs the hole deeper.

Chinna Mappillai

1993

Mahanadhi poster
7.5

Krishnaswamy, an honest man, is conned into a chit fund business and imprisoned. While he faces unspeakable hardships in prison, his family disintegrates.

Mahanadhi

1994

No artwork available
NR

Dr Revathi comes to her village to help people and yearns for the love of a simple but renowned village man, who detests her and cannot wait to humiliate her.

Thalattu

1993

No artwork available
NR

Aruna, an industrialist, is unable to confront Thiruttani, a local criminal, and hires Murugan, who is in need of a job, on the condition that he solves her dispute with the criminal.

Mr. Madras

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Maha Prabhu

1996

Chandralekha poster
7.5

An unemployed man saves a rich woman and takes her to the hospital where her relatives mistake him as her husband. He plays along as he needs money to repay a loan.

Chandralekha

1997

No artwork available
6.0

Thambidurai elopes and marries Shenbagam, who is often tortured by her stepmother. Things take a drastic turn when Shenbagam's uncle announces the fake news of Thambidurai death to her.

Thambi Durai

1997

No artwork available
NR

Prathapan, a young dynamic person, strives hard to find a job. However, his life takes a turn, when he meets Nair, who offers him a job in his soap factory.

Apaaratha

1992

No artwork available
NR

Gnanasuryan working in press and taking on bad politician.

Gnanapazham

1996

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Amma Koduku

1993

Aahaa..! poster
5.5

Aahaa is a 1997 Tamil film directed by Suresh Krishna starring Rajiv Krishna and Sulekha in the lead roles. The film was a commercial success.

Aahaa..!

1997

Udan Pirappu poster
7.0

Best friends Sathya and Viji are against selling their colony to a land grabber. Their friendship is put to the test after Viji falls in love with Sumathi and marries her.

Udan Pirappu

1993

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gopura Deepam

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

No artwork available
1.0

Kottai Vaasal is a 1992 Indian Tamil film, directed by Selva Vinayagam and produced by Mohan Natarajan and Tharangai V. Shanmugam. The film stars Arun Pandian, Sukanya, Saranya and Goundamani in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva.

Kottai Vaasal

1992

Vandicholai Chinraasu poster
7.0

Vandicholai Chinraasu is a 1994 Tamil film directed by Manoj Kumar. The film stars Sathyaraj, Sukanya and Goundamani in lead roles.

Vandicholai Chinraasu

1994

No artwork available
7.0

Walter Vetrivel is a 1993 Indian Tamil film, directed by P. Vasu, starring Sathyaraj, Sukanya and Ranjitha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 January 1993. It completed a 150 day run on theaters and became one of the highest grossing films for Sathyaraj during 90's in terms of revenue. The movie released to extremely positive reviews and became a blockbuster. The film was later remade in Telugu as S. P. Parasuram with Chiranjeevi and in Hindi as Khuddar with Govinda.

Walter Vetrivel

1993

Sakkarai Devan poster
9.0

Sakkarai Devan (Tamil: சக்கரை தேவன்) is a 1993 Indian Tamil film, directed by J. Panneer and produced by A. S. Ibrahim Rawuthar. The film stars Vijayakanth, Sukanya, Kanaka and M. N. Nambiar in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja.

Sakkarai Devan

1993

No artwork available
8.0

Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu is a Tamil film directed by P. Bharathiraja. The music composed by maestro Ilaiyaraaja while lyrics written by Muthulingham, Ilaiyaraaja and Gangai Amaran. Two peasant brothers clash with a powerful landlord.

Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu

1991

No artwork available
10.0

Rasayya is a wealthy but cowardly man, who is being controlled by his uncle, Ratnavelu. An educated woman falls in love with Rasayya and makes him a changed man. Will Rasayya fight against Ratnavelu?

Chinna Jameen

1993

Chinna Gounder poster
5.2

The village head is a man who sticks to honesty while making judgements. However, when he falls prey to a conspiracy, he bravely fights to ensure that justice prevails in his village.

Chinna Gounder

1992

Peddarikam poster
NR

Krishna Mohan and Janaki, youngsters from two rival families, try to deceive one another. But as forbidden love blossoms between them, they strive to end their families' enmity.

Peddarikam

1992

No artwork available
NR

Solaiyamma is a mother-less woman who is looked after by her father. She has been promised in marriage with her relative Balraj and they are in love. Vairavan is a heartless muscular man who spreads terror among the villagers and rapes the village girls. One night, Vairavan enters Solaiyamma's house and tries to rape Solaiyamma but she stands against him and Vairavan runs away. The entire village thinks that she has been raped including her relatives and then her father commits suicide. Thereafter, she is rejected by the village. Vairavan tortures her psychologically to spend a night with him. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

Solaiyamma

1992

No artwork available
8.0

Sagaram Sakshi is a 1994 Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil. It starred Mammootty in the lead role and Sukanya, Thilakan in other supporting roles.A. K. Lohithadas carried the screenplay for this movie .

Sagaram Sakshi

1994

Amma Ammayiamma poster
5.4

Directed by Sandhya Mohan, and written by Siby K. Thomas and Udaykrishnan, Amma Ammayiamma is a 1998 Comedy/Drama film . Mukesh and Sukanya are starring, alongside Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Sukumari, Harisree Asokan and Innocent.

Amma Ammayiamma

1998

No artwork available
9.0

A boy develops an interest for music despite his mother's objections, and he falls in love with a rich girl whose family has a part in his mother's misery.

Senthamizh Paattu

1992

Thooval Kottaram poster
6.4

Mohanachandra Poduval, is a lawyer, also working as a plumber, caterer, electrical worker, driver and chenda player at festival programs. He is engaged to Sujatha, a music and dance teacher, who is the daughter of Achu Marar. Things go smoothly until Devaprabha and her grandfather Rama Varma arrive in the village. The heiress of the royal family, Devaprabha forms a strong relationship with Mohanachandran.

Thooval Kottaram

1996

Thirumathi Palanisamy poster
NR

Hamsaveni, a teacher, agrees to marry an illiterate man on the condition that she will stay with her ailing father after marriage. However, on the wedding night, he refuses to comply with her terms.

Thirumathi Palanisamy

1992

Swastham Grihabharanam poster
7.5

Swastham Grihabharanam is a 1999 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Ali Akbar and produced by Kamaruddin. The film stars Mukesh, Jagathy Sreekumar, Sukanya and Jagadish in lead roles. The film had musical score by Berny-Ignatius.

Swastham Grihabharanam

1999

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Seeman

1994