K.S. Satyanarayan
Manjula SatyanarayanIn 2002, she received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film as producer for the Kannada film Dweepa. She received two Karnataka State Film Awards for Best Actress, several Filmfare Awards South and the Nandi Awards for her performances in films such as Ammoru (1994), Anthapuram (1998), Raja (1999), Dweepa (2002) and Aaptamitra (2004). At the peak of her career, Soundarya died in an aircraft crash near Bangalore on 17 April 2004, when she was on her way to Andhra Pradesh to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Soundarya's first movie was the Kannada movie Gandharva in 1992, produced and directed by Hamsalekha. In the same year, she entered Telugu movies ("Tollywood") through the movie Raithu Bharatham opposite Krishna.
Soundarya was born to industrialist and Kannada film writer-producer K. S. Satyanarayan. She was born in an orthodox brahmin family in Kolar, Karnataka, India. She discontinued her M.B.B.S. first year in Mangalore, and married to G. S. Raghu, who is a childhood friend and a Software Engineer in Bangalore. She had wide popularity and tremendous goodwill among Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and is probably the most successful actress after Savitri in the history of Telugu cinema and is often called the "Savitri of modern Telugu cinema". She died in the 2004 aircraft crash along with her brother Amarnath and was 3 months pregnant, which happened in Bangalore, during an election campaign.
Soundarya's first movie was the Kannada film Gandharva in 1992. Then in the same year, she acted in the Telugu movie Raithu Bharatham, opposite superstar Krishna, directed by Tripuraneni Sriprasad alias Varaprasad. She made 115 movies, predominantly in Telugu, in a span of twelve years. Telugu actor Venkatesh once described her as "a thorough actress" of Indian cinema.
In her first hit in Telugu, in 1993, she acted in the leading role alongside Rajendra Prasad in Rajendrudu Gajendrudu, directed by S.V. Krishna Reddy. The real commercial recognition came with Hello Brother (1994), directed by commercial director E.V.V Satyanarayana, in which she starred alongside king Nagarjuna and Ramya Krishna. She had an award-winning role in Ammoru, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna, she starred alongside Ramya Krishna and Suresh. where she played the role in the film Bhavani, she was a devotee to Goddess Ammoru. She stood ahead with eleven movie releases in 1995. In Tamil, she was introduced by Ammoru dubbing as Amman. She got major acclaim by Ponnumani, starring alongside Karthik and Sivakumar. She played a role in the film as a mentally disabled person.
Soundarya, along with her contemporary actress Ramya Krishna paved a way for strong performance-oriented roles and led to a change in the characterizations of heroines in the Telugu Film Industry.
According to Mughal D. Ramanaidu, the "Most Beautiful Pairs of Telugu cinema" are NTR and Savitri, ANR and Vani Sri, Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha, Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti and Daggubati Venkatesh and Soundarya
In 1997, she continued her success with Pelli Chesukundam, Pavitra Bandam, Amma Donga, Maa Aayana Bangaram, Osi Na Maradala and Aaro Pranam, winning acclaim from all over the industry for her performances. She also starred alongside South Indian superstar Rajinikanth in Arunachalam, which became the highest-grossing film of 1997 in Tamil cinema. Soundarya, apart from good performances and a growing lady fan following, emerged as the golden hand with her continuous successes when her rivals faced constant debacles. This stardom made her come out of the shadow of mainstream heroines and she chose scripts which had a wide potential of performance even alongside big stars which was clearly reflected in her movies.. Though the industry regarded her to be the golden hand, as a former director's daughter, she always regarded the success not as a one-man show, but the teamwork between 36 departments. Soundarya's intensity in performances, expressions, her beautiful face, her lady fan following and phenomenal success were all in common with Savitri, and she was able to earn fame as a replacement to Mahanati Savitri.
Furthermore, the critical success of Chudalani Vundi, directed by Gunashekar, opposite Chiranjeevi in 1998 made her reach the pinnacle of her cinema career. She also starred along Kamal Haasan and Prabhudeva in Kaathala Kaathala in Tamil in the same year, dubbed in Telugu as Navvandi Lavvandi, directed by Singeetam Srinivas. Pelli Peetalu and Sri Ramulayya, Ninne Premista in Telugu and Doni Saagali in Kannada were commercially highly successful. Anthapuram, directed by Krishnavamshi, stood as one of the finest performances of Soundarya in her career, winning her a State Nandi award and also her second consecutive Filmfare Award. The producers and directors realized Soundarya's ability to be a crowd puller and the biggest plus for the promotion of the movie. Her 1999 release Raja, opposite Venkatesh, was another blockbuster and won her her third Filmfare. Her other releases, Padayappa opposite Rajinikanth, Azad opposite Nagarjuna and Premaku Velayera, Premaku Swagatam and Arundathi further solidified her position. In the same year, she starred opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Sooryavansham, which was one of the few failures of her career, and prevented her from entering into the Bollywood business.
In 2000, she starred in yet another commercial success, Annayya, opposite Chiranjeevi, Jayam Manadera and Deviputrudu, opposite Venkatesh, Ninne premista, opposite Nagarjuna and Srikanth and several others and went on displaying her acting abilities, continuing her successful journey with films such as Eduruleni Manishi and Sri Manjunatha, opposite Chiranjeevi, Arjun Sarja, Ambareesh and Sumalatha and Narasimha, opposite Rajinikanth and Ramyakrishna, Pelli peetalu, Dongata and Nagadevatha.[7]
She has also given special songs in a few movies. alongside Akkineni Nageswara Rao in Mayabazar, directed by Dasari Narayana Rao, In Adhipathi, alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna and in Shubalagnam, alongside Ali Also. She had about 10 film releases each year, most of them in Telugu, from 1993 to 2001, which reflects her path-breaking success. After the entry of the budding next generation, she slowed down, but even later she went on acting in eight films each year till 2004. She has never been proud about stardom, she has been recognized for her super talent, her directors and costars describe her as an honest, grounded and friendly person.[7]
She acted as heroine in films by star directors such as Girish Kasarvalli, Dasari Narayana Rao, K.Raghavendra Rao, Kodi Ramakrishna, Vijaya Nirmala, Kodanda Rami Reddy, Singeetam Srinivas, S.V. Krishna Reddy, Mutayala Subbaiah, K.S. Ravi Kumar, Sundar C, Raviraja Pineshetty, P. Vasu, Kranthikumar, Mupalaneni Shiva, Gunashekar, E.V.V Satyanarayana, Krishnavamsi, Y.V.S. Choudhary and Ayyapan.[7]
During the period, Balakrishna is announced plans to act and direct in the remake of Nartanasala, and a launch event was held in Hyderabad during March 2003. Produced by Pusapati Lakshmipati Raju, Apart from directing the remake, Balakrishna played a dual role in the remake—those of Arjuna and Kichaka. Soundarya was signed to play Draupadi with Srihari, Sarath Babu,Sai Kumar, Uday Kiran and Asin,Kota Srinivasa Rao cast in supporting roles. The remake's principal photography commenced on 1 March 2004.[31] The remake was shelved later due to the death of Soundarya in an filght accident. In an interview with "The Times of India" in August 2014, Balakrishna said that "he could not imagine anyone other than Soundarya for the character and after her death, he called off the film with no intention to revive it."[32] However, despite a grand launch, the film was later shelved following the sudden demise of Soundarya.[33]
She starred along with many actors such as megastar Chiranjeevi for 5 movies, super-star Krishna for 5 movies, king Nagarjuna for 5 movies, Venkatesh for 8 movies, Balakrishna in only one movie, Jagapathi Babu for 7 movies, Mohan Babu for 5 movies, Rajashekar for 5 movies, Suman for 3 movies, Harikrishna for 2 movies, Srikanth for 5 movies, Saikumar for 5 movies and Rajendra Prasad for 4 movies and has given films with all heroes such as Vinod Kumar, Naresh, Suresh, Harish, Abbas, Vineeth, Vadde Navven, Ramesh Babu, Avinash, Bhanu Chander and J.D. Chakravarthy.[7]
In Tamil, she also collaborated with superstar Rajinikanth for 3 movies, Kamal Hassan for one movie, Karthik for 3 movies, Arjun Sarja for 4 movies, Vijaykumar for 3 movies, Parthiban for 3 movies, etc.[7]
In Kannada movies, she has acted with Vishunuvardhan, Anant Nag, Ravichandran, Shashikumar and Ramesh Arvind. In 1996, she acted in the musical blockbuster Sipayi, along with Ravichandran and Chiranjeevi, dubbed in Telugu as Major. In 2002, she has received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film (producer) for Dweepa. She also acted beside Ambareesh in Sri Manjunatha. Her last film was the Kannada film Apthamitra, a runaway hit with Vishnuvardhan. This is some of the finest acting of Soundarya's cinema career. This film also won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress posthumously in 2004.
Soundarya acted in the Hindi film Sooryavansham, alongside Amitabh Bachchan. She was also starred in Tamil super-hits such as Arunachalam and Padayappa, alongside Rajinikanth and Kaadhala Kaadhala, alongside Kamal Haasan. She acted in Mollywood as female lead in Kilichundan Mambhazham, with Mohanlal and Sreenivasan. And also with Jayaram in Yathrakarude Shradaykku in 2002, which was her first movie in Malayalam.
Soundarya and her brother Amarnath died in an aircraft crash near Bangalore on 17 April 2004, when she was on her way to Karimnagar to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party and Telugu Desam Party candidate for the upcoming elections. She was 5 months pregnant when she died.[4][5][6] The aircraft took off at 11:05 a.m. and turned in a westerly direction before crashing on the campus of the Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra of the University of Agricultural Sciences. It had reached only a height of 100 feet before it crashed and burst into flames. B.N. Ganapathi, one of the two persons working on the experimental fields of the university, who rushed to the aircraft to save the occupants, said the plane wobbled before the crash.
Before death, only Soundarya started 3 schools for orphan children in Bangalore in the name of her father, after Soundarya's death, her mother Manjula started schools, institutions and orphanages in the name "AMARASOUNDARYA VIDYALAYA'S" in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Year | Film | Language | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Nanna Thangi | Kannada | Debut movie | |
1992 | Gandharva | Kannada | Sudha | |
1992 | Raithu Bharatham | Telugu | Soundarya | |
1992 | Baa Nanna Preethisu | Kannada | ||
1992 | Manavarali Pelli | Telugu | Soundarya | |
1993 | Vijaya Kranthi | Kannada | ||
1993 | Ponnumani | Tamil | Chinthamani | |
1993 | Rajendrudu Gajendrudu | Telugu | Lalitha | |
1993 | Amma Naa Kodala | Telugu | Neelima | |
1993 | Number One | Telugu | Soundarya | |
1993 | Mayalodu | Telugu | Siri | |
1993 | Inspector Jhansi | Telugu | Jhansi | |
1993 | Asalae Pellaina Vanni | Telugu | ||
1993 | Donga Alludu | Telugu | Latha | |
1994 | Thooguve Krishnana | Kannada | ||
1994 | Madam | Telugu | Soundarya | |
1994 | Hello Brother | Telugu | Ooha | |
1994 | Allari Premikudu | Telugu | Jhansi | |
1994 | Top Hero | Telugu | Chitra | |
1994 | Super Police | Telugu | Bharathi | |
1995 | Amma Donga | Telugu | Kumari Padma Priya | |
1995 | Muthu Kaalai | Tamil | Poonjolai | |
1995 | Dear Son Maruthu | Tamil | Raani | |
1995 | Rikshavodu | Telugu | Narasakka | |
1995 | Ammoru | Telugu | Bhavani | Nandi Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Dubbed in Tamil as Amman |
1995 | Bhale Bullodu | Telugu | Raadha | |
1995 | Amma Naa Kodala | Telugu | Neelima | |
1995 | Peddarayudu | Telugu | Bharathi | |
1995 | Chilakapachcha Kaapuram | Telugu | Satyavathi | |
1995 | Raja Simham | Telugu | Sundari | |
1995 | Vetagadu | Telugu | ||
1995 | Balaraju Bangaru Pellam | Telugu | ||
1995 | Maya Bazaar | Telugu | Herself | |
1996 | Jagadekaveerudu | Telugu | Soundarya | |
1996 | Pavithra Bandham | Telugu | Radha | Nandi Award for Best Actress |
1996 | Maa Voori Maraju | Telugu | Satyavathi | |
1996 | Ramudochadu | Telugu | Soundaryaananda Aravindha Vadhana SundaraLakshmi | |
1996 | Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu | Telugu | Seeta | |
1996 | Puttinti Gowravam | Telugu | ||
1996 | Maa Inti Adapadachu | Telugu | Janaki | |
1996 | Sipayi | Kannada | ||
1996 | Urmila | Telugu | ||
1996 | Senathipathi | Tamil | Aishwarya | |
1996 | Prema Pranayam | Telugu | ||
1997 | Pellichesukundam | Telugu | Shanti | |
1997 | Adirindi Guru | Telugu | ||
1997 | Taraka Ramudu | Telugu | Taraka | Dubbed in Tamil as "Velli Nilave" |
1997 | Maa Aayana Bangaram | Telugu | Vennela, Sruthi | |
1997 | Oosi Na Maradala | Telugu | Manisha Koirala, Kanchana Mala | |
1997 | Aaro Pranam | Telugu | Maknaa, Aakaanksha | |
1997 | Arunachalam | Tamil | Vedhavalli | |
1997 | Priyaragalu | Telugu | Priya | |
1998 | Choodalani Vundi | Telugu | Padmavathi | |
1998 | Pelli Peetalu | Telugu | Anjali | |
1998 | Sri Ramulayya | Telugu | Seethamma | |
1998 | Sooryudu | Telugu | Panthulamma Prameela | |
1998 | Doni Saagali | Kannada | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress | |
1998 | Anthapuram/Anthapuram | Telugu/Tamil | Bhanumathi | Nandi Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu |
1998 | Thambulalu | Telugu | ||
1998 | Dongata | Telugu | SubbaLakshmi | |
1998 | Subha Vaartha | Telugu | Meghana | |
1998 | Rayudu | Telugu | Madhavi | |
1998 | Kaathala Kaathala | Tamil | Sundari | |
1999 | Mannavaru Chinnavaru | Tamil | ||
1999 | Raja | Telugu | Anjali | Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu |
1999 | Aryabhata | Kannada | Bharathi | |
1999 | Anaganaga O Ammayi | Telugu | Sandhya | |
1999 | Arundhati | Telugu | Arundhati | |
1999 | Premaku Velayara | Telugu | Madhavi, Malathi | |
1999 | Manavudu Danavudu | Telugu | ||
1999 | Padayappa | Tamil | Vasundhara | Dubbed in Telugu as "Narasimha" |
1999 | Naanu Nanna Hendthiru | Kannada | Seetha | |
1999 | Sooryavansham | Hindi | Radha Singh | |
1999 | Mayadari Mosagadu | Telugu | Latha | |
2000 | Annayya | Telugu | Gajjela Kanaka Maha Lakshmi Devi | |
2000 | Jayam Manade Raa | Telugu | Uma | |
2000 | Ninne Premistha | Telugu | Meghamala | |
2000 | Moodu Mukkalata | Telugu | Shravani | |
2000 | Ravanna | Telugu | pirralamma Sirisha | |
2000 | Azad | Telugu | Anjali | Dubbed in Tamil as "Gurushethram" and Dubbed in Hindi as "Mission Azad" |
2000 | Naga Devathe/Naga Devatha | Kannada/Telugu | Goddess Nagamma | Dubbed in Tamil as "Nagadevathai" |
2000 | Postman | Telugu | Archana | |
2001 | Devi Putrudu | Telugu | Karna | Dubbed in Tamil as "Paapa" and Dubbed in Hindi as "Aaj Ka Deviputra" |
2001 | Sri Manjunatha | Kannada/Telugu | Katyaayini | |
2001 | Eduruleni Manishi | Telugu | Vasundhara | |
2001 | Sarduku Podam Randi | Telugu | Raadha | |
2001 | Naa Manasisthaa Raa | Telugu | Nandhini | |
2001 | 9 Nelalu | Telugu | Savithri | Dubbed in Tamil as "Kanden Seethaiyai" |
2001 | Adhipati | Telugu | Jagan's fiancee | |
2001 | Eshwar Allah | Telugu | ||
2001 | Vijayadasami/Thaye Bhuvaneswary | Kannada/Tamil | Goddess Bhuvaneswary | Dubbed in Telugu as "Peddamma Talli" |
2001 | Thavasi | Tamil | Priyadarshini | |
2001 | Kalisi Naduddam | Telugu | Vijaya | |
2002 | Kondaveeti Simhasanam | Telugu | Chitti | |
2002 | Premaku Swagatham | Telugu | Lahari | |
2002 | Yathrakarude Sradhakku | Malayalam | Jyothi | |
2002 | Gelupu | Telugu | ||
2002 | Ivan | Tamil | Dikshanya | |
2002 | Dweepa | Kannada | Nagi | Also as Producer National Film Award for Best Feature Film Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Film – Kannada |
2003 | Chokka Thangam | Tamil | Pavala | |
2003 | Prema Donga | Telugu | ||
2003 | Seetayya | Telugu | Seetha | |
2003 | Kilichundan Mampazham | Malayalam | Amina | |
2003 | Sri Renukadevi | Kannada | Goddess Renuka Devi | Dubbed in Tamil as "Namma Ooru Ellaiamman" and Dubbed in Hindi as "Ma Ka Chamatkar" |
2004 | Shwetha Nagaa/Shwetha Naagara | Telugu / Kannada | Madhu | Posthumously released. Dubbed in Tamil as "Madhumathi" |
2004 | Shiva Shankar | Telugu | Padma | Posthumously released |
2004 | Apthamitra | Kannada | Ganga / Nagavalli | Posthumously released Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada |
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