indian celebrities: Soundarya

Tuesday 3 July 2012

Soundarya

Soundarya (Kannada: ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ; Born Sowmya; 18 July 1972 - 17 April 2004) was a film actress who appeared in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She acted in more than 90 films, most of them in Telugu.^[1] She was killed in a plane crash near BangaloreSoundarya was born in the village of Ashtagrama. She was an Iyer. She married her maternal uncle's son and childhood friend, software engineer G. S. Raghu, on 27 April 2003. She planned on promoting public welfare. Her husband and sister-in-law founded the Amara Soundarya Social and Educational Trust [ASSET]. Soundarya maintained an orphanage in Bangalore. She had donated money to numerous educational institutions during her lifetimeSoundarya also acted in one Hindi film, Sooryavansham. She produced and acted in the Kannada film Dweepa, with Girish Kasaravalli as director. The film won the Golden Lotus, which is given for best film of the year. It also won the Karnataka state awards for Best Actress, Best Film and Best Cinematography, and was featured in five international film festivals