Soundarya is a talented actress Soundarya become acting Tamil,Telungu,Malayalam movies. Soundarya was born on July 17, 1971 in Bangalore. Her the real name is Soumya. Her father's name is Satyanarayana who is a producer and director in Kannada films. She was offered a role in the film Gandarva (1992) while she was studying in her first year of MBBS. She discontinued her studies after the film became successful. 

She moved onto Telugu films where she achieved popularity and success. She also produced and acted in a Kannada film Dweepa. The film won many National awards including Swarna Kamal given for best film of the year and the Best Actress award for Soundarya. It also won Karnataka state awards for Best Actress, Best Film and Best Cinematography and was featured in five international film festivals. She married to Raghu Sridhar in April 2003. Soundarya died on April 17, 2004 in a plane. She acted in more than 100 films in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. 

She married her maternal uncle and childhood friend, software engineer G. S. Raghu on 27, April, 2003. She had great dreams of promoting public welfare during her lifetime. At the time of her death.

she was about to produce and act in a film titled 'Kamli', directed by K.N.T Sastry. Her wishes of funding welfare activities are being fulfilled by her husband and sister-in-law through the AMARA SOUNDARYA SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST [ASSET]. She has developed the entire village of Gangigunte her native village, Mulabagal Taluk, in the Kolar district of Karnataka. Soundarya maintained an orphanage. Presently, it is being maintained by her relatives. In addition, the school, AMARA SOUNDARYA VIDYALAYA, is maintained by her trust and her own home is now being used as a school. There are many ideas and concepts that were dreamt and thought by Soundarya and her brother Amarnath for the welfare of the society, being fulfilled by Soundarya's husband and Soundarya's sister-in-law Nirmala using ASSET. She had adopted some educational institutions and given funding for so many educational institutions and their family is continuing funding for educational institutions. 

Awards: 

The film won a host of National awards including Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) given for best film of the year and the Best Actress award for Soundarya. 

Karnataka state awards for Best Actress, Best Film and Best Cinematography and was featured in five international film festivals. 

Name : Soumya 
Screen Name : Soundarya 
Birth Of Place : Bangalore, India 
Date Of Birth : 17, July, 1971 
Died : 17, April, 2004 
Qualification : MBBS Ist year 
Nationality : Indian 
Father : Satyanarayana 
Mother : Manjula 
Husband : G. S. Raghu 
Profession : Actress, Model 
Debut Film : Gandharva (Kannada)1992 
Tamil Debut : Ponnumani (1993)