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Also known as Soundarya Satyanarayan

Sowmya Sathyanarayana (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress known for her works primarily in Telugu cinema. She was regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Telugu cinema. She also acted in a few Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. She has received three Nandi Awards, three Karnataka State Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards South. In 2002, she received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film as a producer for the Kannada film Dweepa.

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Gender
Female
Origin
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Person.name
Soundarya
Person.birthname
Sowmya Sathyanarayana
Person.image
Actress Soundarya.jpeg
Person.image_caption
Soundarya in 2002
Person.birth_date
18 July 1972
Person.birth_place
Mulabagilu, Kolar district, Karnataka, India
Person.death_place
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Person.occupation
Actress, producer
Person.years_active
1992–2004
Person.works
Full list
Person.spouse
G. S. Raghu (m.2003)

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
India
Place of birth
Mulbagal
Place of death
Bengaluru
Occupation
film producer
Languages spoken
Malayalam
Native language
Kannada
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date of birth
1972-07-18
date of death
2004-04-17
cause of death
aircraft crash
manner of death
accidental death
start of work period
1992-00-00
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Sowmya Sathyanarayana (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress known for her works primarily in Telugu cinema. She was regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Telugu cinema. She also acted in a few Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. She has received three Nandi Awards, three Karnataka State Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards South. In 2002, she received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film as a producer for the Kannada film Dweepa.

Soundarya established herself as the most popular Telugu actress of the 1990s and is best known for her performances in films such as Ammoru (1995), Pavitra Bandham (1996), Anthahpuram (1998), Raja (1999), Doni Saagali (1998), Dweepa (2002) and Apthamitra (2004). She won three Nandi Awards for Pavitra Bandham and Special Jury Prize for Ammoru and Anthahpuram. On 17 April 2004, she died in a plane crash in Bengaluru at the age of 31.

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