Soundarya (Kannada: ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ)(July 18, 1976 - April 17, 2004) was a popular film actress in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam films. She had a successful career of 12 years as heroine in films until her death in a plane crash near Bangalore. She acted in more than 100 films. Soundarya acted in her first film while she was in high school. She was offered a role in the film Gandharva a Kannada movie (1992) by her father\'s friend, while she was studying in her first year of MBBS. She discontinued her studies after the film Ammoru became successful. She moved onto Telugu films where she achieved immense popularity and success. She reigned over the Telugu silver screen almost until her death. The major chunk of her career was spent in Tollywood and Soundarya became a household name in Andhra Pradesh. She acted with almost all the major stars of Telugu cinema like Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh and Balakrishna among many others. Soundarya is considered to be one of the ... more