Sowmya Sathyanarayana, better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam films. She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Telugu cinema and the most successful actress after Savitri. She has received three Nandi Awards, two 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.
Daddy is a 2001 Telugu-language family drama film directed by Suresh Krissna. It stars Chiranjeevi, Simran and Ashima Bhalla, with music composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film was produced by Allu Aravind under the Geetha Arts banner. The film was dubbed into Tamil and Hindi as Dance Master and Meri Izzat in 2003 and 2008 respectively.
Choodalani Vundi is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Gunasekhar, and produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies. This film stars Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Anjala Zaveri and Prakash Raj. The film has music composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu.
Sri Manjunatha is a 2001 Indian Kannada-language hagiographical film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Arjun Sarja, Ambareesh, Meena, Soundarya and Sumalatha. The film is based on the life of the Shiva devotee, Bhakta Manjunatha of the Kotilingeshwara Temple. The film was partially reshot in Telugu under the same title with Chiranjeevi's scenes reshot and Brahmanandam and Tanikella Bharani replacing Dwarakish and Mimicry Dayanand, respectively whilst all other scenes were dubbed from the Kannada original.
Gharana Mogudu is a 1992 Indian Telugu-language masala film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Nagma and Vani Viswanath with Rao Gopal Rao and Kaikala Satyanarayana in supporting roles. Music is composed by M. M. Keeravani and A. Vincent handled the cinematography. It is a remake of the 1986 Kannada film Anuraga Aralithu.
Yuga Purusha is an Indian 1989 Kannada-language film directed by D. Rajendra Babu. The film stars Ravichandran and Khushbu. It is a remake of Bollywood movie Karz. The music for the film was composed by Hamsalekha. The movie is about reincarnation, where a man is murdered by his newly wedded wife in his past life for the sake of acquiring the man's property. After taking a new birth, the man takes revenge against his past life's wife. Like other Ravichandran movies released during the late 80s period, this was also the musical blockbuster of the year.
Bannada Gejje is a 1990 Indian Kannada-language film written and directed by Rajendra Singh Babu starring Ravichandran and Amala. The music is scored by Hamsalekha. The supporting cast features Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Kalyan Kumar, Suresh Heblikar, Amjad Khan and Devaraj. The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Prema Yuddham.
Anjada Gandu is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film produced by B N Gangadhar under the banner of ANS Productions and written and directed by Renuka Sharma. The film stars Ravichandran and Khushbu in the lead roles along with Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Doddanna and Mukhyamantri Chandru in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1984 Tamil film Thambikku Entha Ooru.
Rikshavodu is a 1995 Telugu language film starring Chiranjeevi, Nagma and Soundarya, directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by Kranthi Kumar. Chiranjeevi played a dual role in the film. It was dubbed in Hindi as Devaa The Power Man and in Tamil as Veeraputhran.
Nattukku Oru Nallavan is a 1991 Tamil-language action film written, produced and directed by V. Ravichandran and also produced by N. Veersamai. The film stars Rajinikanth and Juhi Chawla.
Pelli Chesukundam is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah, produced by C. Venkat Raju and G. Siva Raju under Geeta Chitra International. It stars Venkatesh, Soundarya and Laila, with music composed by Koti.
Shanti Kranti is a 1991 multilingual action film produced and directed by V. Ravichandran under his Eshwari Productions banner. The film starred V. Ravichandran and Juhi Chawla in lead roles, while Ramesh Aravind, Khushbu and Anant Nag playbsupporting roles. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. V. Ravichandran was the lead in the Kannada version, while he portrayed Ramesh Aravind's role in Tamil and Telugu versions. Nagarjuna played the lead role in the Telugu version, while Rajinikanth enacted as the lead role in Hindi and Tamil versions. The music was composed by Hamsalekha.
Gadibidi Ganda is a Kannada film released in 1993, directed by V. S. Reddy. This film stars Ravichandran, Ramya Krishnan and Roja, amongst others. Music and lyrics was composed by Hamsalekha. The film was produced by K. Krishna Mohana Rao. It was a remake of Telugu movie Allari Mogudu, starring Mohan Babu.
Ranadheera is a 1988 Indian Kannada language musical action film starring Ravichandran and Khushbu. Directed by Ravichandran himself, the film was produced by his father N. Veeraswamy under Eshwari Productions. Khushbu gained popularity in Karnataka through this film. The music was composed by Hamsalekha.
Chikkejamanru is a 1992 Kannada-language drama film directed by Om Sai Prakash. The cast includes V. Ravichandran, Gautami, Jai Jagadish, Shubha and Mukhyamantri Chandru among others. The film was a remake of Tamil film Chinna Gounder directed by R. V. Udayakumar and starring Vijayakanth and Sukanya. The film was also remade in Telugu as Chinarayudu starring Venkatesh and Vijayashanti.
Ondagona Baa is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romance drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by Rockline Venkatesh. The film stars V. Ravichandran and Shilpa Shetty. Yester-year veteran actors J. V. Somayajulu and K. R. Vijaya too feature in prominent roles. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Kalisundam Raa (2000). The film also marked the reunion of actor Ravichandran with music composer Hamsalekha who had parted ways due to some differences for many years.
Moodu Mukkalaata is a 2000 Telugu-language romantic comedy film, produced by Ramoji Rao under the Ushakiran Movies banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. It stars Jagapati Babu, Soundarya, Rambha, Raasi and music composed by M. M. Srilekha.
Poli Huduga is a 1989 Kannada-language action drama film written by Paruchuri Brothers and directed by S. S. Ravichandra. The film cast includes V. Ravichandran, Karishma, Tara and Devaraj, while many other prominent actors featured in supporting roles. The soundtrack and score composition was by Hamsalekha. The film was a remake of Telugu film Kaliyuga Pandavulu.
Ram-Leela is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action comedy film directed by Vijay Kiran and produced by Soundarya Jagadish. The film stars Chiranjeevi Sarja and Amulya, pairing up for the first time, in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Telugu film, Loukyam starring Gopichand and Rakul Preet Singh.
Shanti Kranti is a 1991 Telugu-language crime film produced and directed by V. Ravichandran under his Eshwari Productions banner. It stars Nagarjuna, V. Ravichandran, Juhi Chawla, Khushbu and music composed by Hamsalekha. The film is a multilingual film simultaneously shot in Telugu, Kannada, and Tamil, in which Akkineni Nagarjuna was the lead in the Telugu version, Rajinikanth in the Tamil version, while V. Ravichandran was in the Kannada version, most of the scenes and artists are the same in all versions.
