Sonia Agarwal

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Sonia Agarwal
Sonia Agarwal at 62nd FFA (cropped).jpg
Agarwal in 2015
Born
Chandigarh, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Model
Years active2002–2009
2011–present
Spouse
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(m. 2006;div. 2010)​

Sonia Agarwal is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is best known for her performances in films such as Kaadhal Kondein (2003), 7G Rainbow Colony / 7G Brindavan Colony (2004) and Pudhupettai (2006). [1] [2]

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Featuring her former brother-in-law Dhanush, Kaadhal Kondein became a huge success and she was widely appreciated for her performance as Divya in the film, which brought her into the limelight and fetched her the ITFA Best New Actress Award at International Tamil Film Awards in 2004. [3] She acted alongside Silambarasan and Vijay in the films Kovil and Madhurey , respectively. After appearing in the films Oru Kalluriyin Kathai and Oru Naal Oru Kanavu in 2005, both of which failing to perform at the box office, she got roles in the films Thiruttu Payale and Pudhupettai . The former, directed by Susi Ganesan, became a highly successful film, whilst the latter, another Selvaraghavan film, received universal critical acclaim. [4] [5]

Personal life

Born in Chandigarh, Sonia's mother tongue is Punjabi. Sonia married Selvaraghavan, [6] a director in Tamil cinema, in December 2006. She gave up acting after her marriage. The couple divorced in 2010. [7] She has since returned to performing.

Early career

During her school days, Sonia got an offer to act in a serial on Zee TV. She then made her film debut with the 2002 Telugu film, Nee Premakai , in which she had a small role, after which she acted in a Kannada film Chandu opposite Sudeep. [4] [5]

After getting divorced, she made a re-entry, playing a supporting role in the multi-starrer Vaanam , following which she signed up for four projects, three in Tamil and one in Malayalam, in quick succession. [8] Her next releases were Sadhurangam , opposite Srikanth once again, in 2011 and Oru Nadigayin Vakku Moolam in early 2012. Her films include Poi Sollathedi and Achchamenndid not do well in the box office. In 2018, she signed on for four Malayalam films. [9] [4] [5]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef
2002 Nee Premakai Raaji Telugu
Chandu Vidya Kannada
2003 Kaadhal Kondein Divya Tamil Won - ITFA Best New Actress Award
Ooh La La Kannada
Dham PoojaTelugu
Success SwethaTamil
2004 Kovil Fathima Begum / Angel Devi
Madhurey Susheela
7G Rainbow Colony AnithaNominated – Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress
7G Brindhavan Colony Telugu
2005 Oru Kalluriyin Kathai JothiTamil
Oru Naal Oru Kanavu Maya Devi
2006 Thiruttu Payale Rosy / Saranya
Pudhupettai SelviNominated–Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
2011 Vaanam Zara
Sadhurangam Sandhya
2012 Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakkumoolam Anjali
Gruhanathan Anitha Malayalam
2014Amma Nanna OorelitheTeluguSpecial appearance
2015 Temper Doctor
Palakkattu Madhavan LakshmiTamil
Jamna Pyari DancerMalayalamCameo appearance in "Murugappa"
Ranna DancerKannadaSpecial appearance in "What Do What Not To Do"
2017SaayaTamil
Winner Mahendra Reddy's wifeTelugu
YevanavanPolice officerTamil
2018Theetta RappaiKochuthresiaMalayalam
2019 Thadam LakshmiTamil
Thanimai Yazhini
Ayogya Doctor
Dasharatha KousalyaKannada [10]
Queen RenganayagiTamilMX Player Web Series
2020Miya
2021 Red BharathiTelugu [11]
2022 KaypakkaMalayalam
Grandma TrishaTamil [12]
Ward 126 Jyothisri [13]
2023 Unnaal Ennaal [14]
Bagheera PriyamDeleted scenes [15]
Moondram Manithan
2024 Behindd†TBAMalayalamFilming [16]
TBAKadhalai Thedi Nithya Nandha†TBATamilFilming [17]
Sshhh†Professor KalyaniFilming [18] [19]

Television

YearTitleRoleChannel
2008–2009 Naanal Radhika Kalaignar TV
2013–2014 Malli Vinothini Puthuyugam TV
2016 Achcham Thavir Contestant STAR Vijay
2021 PaandavarIllam Guest role Sun TV
2021Ninaithale InikkumGuest role Zee Tamil
2022 Poove Unakkaga Guest role Sun TV
2022 Fall Malar Disney+ Hotstar [20]
2023Queen 2 +†TBAWeb series;

Filming

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