Sonia Agarwal

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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 Kaadhal Kondein (2003), 7G Rainbow Colony (2004) and Pudhupettai (2006).[1][2]

Personal life

Born in Chandigarh, Sonia's mother tongue is Punjabi. Sonia married Selvaraghavan,[3] a director in Tamil cinema, in December 2006. She gave up acting after her marriage and resumed her career after their divorce in 2010.[4]

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.[5][6]

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Agarwal with Madhu Shalini and Varalakshmi Sarathkumar at CCL3.

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.[7]

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.[8] 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 failed 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.[5][6]

Her next releases were Sadhurangam, opposite Srikanth once again, in 2011 and Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakkumoolam in early 2012.[9][5][6]

Sonia Agarwal debuts in Malayalam with Mukesh titled Grihanathan (2012).[10] She plays the lead character in the Tamil mega serial Malli (2013-2014).[11] She starred with Vivek in the comedy drama Palakkattu Madhavan (2015).

In 2019, she was sees her play the mother of a younger Arun Vijay in Thadam. She starred in Dasharatha in Kannada with Ravichandran and had back-to-back releases in Tamil films Ayogya and Thanimai.[12]

Later, she was cast in lead roles such as Miya (2020), Grandma (2022), Unnaal Ennaal (2023) and 7/G (2024).

In 2024, she was a contestant in the comedy-cooking show Top Cooku Dupe Cooku and got eliminated in episode 5.[13]

Filmography

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Films

Year Title Role Language Notes Ref
2002 Nee Premakai Raaji Telugu
Chandu Vidya Kannada
2003 Kaadhal Kondein Divya Tamil Won, ITFA Best New Actress Award
Ooh La La Kannada
Dham Pooja Telugu
Success Swetha Tamil
2004 Kovil Fathima Begum / Angel Devi
Madhurey Susheela
7G Rainbow Colony Anitha Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress
7G Brindhavan Colony Telugu
2005 Oru Kalluriyin Kathai Jothi Tamil
Oru Naal Oru Kanavu Maya Devi
2006 Thiruttu Payale Rosy / Saranya
Pudhupettai Selvi Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
2011 Vaanam Zara
Sadhurangam Sandhya Delayed release, Filmed in 2003
2012 Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakkumoolam Anjali
Gruhanathan Anitha Malayalam
2014 Amma Nanna Oorelithe Dancer Telugu Special appearance in song
2015 Temper Doctor
Palakkattu Madhavan Lakshmi Tamil
Jamna Pyari Dancer Malayalam Cameo appearance in "Murugappa"
Ranna Dancer Kannada Special appearance in "What Do What Not To Do"
2017 Saaya Police inspector Tamil
Winner Mahendra Reddy's wife Telugu
Yevanavan Police officer Tamil
2018 Theetta Rappai Kochuthresia Malayalam
2019 Thadam Lakshmi Tamil
Dasharatha Kousalya Kannada [14]
Ayogya Doctor Tamil
Thanimai Yazhini
Queen Renganayagi MX Player Web Series
2020 Miya Advocate Sonia
2021 Red Bharathi Telugu [15]
2022 Kaypakka Malayalam
Grandma Trisha Tamil [16]
Ward 126 Jyothisri [17]
Sasanasabha Shyamala Bharath Telugu
2023 Unnaal Ennaal Parameshwari Tamil
Bagheera Priyam Deleted scenes [18]
Moondram Manithan Ramya
2024 7/G Manjula [19]
Seeran Church Sister
Sshhh Professor Kalyani [20][21]
2025 Will TBA Filming

Television

Year Title Role Channel Notes
2008–2009 Naanal Radhika Kalaignar TV
2013–2014 Malli Vinothini Puthuyugam TV
2016 Achcham Thavir Contestant STAR Vijay
2021 Paandavar Illam Guest role Sun TV
2021 Ninaithale Inikkum Guest role Zee Tamil
2022 Poove Unakkaga Guest role Sun TV
2022 Fall Malar Disney+ Hotstar [22]
2024 Top Cooku Dupe Cooku (season 1) Contestant Sun TV Eliminated Episode 5

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