Soundarya Bala Nandakumar


Soundarya Bala Nandakumar is an Indian singer and actress. She is known for playing Revathy in the television series Pagal Nilavu.

Career

In 2010, Nandakumar made her television debut as a contestant in Super Singer 3. She debuted as a singer with the film 6 Meluguvarthigal. In 2015, she debuted as one of the lead actress in the television series Pagal Nilavu after the makers of the series saw her performance in Super Singer. She garnered acclaim for her role as Revathy in the series, which went on to run for almost 700 episodes. In 2016, she took part in the Super Singer 5 Mini Series. Nandakumar was featured singing "Thendral Vanthu" in Kabali. She had previously sung that song on Super Singer. Her next song was "Kalavani" in Kodiveeran, which she co-sang with VV Prasanna. In The Times of India review of the film's soundtrack, the reviewer wrote that "A folk duet, Prasanna and Soundarya shine in this one". She later starred with Vignesh Karthick, her Pagal Nilavu co-star in the short film Yours Shamefully, which became viral upon release. The team of Master saw the short and subsequently signed Nandakumar to play a role in the film.

Controversy

In 2018, Syed Anwar and Sameera Sherief left Pagal Nilavu. Nandakumar told The Times of India how she influenced the makers of the series to give her more screen time. Later that year, Nandakumar and Vignesh Karthick left the series as it was hard to continue the series without two of the main characters.

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

As a singer

As an actor

; Films
YearFilmRole
2016KabaliPub singer
2020Master

; Television
YearFilmRoleChannelNotes
2010 - 2011Super Singer 3ContestantSTAR Vijay
2014Super Singer 4ContestantSTAR Vijay
2016 - 2018Pagal NilavuRevathySTAR Vijay
2016Super Singer 5ContestantSTAR VijayAppears on Mini Series and Live Grand Finale
2019Bigg Boss Tamil 3GuestSTAR VijayAppears on Day 100

; Short films
YearFilmRole
2018Yours ShamefullyPallavi
2018Pesuvadhu Kiliya Pennazhagu MozhiyaShwetha
2019Yours Shamefully 2: Dhev DiyaDiya
2020Yours Shamefully 2.5 ReloadedSaranya

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultNotes
2017Vijay Television AwardsVijay Television Awards for Favourite ActressPagal Nilavu
2017Vijay Television AwardsVijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen PairPagal NilavuNominated with Vignesh Karthick
2018Vijay Television AwardsVijay Television Awards for Favourite ActressPagal Nilavu
2018Vijay Television AwardsVijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen PairPagal NilavuNominated with Vignesh Karthick