Soundarya Rajinikanth is known as the younger daughter of the legendary actor Rajinikanth. |
Her parents hail from different states; her father, Rajinikanth, is Maharashtrian, while her mother, Latha Rangachari, is Tamilian. |
Soundarya attended the Ashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chennai, established by her mother in the late 1990s. |
She entered the Tamil film industry as a graphic designer and made her debut in 1999 by designing the title for the movie Padayappa. |
Apart from Padayappa, she has also designed title sequences for movies like Baba (2001), Chandramukhi (2005), and Sivaji (2007). |
Soundarya is the founder of Ocher Picture Productions, which partnered with Warner Bros Entertainment Inc in 2007 for Tamil film production and distribution. |
Her production house released its first movie, Goa, in 2010. |
Soundarya married Ashwin Ramkumar in September 2010; the couple later divorced in July 2017 and has a son named Ved Krishna. |
She was set to direct Sultan: The Warrior, a 3D animated film with her father, Rajinikanth, but the project was shelved. |
Her directorial debut was in 2014 with the film Kochadaiiyaan, making her the first Indian woman to direct her father in a feature film. |
Her brother-in-law is Dhanush, a popular actor in the South Indian film industry, who is married to her elder sister, Aishwarya R. Dhanush. |
Soundarya's second husband, Vishagan Vanangamudi, whom she married in 2019, is an actor and owns a pharmaceutical company in Chennai. |
She mentioned in an interview that Vishagan was referred to her by one of Rajinikanth’s friends, and despite initial doubts post her previous divorce, a spark ignited upon their first meeting leading to their marriage. |
At their wedding, Vishagan sought permission from Soundarya's son Ved, from her previous marriage, before marrying her, with plans to share the moment with Ved when he turns 18. |