Sonia Agarwal

Sonia Agarwal
Sonia Agarwal
	Sonia Agarwal at audio launch
Born	28 March 1982 (age 43); Chandigarh, India
Occupations	Actress; Model;
Years active	2002–2009; 2011–present
Spouse	Selvaraghavan (m. 2006; div. 2010)
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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]

Agarwal's first Tamil film, Kaadhal Kondein with Dhanush, became a huge success and she was widely appreciated for her performance 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.^[7] 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]

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 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

Key
†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref
2002	Nee Premakai	Raaji	Telugu
2002	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	Anitha	Telugu
2005	Oru Kalluriyin Kathai	Jothi	Tamil
2005	Oru Naal Oru Kanavu	Maya Devi
2006	Thiruttu Payale	Rosy / Saranya
2006	Pudhupettai	Selvi		Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
2011	Vaanam	Zara
2011	Sadhurangam	Sandhya		Delayed release, Filmed in 2003
2012	Oru Nadigaiyin Vaakkumoolam	Anjali
2012	Gruhanathan	Anitha	Malayalam
2014	Amma Nanna Oorelithe	Dancer	Telugu	Special appearance in song
2015	Temper	Doctor	Telugu
	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
2020	Miya	Advocate Sonia
2021	Red	Bharathi	Telugu		^[15]
2022	Kaypakka		Malayalam
	Grandma	Trisha	Tamil		^[16]
	Ward 126	Jyothisri	Tamil		^[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	Behindd	Liya	Malayalam
2025	Gift		Tamil
TBA	Will	TBA	Tamil	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
2019	Queen	Renganayagi	MX Player	Web Series
2021	Paandavar Illam	Herself (Special Appearance)	Sun TV
2021	Ninaithale Inikkum	Guest role	Zee Tamil
2022	Fall	Malar	Disney+ Hotstar	^[22]
2024	Top Cooku Dupe Cooku (season 1)	Contestant	Sun TV	Eliminated Episode 5
2025	Kayal	Herself (Special Appearance)	Sun TV

References

^ "Life Chennai : Success for Sonia Agarwal". The Hindu. 19 May 2005.^{[dead link]}
^ "Sonia Agarwal, actor". The Hindu. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
^ "Heroines who fell for their directors". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Sonia Agarwal gets ready to work with her ex-husband Selvaraghavan for 'Pudhupettai 2'". The Times of India. 13 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "It's tough to stop laughing when Vivekh is around: Sonia Agarwal". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "I took Dr Kalam's advice and returned part-time to cinema: Vivekh". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
^ "Suryah jothika say no to itfa awards – Bollywood News". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.
^ "Sonia Aggarwal signs another film!". Sify. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
^ "Gayathri replaces Meenakshi in Villangam". Deccan Chronicle. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
^ "Sonia Agarwal debuts in Malayalam". 3 June 2011.
^ "Sonia Agarwal as Malli on Puthu Yugam". The Times of India. 15 March 2015.
^ "Directors want me to play the mother of a 35-year-old hero: Sonia Agarwal". Cinema Express. 13 May 2019.
^ "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku: From Chaitra Reddy winning the advantage to Sonia Agarwal's elimination - A look at major events". Times Of India (in Tamil). 18 June 2024.
^ "Dasharatha (2019) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ "Red (2021) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ "First look of Sonia Aggarwal-starrer Grandma out". Cinema Express. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "Sonia Aggarwal and Chandini's next titled Ward 126". The Times of India. 18 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
^ "Teaser of Prabhudheva-starrer Bagheera is here". Cinema Express. 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "Sonia Agarwal's 7/G To Release On July 5!". Times Now. 22 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Tamil anthology 'SSHHH…' wraps up shooting". The Times of India. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "A new Tamil anthology titled SSHHH". Cinema Express. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "First look of Siddharth Ramaswamy's upcoming web series 'Fall' released". The New Indian Express. 17 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022.

External links

Sonia Agarwal at IMDb
Sonia Agarwal at Bollywood Hungama

[thehindu.com-1] "Life Chennai : Success for Sonia Agarwal". The Hindu. 19 May 2005.^{[dead link]}

[thehindu.com1-2] "Sonia Agarwal, actor". The Hindu. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[3] "Heroines who fell for their directors". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[4] "Sonia Agarwal gets ready to work with her ex-husband Selvaraghavan for 'Pudhupettai 2'". The Times of India. 13 February 2024.

[Deccan_Chronicle-5] "It's tough to stop laughing when Vivekh is around: Sonia Agarwal". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[Deccan_Chronicle1-6] "I took Dr Kalam's advice and returned part-time to cinema: Vivekh". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[7] "Suryah jothika say no to itfa awards – Bollywood News". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.

[8] "Sonia Aggarwal signs another film!". Sify. 12 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

[9] "Gayathri replaces Meenakshi in Villangam". Deccan Chronicle. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

[10] "Sonia Agarwal debuts in Malayalam". 3 June 2011.

[11] "Sonia Agarwal as Malli on Puthu Yugam". The Times of India. 15 March 2015.

[12] "Directors want me to play the mother of a 35-year-old hero: Sonia Agarwal". Cinema Express. 13 May 2019.

[13] "Top Cooku Dupe Cooku: From Chaitra Reddy winning the advantage to Sonia Agarwal's elimination - A look at major events". Times Of India (in Tamil). 18 June 2024.

[14] "Dasharatha (2019) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[15] "Red (2021) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[16] "First look of Sonia Aggarwal-starrer Grandma out". Cinema Express. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[17] "Sonia Aggarwal and Chandini's next titled Ward 126". The Times of India. 18 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[18] "Teaser of Prabhudheva-starrer Bagheera is here". Cinema Express. 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[19] "Sonia Agarwal's 7/G To Release On July 5!". Times Now. 22 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

[20] "Tamil anthology 'SSHHH…' wraps up shooting". The Times of India. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[21] "A new Tamil anthology titled SSHHH". Cinema Express. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[22] "First look of Siddharth Ramaswamy's upcoming web series 'Fall' released". The New Indian Express. 17 September 2022. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022.

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Sonia Agarwal
Sonia Agarwal at audio launch
Born	(1982-03-28) 28 March 1982 (age 43) Chandigarh, India
Occupations	Actress Model
Years active	2002–2009 2011–present
Spouse	Selvaraghavan (m. 2006; div. 2010)