Meet actress, who became overnight star at 20, worked with Kamal Haasan, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, was arrested for prostitution; Her name is...
There is one such heroine who gained tremendous popularity from her debut film. She shared the screen with almost all the south stars like Kamal Haasan, Balakrishna, Prabhas, NTR, Mahesh Babu. But she did not get recognition. You must be wondering who the heroine is. The name of this actress is Sukanya. Today's generation may not know about her, but at one time, she was a top actress. She is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and has worked as a composer and lyricist. As a voice actress, she is known as the voice of Nandita Das in Kannathil Muthamittal (2002).
Sukanya made her debut in the Tamil movie Pudhu Nellu Pudhu Naathu (1991). She gained fame through films like Chinna Gounder (1992), Senthamizh Paattu (1992), Walter Vetrivel (1993), Mahanadhi (1994) and Indian (1996). Her contribution to Telugu cinema started with 1992's Peddarikam.
Sukanya married R. Sridhar, a software engineer based in New Jersey in 2003, but filed for divorce less than a year later, alleging domestic abuse.
One incident in her life changed everything. She was allegedly involved in prostitution and was also arrested in Chennai's five-star hotel. Various other reports suggest that the news is a fake. Reportedly, this entire police case happened in 2014, and it was a Bengali actress with the same name Sukanya, was caught in prostitution. Sukanya also claimed that she was framed and had not done anything wrong.
On the work front, Sukanya played the mother of Mahesh Babu, and wife of Prakash Raj in the movies. There was an important role in the film Adhinayakudu with Balakrishna Nandamuri too.
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