# Soundarya Bala Nandakumar

Soundarya Bala Nandakumar is an Indian singer and actress. She is known for playing Revathy in the Tamil television soap opera, Pagal Nilavu (9 May 2016 – 9 March 2019).

## Career

In 2010, Soundarya made her television debut as a contestant in Super Singer 3. She debuted as a singer with the film 6 Meluguvarthigal (2013). 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. Soundarya was featured singing "Thendral Vanthu" in Kabali (2016). 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 the upcoming Master saw the short and subsequently signed Soundarya to play a role in the film.

## Television

| Year | Film | Role | Channel | Notes |
| 2024 | Super Singer 10 | Guest performer | Star Vijay | Appeared in Isai Puyil Hits Round |
| 2010 - 2011 | Super Singer 3 | Contestant | Star Vijay | |
| 2014 | Super Singer 4 | Contestant | Star Vijay | |
| 2016 - 2018 | Pagal Nilavu | Revathy | Star Vijay | |
| 2016 | Super Singer 5 | Contestant | Star Vijay | Appears on Mini Series and Live Grand Finale |
| 2019 | Bigg Boss Tamil 3 | Guest | Star Vijay | Appears on Day 100 |
| 2021 | Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal | Bharathi | Zee Thamizh | Mega Thirumana Vaibhavam |

## Controversy

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

## Discography

| Year | Film | Song | Lyricist |
| 2013 | 6 | "Aagaayam Bhoomikellam", "Bigulu Bigulu" | V. Z. Durai |
| 2017 | Kodiveeran | "Kalavani" | Mohan Rajan |
| 2021 | Bhoomi | "Achamillai Achamillai" | Madhan Karky |
| 2022 | Nadhi | "Katheri Poovasam" | Yugabharathi |
| 2022 | Iravin Nizhal | "Kaayam" | R. Parthiban |
| 2024 | Lal Salaam | "Ther Thiruvizha" (additional vocals) | Vivek |

## Filmography

* All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |

### Films

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2016 | Kabali | Pub singer |
| 2021 | Master | College Staff |
| 2021 | Vanakkam Da Mappilei | Preeti |
| 2021 | Thittam Irandu | Pallavi |
| 2021 | Yennanga Sir Unga Sattam | Akshaya Ramanujam |
| 2023 | Sync | Madhu |

### Short films

| Year | Film | Role |
| 2018 | Yours Shamefully | Pallavi |
| 2018 | Pesuvadhu Kiliya Pennazhagu Mozhiya | Shwetha |
| 2019 | Yours Shamefully 2: Dhev Diya | Diya |
| 2020 | Yours Shamefully 2.5 Reloaded | Saranya |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Notes |
| 2017 | Vijay Television Awards | Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Actress | Pagal Nilavu | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Vijay Television Awards | Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair | Pagal Nilavu | Nominated | Nominated with Vignesh Karthick |
| 2018 | Vijay Television Awards | Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Actress | Pagal Nilavu | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Vijay Television Awards | Vijay Television Awards for Favourite Screen Pair | Pagal Nilavu | Nominated | Nominated with Vignesh Karthick |