Sonia Deepti (born 29 July 1984) is an Indian Telugu film actress, best known for her critically acclaimed performance as Shravs in the 2007 Sekhar Kammula

Sekhar Kammula

Sekhar Kammula is an award-winning Indian Film director, writer and producer from Telugu cinema.-Early life:Sekhar was schooled at St. Patrick's High School, Secunderabad. He completed his intermediate studies from St...

-directed blockbuster film Happy Days

Happy Days (2007 film)

Happy Days is a 2007 film directed by Sekhar Kammula. The film was very popular in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The target audience for this movie was primarily the engineering college students in these states...

, her maiden film itself.

Career

Sonia was born and brought up in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. After finishing her studies with a degree in computer applications, she worked as a software engineer

Software engineer

A software engineer is an engineer who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software, such as computer chips, work.- Overview :...

 in an IT company for three years, before she stepped into filmdom. At an event, she was spotted by Sekhar Kammula

Sekhar Kammula

Sekhar Kammula is an award-winning Indian Film director, writer and producer from Telugu cinema.-Early life:Sekhar was schooled at St. Patrick's High School, Secunderabad. He completed his intermediate studies from St...

, who gave her an acting offer, after seeing her performance in an audition. Accepting the offer, she made her acting debut in the 2007 Telugu film Happy Days

Happy Days (2007 film)

Happy Days is a 2007 film directed by Sekhar Kammula. The film was very popular in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The target audience for this movie was primarily the engineering college students in these states...

, enacting the role of Shravs. The film, upon release, became a stupendous blockbuster and won six awards at the 2008 Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...

, one of which was the Award for Best Supporting Actress

Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Telugu)

The Telugu Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films....

 for Sonia for her performance that fetched her rave reviews.

In late 2008, her second film Vinayakudu

Vinayakudu (film)

Vinayakudu is a 2008 Telugu comedy film written and directed by Sai Kiran Adivi. The film stars Krishnudu and Sonia of Happy Days fame in the lead roles and Poonam Kaur plays the role of Sonia's friend...

opposite Krishnudu

Krishnudu

Krishna, more commonly known as Krishnudu, is an actor in the Telugu film industry. He has mostly done supporting roles until Vinayakudu , where he was the male lead.-Background:...

, one of her co-actors in Happy Days, got released, which went on to become a successful venture as well. She soon got offers from the Tamil film industry as well and would debut in Tamil with the Lingusamy-directed romantic-action film Paiyaa and also awaiting the release of the film Inidhu Inidhu

Inidhu Inidhu

Inidhu Inidhu is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic film directed by cinematographer-turned-director K. V. Guhan, starring eight newcomers in lead roles. It is a remake of the successful, award-winning 2007 Telugu film Happy Days, which is produced by Prakash Raj under his banner of Duet Movies...

, a Tamil remake of Happy Days, in which she would reprise her role. Shooting for both films was carried out through 2008 and 2009, which were set to release for summer 2010. Sonia played a small role as Samantha

Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian film actress and model who appears in Telugu and Tamil films. Born to Malayali and Telugu parents, Samantha was brought up in Chennai and pursued a career in modeling during her late teens...

's friend in 2011 Telugu movie Dookudu

Dookudu

Dookudu is a 2011 Telugu action comedy romantic film directed by Sreenu Vaitla and distributed by 14 Reels Entertainment. The ensemble cast, stars Mahesh Babu and Samantha. The film was released on September 23, 2011, with the largest worldwide opening for a Telugu film...

.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2007	Happy Days Happy Days (2007 film) Happy Days is a 2007 film directed by Sekhar Kammula. The film was very popular in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The target audience for this movie was primarily the engineering college students in these states...	Shravs (Shravanthi)	Telugu Telugu language Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...	Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Telugu) Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award (Telugu) The Telugu Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films....
2008	Vinayakudu Vinayakudu (film) Vinayakudu is a 2008 Telugu comedy film written and directed by Sai Kiran Adivi. The film stars Krishnudu and Sonia of Happy Days fame in the lead roles and Poonam Kaur plays the role of Sonia's friend...	Kalpana	Telugu
2010	Paiyaa	Priya	Tamil Tamil language Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
	Inidhu Inidhu Inidhu Inidhu Inidhu Inidhu is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic film directed by cinematographer-turned-director K. V. Guhan, starring eight newcomers in lead roles. It is a remake of the successful, award-winning 2007 Telugu film Happy Days, which is produced by Prakash Raj under his banner of Duet Movies...	Shravs (Shravanthi)	Tamil	Remake of Happy Days Happy Days (2007 film) Happy Days is a 2007 film directed by Sekhar Kammula. The film was very popular in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. The target audience for this movie was primarily the engineering college students in these states...
	Brahmalokam to Yamalokam via Bhulokam	Swetha	Telugu
2011	Dookudu Dookudu Dookudu is a 2011 Telugu action comedy romantic film directed by Sreenu Vaitla and distributed by 14 Reels Entertainment. The ensemble cast, stars Mahesh Babu and Samantha. The film was released on September 23, 2011, with the largest worldwide opening for a Telugu film...		Telugu

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