Sonia Agarwal

“Devathaiyai Kanden” from Kadhal Konden. One of my favorite song, and hopefully, one of yours too. If you’d like to see more videos, leave a comment.

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In my opinion, Kadhal Konden is one of the best movies ever. Now, I know it is an “adaptation” of the German movie Klassenfahrt. And a couple of songs from the movie were awfully similar to or lifted shamelssly from little-known songs. But, but, but! It is still one of my few favorite movies, and I own this blog, so I can write whatever the heck I want here.

I like the movie so much, and add to that it is the first movie Sonia Agarwal starred - and I get so much to write about the movie I can’t fit it all in one post. I hold the movie very close to my heart, and even after three long years since the movie released, I still remember each and every scene, beginning to end. I am going to dedicate an entrie section of this website to this special movie very soon. Until then, enjoy the other posts.

First of all, you should know I am biased. I am fan of Sonia Agarwal, and I probably wouldn’t have bothered to watch the movie if she weren’t in it. That said, I was pleasantly surprised. Sonia Agarwal does not play much of a role, though.

The movie has an interesting story line, a nicely knitted screenplay, and a touch of realism, aptly supported by impressive performances by Jeevan and Malavika. And a wee bit more glamor than Susi Ganesan’s previous movies. It’s an adults-only movie, by the way.

Manickam (Jeevan) is your typical spoilt-in-the-childhood kid, who grows up to be a nuisance to his parents. He is rude, uncouth, and breaks a bottle on his brother’s head for a trivial reason. Having had enough, his parents decide to send him to Chennai, to live with his uncle, whom he inexplicably respects. In Chennai, he accidentally watches a rich couple Ramesh (Abbas) and Roopini (Malavika) making out in a golf field. When he comes to know that it is, after all, a relationship outside marriage, he captures the act on video and blackmails Roopini. Left with no choice, she showers him with loads of money, and even sends him to Australia on a vacation.

Manickam meets Rosy (Sonia Agarwal) in Australia, and instantly falls in love with her. But unfortunately for him, Rosy disappears and it turns out to be a trap set by Roopini, who demands the tape in return for Rosy. The movie unfolds to show if Manickam would give up money for Rosy.

Sonia Agarwal looks great, and so does Malavika. Vivek handles humor, and carries it off in his own style pretty well. Songs are easy to forget. The director Susi Ganesan plays a cameo as Sivaraj’s (Malavika’s husband) friend. And it’s way better than Perarasu’s cameo in Tirupathi. For that matter, Thiruttu Payale is waaaaay better than Tirupathi. Check it out.

Pudupettai was supposed to release on April 14 for Tamil New Year, but unfortunately, it didn’t. Well, I guess we’ll have to wait a bit more to see another Sonia Agarwal - Selvaraghavan combo. Both Kadhal Konden and 7G Rainbow Colony were huge hits and Selva brought out the best of Sonia Agarwal’s acting skills.

Some pictures from Pudupettai.

Some lucky dude managed to take a picture of Sonia Agarwal, live!

Photo courtesy: Dreampics on Flickr.

This is from Thiruttu Payale too. This is one movie you should watch - for Sonia, if not for anything else!

More pictures from Thiruttu Payale. She looks stunningly beautiful! I really don’t care what other people think!

Our own gorgeous angel, in Thiruttu Payale.

If you live in Chennai, you have heard it. Sonia Agarwal and Selvaraghavan are going around. They are getting married soon. They are already married. Well, there’s no official news yet, but both Sonia and Selva have denied the matter for long, dismissing them as baseless rumors. There also have been reports that Selvaraghavan has admitted that they are in love and would get married in a year. (If that’s true, Selva’s a lucky man!).

Recently, there was news that Sonia, after all, has married Selva and that’s why she hasn’t been in too many movies lately. Sonia Agarwal, participating in the audio launch of “Vettayadu Vilayaadu”, Kamal’s latest movie, denied the allegations. She said lack of interestring scripts is why she is not acting in a lot of movies.

“Thiruttu Payale”, starring Jeevan (of University and Kaaka Kaaka fame) and Sonia Agarwal, released for Tamil New Year on April 14, 2006. Sonia Agarwal plays Rosy, a cosmopolitan girl, who lives in Australia, and who Jeevan falls in love with. She “oozes with glamour” in the first half, and I am sure it will be a treat to our eyes.

Susi Ganesan, director, says Sonia Agarwal was so impressed with the script she decided to be part of the movie despite her busy schedule. From what we have seen in Five Star, Susi Ganesan’s last movie, and given that there have been only three movies released on Tamil New Year (Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu and Tirupathi are the other two), and one of them - I need not mention which - will be nobody’s competition, let’s hope Thiruttu Payale does good business and keeps Sonia Agarwal in the race.

Welcome to the Sonia Agarwal blog. As you may have guessed by now, I am a big fan of Sonia Agarwal, and this is my little place on the web dedicated to the beautiful actress. I have collected a large number of resources - pictures, videos, interview transcripts, biography information - and I intend to put all that up here pretty soon. If you’re a fan, drop me a comment or a suggestion.

For others who have no idea who Sonia Agarwal is, or what the heck this website is about, here’s a short introduction:

Sonia Agarwal is a popular South Indian actress shot to fame with her debut in the Tamil movie Kadhal Konden (2003). Since then, she has acted in several Tamil and Telugu movies, and is often rumored to have been in love with Selvaraghavan, a talented, young director, who introduced her in Kadhal Konden, and cast her in his follwing movies, 7G Rainbow Colony, and the yet unreleased Pudupettai. Both Kadhal Konden and 7G Rainbow Colony were huge hits and wonderfully displayed the acting prowess of this young, beautiful girl. For more information, check out her biography.