The late actress Soundarya was a sensation two decades back. She created a benchmark in the Tollywood industry with her graceful acting skills. She entered the film industry three decades ago with the film “Manavarali Pelli”, and following that, she never looked back in her career. She gained an immense fan following in southern states, many people went to theatres just seeing her on the poster itself. Her popularity and fame couldn’t match any heroine in today’s generation. She remained one of the top actresses in the Tollywood industry.
According to the reports, she was one of the busiest actresses two decades back. All the top actors in the industry have worked with her and created blockbusters. Her most famous film, Ammoru, is a blockbuster film, and she gained an unstoppable craze from this film. According to the reports, this film is the highest budget for a lady-oriented story back in those days. This film’s budget was a hot topic when it was released.
Budget of Ammoru:
This film’s budget was around 1.80 crores, excluding promotions and other expenses. Including the promotions, this film was around 2 crores budget back then. The most expensive project on a lady-oriented film in the industry back then. Ammoru was Soundarya’s third film in her career, and she initially got a 45,000 paycheck as her remuneration.
According to the reports, this film took three years to complete the shoot and was released in 1995. This was a huge blockbuster film in the Tollywood industry with extreme profits for the producer Shyam Prasad Reddy. After the success of this film, producer Shyam Prasad Reddy offered one lakh rupees to Soundarya. But, it is said that she refused that money and requested him to give her a chance in such good films again.