Sonu Satheesh Kumar better known by her screen name Sonu, is an Indian actress and classical dancer acting mainly in

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television serials. The TV show ''Vaalkkannadi'' rose her to fame and popularity. She is known for her roles in ''

Sthreedhanam ''Sthreedhanam'' ( en, Dowry) was an Indian Malayalam-language television soap opera drama. The show premiered on Asianet channel and streaming on Hotstar from 2 July 2012 to 14 May 2016. Kannada actress Chithra Shenoy along with Divya Padmin ...

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Anbe Vaa ''Anbe Vaa'' () is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. The film stars M. G. Ramachandran and B. Saroja Devi, with S. A. Ashokan, Nagesh, T. R. Ramachandran, P. D. Sambandam, Manoram ...

''. She is a well trained

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dancer who has performed in several dance shows including Nishagandhi festival 2017. She hold Master's in Kuchipudi and diploma in Bharatanatyam and also conducts several dance workshops.

Biography

She is trained under Geetha Padmakumar, Parvathy Sasidharan and Job Thrissur in

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. She holds MA in Kuchipudi, Diploma in Bharatanatyam and currently pursuing doctoral degree in

. She has cleared UGC NET exam and is currently teaching in Sai Shivam School of Dance. She married IT engineer Ajay in 2017 at Guruvayur. Starting her career as a television host she made her debut through popular Malayalam serial ''Sreeguruvayurappan'' and made her debut as a lead in Tamil serial ''Anbe Vaa''. Her performance as the wicked vamp in the popular serial Sthreedhanam on Asianet made her a known figure on Malayalam TV. She also participated in a reality show ''Sundari Neeyum Sundaran Njaanum '' along with

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on Asianet.She has done a cameo appearance in

2 Harihar Nagar ''2 Harihar Nagar'' is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Lal and produced by P. N. Venugopal starring Mukesh, Siddique, Jagadish and Ashokan. It is the sequel to ''In Harihar Nagar'' (1990).The film ...

. She then appeared in a short film ; ''God Bless Nithya''.

Filmography

; Television career

References

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