Soundarya Rajinikanth facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Soundarya Rajinikanth
Soundarya in 2017
Born	Shaku Bai Rao Gaikwad (1984-09-20) 20 September 1984 (age 40) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (present-day Chennai)
Occupation	Graphic designer, Film producer, Film director
Years active	2002–present
Spouse(s)	Ashwin Ramkumar ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2017)​ Vishagan Vanangamudi ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	2
Parents	Rajinikanth (father) Latha Rajinikanth (mother)
Relatives	see Rajinikanth family

Soundarya Rajinikanth (born Shaku Bai Rao Gaikwad; 20 September 1984) is an Indian graphic designer, film producer, and film director. She mostly works on movies in Tamil cinema.

Soundarya started her own company called Ocher Picture Productions. She began her career in films as a graphic designer. She created the opening titles for movies that starred her father, Rajinikanth. Later, she became a film producer with the movie Goa (2010). She made her first movie as a director with Kochadaiyaan (2014).

Soundarya's Career Journey

Soundarya Rajinikanth, whose birth name is Shaku Bai Rao Gaikwad, went to school in Chennai. She studied at the Ashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Velachery.

In 2007, her company, Ocher Studios, made a deal with Warner Bros. Entertainment. They planned to work together to make and release Tamil films. Soundarya was going to direct a 3D animated movie called Sultan: The Warrior. Her father, Rajinikanth, was set to be the main character. Even though they promoted the film a lot, it was later canceled.

Directing and Innovations

Instead of Sultan: The Warrior, Soundarya directed Kochadaiiyaan. This movie was special because it was India's first motion capture film. Motion capture is a technology that records the movements of actors and uses them to animate digital characters. Rajinikanth played the main role in this film.

With Kochadaiiyaan, Soundarya became the first woman to direct her own father in a feature film. In 2014, she received an award for "Technical Innovation In Film" at the NDTV Indian of the Year awards. This award recognized her creative use of technology in movies.

In 2016, Soundarya started working on a film called Nilavukku En Mel Ennadi Kobam. Actors like Dhanush, Kajal Aggarwal, and Manjima Mohan were part of the project. However, this film was also later stopped. It was restarted in 2023, but Soundarya was not involved anymore. Her next movie as a director was Velaiilla Pattadhari 2. This film was made in both Tamil and Telugu languages.

In 2019, she started another production company named May 6 Entertainment. She also created Hoote, which is a social media app. This app lets people share messages using only their voice.

About Soundarya's Family

Soundarya is the younger daughter of the famous actor Rajinikanth. Her mother is Latha Rajinikanth. Soundarya has an older sister named Aishwarya Rajinikanth.

Soundarya married Ashwin Ramkumar on 3 September 2010 in Chennai. Ashwin is a businessman. They had a son together on 6 May 2015. In 2016, Soundarya shared that she and Ashwin were getting a divorce. They officially divorced in July 2017.

She later married Vishagan Vanangamudi on 11 February 2019. Vishagan is an actor and businessman. Their second son, Veer, was born in 2022.

Soundarya's Film Work

Soundarya has worked on many films as a graphic designer, producer, and director.