Tamil superstar Rajnikanth's younger daughter, who was hidden from the public eye all these years.
The girl had her first brush with the media recently when she inaugurated a centre run by her mother, the Ashram School of Multimedia and Graphics.
Soundarya, who can give most Tamil movie heroines a run for their money, arrived with her mother Latha.
Latha said her daughter has always been a creative personality. Which is why Soundarya heads the Ashram's new venture.
Soundarya, Latha added, is doing a course in art in Australia. She has taken a break to set up this centre.
Soundarya read out a brief statement in clipped English which her mother translated into Tamil for the benefit of the Tamil press.
Text: Shobha Warrier. Photograph: Sreeram Selvaraj