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Filmography —
directed, produced, designed.

Four features as director or producer, ten as graphic designer, two acting appearances and two projects that never reached a screen. Each entry below is a verified credit.

No film posters or artwork are reproduced here. Every title is presented as an original typographic plate — a nod to the craft the career began in.

As director and producer

Four films, four different jobs.

Zion Films2026
With
Love Producer
TamilFeature

With Love

2026 · Producer · Tamil

Soundarya’s first production under Zion Films, the banner she founded in 2025, made together with MRP Entertainment. The film was launched in Chennai on 24 November 2025; Rajinikanth released the title teaser.

It marks the first lead role for Abishan Jeevinth, the director of Tourist Family, opposite Anaswara Rajan.

Role
Producer
Production
Zion Films with MRP Entertainment
Producers
Soundarya Rajinikanth, Pasilian Nazerath, Magesh Raj Pasilian
Director
Madhan
Cast
Abishan Jeevinth, Anaswara Rajan
Music
Sean Roldan
Cinematography
Shreyaas Krishna
Launched
24 November 2025, Chennai
Soundarya Rajinikanth in a navy floral kurta at a recent film event in Chennai
At a film event during the current production cycle.
V Creations · Wunderbar2017
Velaiilla
Pattadhari 2 Director · Screenwriter
Tamil · Telugu · Hindi11.08.2017

Velaiilla Pattadhari 2

2017 · Director & screenwriter · Tamil, Telugu, Hindi

Soundarya’s second film as director, and her first in live action. She wrote the screenplay from a story by Dhanush, taking over the sequel to Velaiilla Pattadhari from its original director.

Casting Kajol as the antagonist returned her to Tamil cinema after twenty years — her first Tamil role since Minsara Kanavu in 1997. The film opened in Tamil on 11 August 2017, followed by Hindi and Telugu releases the same month.

Role
Director and screenwriter
Story
Dhanush
Producers
Kalaipuli S. Thanu and Dhanush
Production
V Creations, Wunderbar Films
Cast
Dhanush, Kajol, Amala Paul, Samuthirakani, Saranya Ponvannan, Vivek
Music
Sean Roldan; theme music by Anirudh Ravichander
Cinematography
Sameer Thahir
Editing
Prasanna GK
Release
11 August 2017 (Tamil) · 18 August (Hindi) · 25 August (Telugu)
Soundarya Rajinikanth in a maroon blazer promoting Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 in Delhi
Promoting VIP 2 in Delhi, 2017.
Soundarya Rajinikanth in a maroon blazer at a press event for the film
At a press event for the release.
Eros · Media One · Cinemorphic2014
Kochadaiiyaan Director · Graphic Designer
Six languages23.05.2014

Kochadaiiyaan

2014 · Director & graphic designer · Six languages

Her directorial debut, and India’s first photorealistic motion-capture film. Performance capture was carried out at Pinewood Studios in London, with animation completed across the United States, Hong Kong and China.

Rajinikanth played a triple role — Kochadaiiyaan, Rana and Senadheeran — making Soundarya the first woman to direct her father in a feature film. Deepika Padukone made her Tamil debut as Princess Vadhana Devi. The film opened simultaneously in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi.

Critics divided over the animation and the film did not recover its reported ₹125 crore budget. Its technical ambition was recognised at the NDTV Indian of the Year awards, where Soundarya was honoured for Technical Innovation in Film.

Role
Director and graphic designer
Technology
Photorealistic performance capture — a first for Indian cinema
Screenplay
K. S. Ravikumar
Producers
Sunil Lulla, Sunanda Murali Manohar, Prashita Chaudhary
Production
Eros International, Media One Global Entertainment, Cinemorphic
Cast
Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone, R. Sarathkumar, Aadhi, Jackie Shroff, Nassar, Shobana
Music
A. R. Rahman
Sound design
Resul Pookutty
Action
Peter Hein
Costumes
Neeta Lulla
Release
23 May 2014 — Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi
Soundarya Rajinikanth in a black and gold outfit standing in front of the Kochadaiiyaan artwork backdrop
At a Kochadaiiyaan event, in front of the film’s artwork.
Soundarya Rajinikanth in a grey jacket beside her father Rajinikanth at a Kochadaiiyaan promotional event
With Rajinikanth during promotion for the film.
Ocher Picture Productions2010
Goa Producer
TamilProduction debut

Goa

2010 · Producer · Tamil

Soundarya’s debut as a film producer, made under Ocher Picture Productions — the production banner she founded and owns.

It marked the point at which her role in a film moved upstream, from being commissioned to make its images to deciding that it would be made at all.

Role
Producer — debut as a film producer
Production
Ocher Picture Productions
Year
2010

As graphic designer

Ten films, credited for the way they introduce themselves.

1999

Padayappa

Title sketch. Her first screen credit.

2002

Baba

Title sequence.

2005

Chandramukhi

Graphic design. Also the first project completed by Ocher Studios.

2005

Anbe Aaruyire

Graphic design.

2005

Sivakasi

Graphic design.

2005

Majaa

Graphic design.

2005

Sandakozhi

Graphic design.

2007

Chennai 600028

Graphic design.

2007

Sivaji

Title sequence.

2014

Kochadaiiyaan

Graphic design, alongside directing the film.

Inside the design practice

Other credits & unrealised projects

The rest of the record.

2008 Kuselan Cameo appearance as herself, in the song “Cinema Cinema”.
2014 Kochadaiiyaan Uncredited appearance as a dancer in the song “Engae Pogutho Vaanam”.
Unreleased Sultan: The Warrior A 3D animated feature developed at Ocher Studios with Rajinikanth voicing the lead, co-produced with Adlabs Films. A teaser was released and pre-production advanced; the film was dropped.
Unreleased Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam Entered pre-production in 2016 with Dhanush, Kajal Aggarwal and Manjima Mohan attached, and was dropped. The title was revived in 2023 by other filmmakers, without her involvement.

This filmography lists only credits that can be confirmed from published sources. Where a role, date or collaborator could not be verified, it has been omitted rather than inferred.

Beyond the films: studios, companies and a platform.

Ocher Studios, May6 Entertainment, Hoote and Zion Films.

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