Manjula won the Filmfare Award as Best Actress for the Kannada film Deepa. She worked in more than 100 films in the Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu Film Industries all together. (1974), Bhakta Kumbara (1974), Sri Srinivasa Kalyana (1974), Daari Tappida Maga (1975), Pooja (1975), Veera Sindhura Lakshmana (1977), Janma Janmada Anubandha (1980), Maalai Sooda Vaa (1975), and many more. She later worked in the films Eradu Kanasu Click to look into! > Read More. Manjula made her debut as a lead actress with the film Yaara Sakshi (1972). She later worked as a child actor in the films Padhavidhara (1967) and Eradu Mukha (1969).
Manjula made her debut as a child actor with the Kannada film Mane Katti Nodu (1966).
After the death of the two siblings, the family members mother KS Manjula. Manjula later adopted a girl child and named her as Abhinaya. Soundarya's brother, KS Amarnath died in the same plane crash which claimed the life of the actress on April 17, 2004. She is married to Amritham, a Film Director who directed films like Kanasu Nanasu, Hudugaatada Hudugi, and a few more. Shivanna, and her mother’s name is Deveramma. Manjula was born on the 8th of November in the year 1954. She worked in the Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam Film Industries.