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In July 2017, the couple officially divorced. In September 2016, Soundarya revealed that she and her husband had filed for divorce by mutual consent due to irreconcilable differences. Soundarya married Ashwin Ramkumar, an industrialist, on 3 September 2010 at Rani Meyyammai Hall in Chennai. Soundarya is the younger daughter of actor Rajinikanth and his wife Latha. She founded Hoote, a social media platform that is based on voice messages. In 2019, She started a production company called May 6 Entertainment. Her next directorial venture was Velaiilla Pattadhari 2, shot in Tamil and Telugu languages. In 2016, she worked on the pre-production of a film titled Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam with Dhanush, Kajal Aggarwal and Manjima Mohan, but the film was later dropped. At the NDTV Indian of the Year awards 2014, she was honoured for "Technical Innovation In Film". Through Kochadaiiyaan, Soundarya earned the distinction of becoming the first woman to direct her father in a feature film. She instead directed Kochadaiiyaan, India's first motion capture film, with Rajinikanth in the lead role. Despite heavy pre-production promotion, including a teaser of the film and an interactive website, the film was dropped. Her directorial debut was supposed to be Sultan: The Warrior, a 3D animated film featuring her father Rajinikanth. In 2007, Ocher Studios signed an agreement with Warner Bros Entertainment to partner up in producing and distributing Tamil films. Soundarya Rajinikanth, born as Shaku Bai Rao Gaikwad did her childhood education in the Ashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Velachery, Chennai.