Film director and screenwriter Sudha Kongara Prasad, better known by her professional as Sudha Kongara, is an Indian who primarily works in Tamil. The Tamil film Drohi marked her directorial debut. Her bilingual film Irudhi Suttru (also known as Saala Khadoos in Hindi) won her the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil in 2016. Later, in 2017, she directed the Telugu version of the movie, Guru.
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Sudha Kongara has worked in more than three languages during her career and has won two SIIMA Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, and two National Film Awards.
Sudha Kongara wrote the screenplay and directed Soorarai Pottru in 2020; the film was a nominee for a 78th Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Picture. The Shanghai International Film Festival’s Panorama Section included Soorarai Pottru. It took home five accolades at the 68th National Film accolades, including Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay for Sudha Kongara.
Sudha Kongara Early Life
Sudha Kongara was born into a Telugu-speaking household in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. Tamil Nadu’s Chennai is where Sudha was raised. She graduated from the Women’s Christian College in Chennai with a degree in mass communication and history.
Sudha Kongara Career
wrote the screenplay for the 2002 English movie Mitr, My Friend. Sudha Kongaraspent seven years working under Mani Ratnam as an associate director.
In the midst of directing her first Tamil film, Drohi (2010), Kongara started composing the script for Irudhi Suttru, a sports drama about boxing. Sudha Kongara approached Madhavan, who was taking a break from Tamil cinema, in the middle of 2013 to play the movie’s lead part, and his involvement elevated the project’s financial feasibility.
The two had previously worked together as associate directors on Madhavan’s films, which were directed by Mani Ratnam. Then, in Telugu, she recreated Irudhi Suttru as a Guru. Her next movie was Soorarai Pottru, which is based on the life of Captain GR Gopinath, the founder of Air Deccan. Suriya’s 2D Entertainment produced it, with Guneet Monga of Sikhya Entertainment serving as co-producer.
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