Sudha Kongara

Sudha Kongara is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil and Telugu cinema.[1]

Sudha Kongara
Kongara at Irudhi Suttru Thanks Giving Meet
OccupationFilm director
Screenwriter
Years active2002–present

In 2016, she directed Irudhi Suttru (Saala Khadoos in Hindi) for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil. She also directed the film's Telugu remake, Guru (2017).

Career

Sudha Kongara worked as a screenwriter for the English film Mitr, My Friend (2002).[2] She worked as associate director for seven years with Mani Ratnam.[3][4][5]

During the production of her first Tamil directorial venture Drohi (2010), Kongara began writing a sports drama film on boxing which was titled Irudhi Suttru. In mid-2013, she approached Madhavan, who was on a sabbatical from Tamil films, to portray the lead role in the film and his presence in the project, helped take the financial viability of the venture to a higher level.[6] The pair had previously collaborated in Madhavan's films under the direction of Mani Ratnam, where Sudha had been an associate director.[7] She then remade Irudhi Suttru in Telugu as Guru. Her next film was Soorarai Pottru which is based on life of Air Deccan founder Captain GR Gopinath feature and it is produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment and co-produced by Guneet Monga of Sikhya Entertainment.[8][9]

Filmography
Year Film Director Screenwriter Language Notes
2002Mitr, My FriendNoYesEnglish
2010DrohiYesYesTamilDirectorial debut[10]
2016Irudhi Suttru /
Saala Khadoos		YesYesTamil
Hindi		Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil[11]
2017 Guru Yes Yes Telugu
2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Yes Yes Tamil Anthology film; segment Ilamai Idho Idho; Amazon Prime film [12]
2020 Soorarai Pottru Yes Yes Tamil Amazon Prime film
2020 Paava Kadhaigal Yes Yes Tamil Netflix Anthology film; segment : Thangam [13]

References
  1. "Changing gears successfully". The Hindu. 3 September 2002. Archived from the original on 7 May 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2006.
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/did-you-know/Sudha-Kongara-made-her-film-debut-with-Mitr-My-Friend/articleshow/51209311.cms
  3. https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Intriguing-features/article15910019.ece
  4. "The girl brigade of Tamil cinema - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Movie Slide Shows - Drohi - Sudha - Anjana - Suhasini Mani Ratnam - Revathy - Priya - Madhumita - J S Nandhini".
  5. "Saala Khadoos Director on Mani Ratnam and Rajkumar Hirani". NDTVMovies.com.
  6. Gupta, Rinku (16 December 2014). "Madhavan's New Boxer Look Revealed". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  7. "Hollywood Ho! - Hosur". The Hindu. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  8. "Suriya's next with director Sudha Kongara titled 'Soorarai Pottru'". The News Minute. 13 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. "Suriya is best actor in our country: Guneet Monga". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. "Mani Ratnam's assistant debuts as director". Rediff. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  11. "Winners of the 64th Jio Filmfare Awards of Indian Cinema(South)". Filmfare.com. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  12. "'Putham Pudhu Kaalai': Amazon Prime Video announces anthology of five Tamil short films". Cinema Express. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  13. "Netflix announces its first Tamil film; Gautham Menon, Vetri Maaran, Vignesh Shivan, Sudha Kongara to direct". First Post. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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