Currently, Sudha Kongara is one of the bankable directors from the South film industry. Made her directional debut with the 2008 Telugu film, Andhra Andagadu, Sudha Kongara shifts her base to Tamil cinema later and has been directing films in Tamil. In 2016, Sudha Kongara caught everyone’s attention with her Tamil-Hindi bilingual project, Irudhi Suttru( Saala Khadoos in Hindi).
For the film, Sudha Kongara won the Filmfare Award for Best Director( Tamil). Later, she directed Irudhi Suttru in Telugu as Guru in 2017. Starring Venkatesh in the lead role, the film did well at the Telugu box office. In 2020, Sudha Kongara’s directional project, Soorarai Pottru with Tamil star Suriya had a direct-to-OTT release on Amazon Prime Video. Touted as a biopic on the Air Deccan founder GR Gopinath which received tremendous applause from all quarters.
Sudha later directed Netflix a sequence in the 2020 web series, Paava Kadhaigal. Currently, Sudha Kongara is directing the Hindi remake of Soorarai Pottru. The film has Akshay Kumar in the lead role. The film’s shooting is underway at a fast pace.
Meanwhile, the latest news is that Sudha Kongara is planning to make a film on the life story of reputed business entrepreneur Ratan Tata. News is also that either Suriya or Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has high chances to play the titular role in the film. More details regarding the film are awaited.
