Sudha Kongara Prasad

What draws me to Sudha Kongara is her stubborn craft. Born in Vijayawada, she carved out a serious directing career largely in Tamil cinema, a space not famously generous to women behind the camera, and earned a Best Director honor for a sweaty, underdog boxing drama. I respect filmmakers who wrestle with their material rather than chase spectacle, and she clearly belongs to that tribe. There's an Aries directness in how she charges at unglamorous, character-driven stories. I'm genuinely curious where her instincts take her next, and I trust she'll keep choosing grit over gloss.

Sudha Kongara Prasad, known professionally as Sudha Kongara, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil. She made her directorial debut with the Telugu film Andhra Andhagadu (2008), and in Tamil with Drohi (2010). In 2016, she directed the bilingual Irudhi Suttru (Saala Khadoos in Hindi) for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil.

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Name (English)

Sudha Kongara Prasad

Name (Japanese)

スダー・コーングラー

Reading

すだー・こーんぐらー

Born

March 29, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

Origin

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Blood type

Private

Height

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Agency

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Occupation

film director / screenwriter

Elementary school

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Junior high

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High school

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University

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Spouse

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Children

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Parents

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Siblings

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Motto

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Andhra Pradesh
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-02

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