Sudha Kongara

There is a cheat inside everyone.

— Sudha Kongara

Cooking is my vice.

— Sudha Kongara

We are a film-crazy family.

— Sudha Kongara

I can't make a movie where I can't learn. I'd die of boredom.

— Sudha Kongara

I think direction per se is your voice, your style.

— Sudha Kongara

A director is a director. Man or woman should matter little.

— Sudha Kongara

Directing a movie is one of the toughest tasks.

— Sudha Kongara

I used to be a huge fan of Francis Ford Coppola.

— Sudha Kongara

I've been in the industry for 17 years. I am over that phase of wanting my first watch, car etc.

— Sudha Kongara

I love Aparna Sen. I've watched '36 Chowringhee Lane' too many times to count.

— Sudha Kongara

There is a deep sense of satisfaction in knowing that you know how to do your job and can go on to…

— Sudha Kongara

Directing Suriya is a joy. He was my first and last choice for the role of Capt. Gopinath.

— Sudha Kongara

While working on 'Yuva,' I wanted Suriya to be the best among all the three actors in the film. I have always…

— Sudha Kongara

'Drohi' is a thriller, quite action-oriented, at times, even violent, but blood will not be spilt at the drop of a hat.

— Sudha Kongara

There's so much drama in the lives of boxers. It's a contact sport and everyday they beat up people for a living.

— Sudha Kongara

I have this huge dossier on sports that I had collected over 10 years. Every human interest story has been cut out…

— Sudha Kongara

I wrote 'Paava Kadhaigal' the same way I wrote my feature films 'Irudhi Sutru' or 'Soorarai Potru.' I was more honest in…

— Sudha Kongara

Every year, I go to Suriya's house to tie Rakhi on Raksha Bandhan. On one such day, he asked me if I…

— Sudha Kongara

I interviewed around 20 women boxers and all of them told me they learnt boxing to get a job. At one point,…

— Sudha Kongara

Even now I stay in a small village called Nanmangalam near Pallavaram. The place is so calm and beautiful and it is…

— Sudha Kongara

You can never predict success. You can never predict another person liking what you are doing. But if you are an interesting…

— Sudha Kongara

It really feels special to know that 'Irudhi Suttru' has been selected to be screened at Tokyo Film Festival. I see this…

— Sudha Kongara

I myself have been an underdog. I never got anything easy in the film industry.

— Sudha Kongara

I adore Vetri's work since 'Polladhavan;' I have even called him in the middle of the night to tell him what an…

— Sudha Kongara

I've lived in Chennai from childhood. But, honestly, I didn't know the Royapuram side at all.

— Sudha Kongara

It's easier to lose weight and have a physique of a 19-year-old, but it's not easy to look 19.

— Sudha Kongara

Mani is not just my Godfather. He is almost like a father to me.

— Sudha Kongara

If at all I make films till I die, I want to make ones that last.

— Sudha Kongara

I'd love to take up organic vegetable gardening, do anything that involves learning.

— Sudha Kongara

It's criminal to make a film and not see it release.

— Sudha Kongara

Our country is one of the youngest in the world. Our youngsters need to be told inspirational stories.

— Sudha Kongara

After watching 'Pagal Nilavu' I decided Mani Ratnam should be my mentor and joined him.

— Sudha Kongara

I have been a huge fan of Gautham; I remember him editing 'Kaakha Kaakha' and I used to pray for it to…

— Sudha Kongara

I loved Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty;' my favorite films are 'The Godfather,' 'Kill Bill: Volume 2'... I dig Tarantino's works.

— Sudha Kongara

I have made an honest attempt in 'Drohi.' Thanks to the support from the producer Mano Akkineni and the lessons I learnt…

— Sudha Kongara

Personally, I like narrating stories that revolve around something new. I'd find it very boring otherwise.

— Sudha Kongara

Chennai has changed a lot. I knew Adyar as a village which has now become the heart of the metropolis. But my…

— Sudha Kongara

Each story in 'Paava Kadhaigal' explores human relationships from a perspective that it has never been looked at before - how far…

— Sudha Kongara

I revisit stories and see if they are still living and breathing, because if you do a film you live with that…

— Sudha Kongara

Thanks to the magic word 'success,' which changes anyone's fortunes for good, I am not the same Sudha as I was seven…

— Sudha Kongara