Top 33 Sudha Kongara Quotes

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

There is a deep sense of satisfaction in knowing that you know how to do your job and can go on to the next film with confidence.

Thanks to the magic word ‘success,’ which changes anyone’s fortunes for good, I am not the same Sudha as I was seven years ago.

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

While working on ‘Yuva,’ I wanted Suriya to be the best among all the three actors in the film. I have always loved him as an actor.

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

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

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

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

I interviewed around 20 women boxers and all of them told me they learnt boxing to get a job. At one point, I asked one boxer if she had the passion for sports. She told me ‘put some food in my belly and I’ll talk about passion.’

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

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

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

Chennai has changed a lot. I knew Adyar as a village which has now become the heart of the metropolis. But my heart still beats for the old Madras.

Each story in ‘Paava Kadhaigal’ explores human relationships from a perspective that it has never been looked at before – how far would one go in the name of honor.

We are a film-crazy family.

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

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

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

Cooking is my vice.

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

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

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

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

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

I have made an honest attempt in ‘Drohi.’ Thanks to the support from the producer Mano Akkineni and the lessons I learnt from Mani sir, the film has come out well.

I adore Vetri’s work since ‘Polladhavan;’ I have even called him in the middle of the night to tell him what an amazing film he has made.

Even now I stay in a small village called Nanmangalam near Pallavaram. The place is so calm and beautiful and it is close to the city too. So I have no problems in living there.

The other day, someone told me that all my life I will be telling the stories of underdogs. Their stories always appeal to me.

It really feels special to know that ‘Irudhi Suttru’ has been selected to be screened at Tokyo Film Festival. I see this honor as an impetus to continue doing my good work.

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

I wrote ‘Paava Kadhaigal’ the same way I wrote my feature films ‘Irudhi Sutru’ or ‘Soorarai Potru.’ I was more honest in this film rather, because you can afford to be real and get away with it.

The traits I picked from my conversation with Captain Gopinath was his honesty. He was completely possessed at each stage by what he was doing. When he was in the army, he was possessed there. He was possessed when he started Udupi hotel or while doing agriculture. He is a perfectionist and he is very impatient.