Indian tamil stories4/8/2024 ![]() ![]() “I was sidelined in my first film Drohi, which got a limited release and tanked. That is tougher than it sounds, she tells Forbes India over a video call from her office in Chennai, because in a male-dominated industry with powerful, high-profile stakeholders involved with every project, there are 50 different opinions that people have about how you should go about making your film. This true power is simply having the choice to make whatever films she wants to make, in the way she wants to make them. After two decades in the entertainment business, starting as a screenwriter, then as an assistant director to Mani Ratnam and eventually at the helm of her own films, Kongara believes that now is the time she has attained true power in the Tamil cinema industry. ‘Being a woman, you have made such a brilliant film’ is a backhanded compliment that often comes Sudha Kongara’s way. Image: Balaji Gangadharan for Forbes India ![]() ![]() Sudha Kongara Prasad, an film director and screenwriter ![]()
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