Director Sudha Kongara Rues Dad Not There to See Her Triumph

CHENNAI, (IANS) – Director Sudha Kongara, whose ‘Soorarai Pottru’ featuring actors Suriya and Aparna Bala in the lead, walked away with as many as five National Awards, on July 26 issued a heartfelt statement of gratitude, in which she called her audience ‘Gods’ who kept her going.

The director said, “The journey of this film started with my dad passing away. The last image of father that I carry is of him gesturing to me from his bed to come to him as I stood in the doorway. I went back and added this as a scene in ‘Soorarai Pottru’. As filmmakers, I guess most of us are finally just greedy voyeurs looking for those moments in our lives to put into our films. Thank you, dad, for the many moments from our lives I’ve put into ‘Soorarai Pottru’. My only regret at this moment of winning the awards is you not being there to see it.

She added, “Thank you to my guru. What am I Mani sir without all that you have taught me? A zero. Thank you, Captain Gopinath, and Surya. To you sirs… one for entrusting me with his life story and the other for living it on screen.”