In 2016, she directed the bilingual Irudhi Suttru (Saala Khadoos in Hindi) for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil.

[7][8][9][1][10] During the production of her first Tamil directorial venture Drohi (2010), Kongara began writing a sports drama film on boxing which was titled Irudhi Suttru.

[11] The pair had previously collaborated in Madhavan's films under the direction of Mani Ratnam, where Sudha had been an associate director.

Kongara's upcoming film, Parasakthi, is based on the 1965 anti Hindi protests in Tamil Nadu.

Suriya was originally set to collaborate with Kongara again, but now the film stars Sivakarthikeyan, alongside Atharvaa, Sreeleela, and Ravi Mohan.