Bandreddi Sukumar (born 11 January 1970) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who works in Telugu cinema.

[3] Before entering the film industry, Sukumar worked as a mathematics and physics lecturer at a junior college in Kakinada for nearly seven years.

[9] Sukumar began working on the script of his directorial debut, Arya (2004), in Visakhapatnam before joining the sets of Dil (2003).

[12] Sukumar chose to narrate the story of a boy who confesses his love to a girl right in the beginning of the story, as opposed to films like Darr (1993), Kabhie Haan Kabhie Naa (1994), and Kaadhal Kondein (2003), where the protagonist's love/obsession for the female lead is revealed towards the end, as he found that idea an "obsolete" one.

[9] Raju was impressed with Sukumar's script and Allu Arjun was selected as the protagonist after considering the likes of Ravi Teja, Nithin, and Prabhas.

[16] Sukumar then began working on the script of Jagadam (2007), a crime film starring Ram Pothineni and Isha Sahni.

Unlike Arya, Jagadam focused more on violence and in an interview with South Scope, Sukumar called the film an "act of bravado", adding that he "made it with an innocent passion", without thinking about the audience's response.

It featured Allu Arjun, Kajal Aggarwal, and Navdeep in the lead roles and narrated the story of Arya, a psychotic orphan whose love for his childhood friend, Ajay, and his colleague, Geetha, is never reciprocated.

Sukumar envisioned the film's concept 15 years ago, which dealt with the simple conflicts couples face and the way they solve them, and made changes based on the technological and behavioural developments of the students in the colleges.

[9] 100% Love featured Naga Chaitanya and Tamannaah in the lead roles and was produced by Allu Aravind and Bunny Vasu.

[32][33] While Suresh Kavirayani of Deccan Chronicle opined that Sukumar "fails to deliver" and the story is "run of the mill",[34] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu stated, "Habitual to watching films that begin with a great premise only to fall into the commercial trap of force-fit comic situations, it comes as a relief when Sukumar laces the psychological thriller with subtle wit that never takes the focus away from the plot".

[37] Upon its release, the short film received viral response online and was acclaimed by many including celebrities for its concept and execution.

[38] Following the demise of his father Tirupathi Naidu, Sukumar decided to direct Nannaku Prematho starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Rakul Preet Singh in the lead roles.

[41] An above average grosser at the domestic box office,[42] Nannaku Prematho became the third highest grossing Telugu film of all time in the overseas market.

[45] Post the success of Rangasthalam, Sukumar started working on the period action drama, Pushpa: The Rise (2021), starring Allu Arjun and Rashmika.

[7] Thabitha's parents initially opposed their relationship due to Sukumar being a film director, however, they later accepted their alliance.

In an interview with Deccan Chronicle, he revealed that each of the romantic scenes in his films are inspired from the writings of either Veerendranath or Sulochana Rani.

Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu commented that Sukumar "revels in giving a slight twist to his protagonist, in his background and character" and leaves the audience to understand him as he "unties the knots during narration and justifies his behaviour and makes us root for him".

[58] In an interview to The Hindu in March 2012, Rathnavelu said, "Sukumar's speciality is he can give you five different ways to solve every problem you encounter.

[60] He worked with B. Rajasekar, Venkat Prasad, Vijay C Chakravarthy, and Mirosław Kuba Brożek for films Arya 2, 100% Love, Nannaku Prematho, and Pushpa: The Rise respectively.

Sukumar provided the story and screenplay for Kumari 21F, his debut feature film as a co-producer, which was directed by his assistant, Palnati Surya Pratap.