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Hometown: Mattaparru, East Godavari District Of Andhra Pradesh Wife: Thabitha Sukumar Age: 51 Years
Some Lesser Known Facts About Sukumar
- Sukumar is an Indian director, producer, and screenwriter who is known for his work in Telugu films. He became famous for directing and writing the movie ‘Arya’ (2004).
- He has worked as a director and writer in the Telugu films Jagadam (2007), 100% Love (2011), 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Nannaku Prematho (2016), and Pushpa: The Rise (2021).
- He has produced Telugu films that include Darsakudu (2017), 100% Kadhal (2020), and Uppena (2021).
- He has his own banner named ‘Sukumar Writings’ under which he produces films.
- When he was six years old, he became vegetarian because one of his favourite rooster was killed and cooked.
- Sukumar used to teach mathematics and physics at the Aditya Junior college, Kakinada. He worked as a lecturer for six years before starting his career in films. He began his career in films as a writter and assisted big directors.
- During the screening of his debut movie ‘Arya,’ he met his wife Thabitha. They got married to each other but Thabitha’s parents did not accept their marriage at that time.
- In an interview, he talked about his film ‘Pushpa’ and said that he first thought of making it a web series, but later he did a lot of research about it and decided to make it a film.
- In June 2021, Sukumar was diagnosed with dengue and the shoot of his film ‘Pushpa’ was paused.
- In 2021, he donated Rs 18 lakh to build two new classrooms in a government school at Mattaparru village, where he studied as a child.