Sukumar is a South Indian director and is also well-known as a producer and writer. He was born on 11 January 1970 in Mattaparru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Sukumar is gained lots of popularity in the Tamil and Telugu film industry as a director his direct best-grossing movies Arya 2 (2009), 100% Love (2011), 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Nannaku Prematho (2016), Rangasthalam (2018), and Pushpa: The Rise (2021).
Sukumar made his directorial debut with Arya in 2004, whose success catapulted him to stardom. Sukumar won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu and Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer for his work on Arya.
His other notable films include Arya 2 (2009), 100% Love (2011), 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Nannaku Prematho (2016), Rangasthalam (2018), and Pushpa: The Rise (2021).
Rangasthalam was the third highest-grossing Telugu film at the time behind the Baahubali duology. Pushpa: The Rise is the highest-grossing Indian film of 2021, and ranks among the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time.
Sukumar debuted as a producer with the Telugu film ‘Kumari 21F’ in 2015. Some of the other Telugu films produced by him are Darsakudu (2017), 100% Kadhal (2020), and Uppena (2021).
Sukumar’s father’s name is Tirupathi Naidu, he was a rice trader. His mother’s name is Veera Veni, she was a homemaker. He got married to Thabitha Sukumar on 13 June 2009. He has two children. His son’s name is Sukranth Bandreddi, and his daughter’s name is Sukriti Bandreddi.