'Soorarai Pottru' director Sudha Kongara turns a year older today. She received some special surprises on her day, especially from 'Soorarai Pottru' lead actor Suriya's fans on Twitter.

Suriya fans called Sudha Kongara the 'captain of the ship' and prayed for 'Soorarai Pottru's success. One user went on to call her 'an ordinary woman with extraordinary dreams'.

'Soorari Pottru' is the upcoming Tamil language film produced by Suriya along with Guneet Monga. The film features Suriya in the lead role, with Aparna Balamurali, Jackie Shroff, Kavitha, Mohan Babu, Paresh Rawal, Karunas, Sampath Raj, Urvashi, Achyuth Kumar, Vivek Prasanna, Kaali Venkat and Krishnakumar Balasubramaniam in pivotal roles.

The movie was slated for April 9, 2020 release, but it had to be delayed to Independence Day i.e. August 15, 2020 release owing to COVID-19 pandemic. The movie is dubbed in Telugu and it will release in the language as 'Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra'. There were reports that 'Soorarai Pottru' is also being dubbed in Kannada but there is no update on the same.

Two songs from the movie - 'Maara theme' and 'Veyyon Silli' released so far. Their third track 'Kattu Payale' is expected to release soon.