Director Sudha Kongara is all set to hit the big screens soon with the movie Parasakthi, starring Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role. Ahead of the film’s release on January 10, 2026, coinciding with Pongal this year, the director has revealed how she initially wanted to make a love story with Dulquer Salmaan in the lead. Sudha Kongara about her initial plans to make a ‘small’ romantic movie with Dulquer Salmaan Speaking with Galatta Plus, director Sudha Kongara revealed that after Puranaanooru was shelved, she approached Dulquer Salmaan with a romantic story. Although she initially envisioned it as a small film, the scale eventually expanded visually. Kongara said, “I remember, just before this film (Parasakthi), I went to DQ and told him, ‘Dulquer yaar, my movie isn’t happening. Now I have this small love story, let’s do that.’ I narrated the story to him; he was excited, I was excited, but the only thing he asked was… how is this small?” “It wasn’t small, it didn’t turn out to be small. Somehow, that film just visually …