 Her subsequent films such as "Kallara Santhe" (2009), "Edegarike" (2012) and "Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu" (2016) have earned critical acclaim, awards and commercial success.Most of her films deal with the anti-social elements dominating in the present era.Sumana was born in Kittur, a small village near Periyapatna in Mysore District of Karnataka.