Hyderabad: Sudha Cars Museum at Bahadurpura, known for its wacky cars — they come in all shapes and sizes including a shoe, a tennis ball and even a burger — is in the limelight once again, thanks to a post by Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Group, on social media platform ‘X’.
“If there weren’t any people who doggedly pursued their passions — no matter how quirky — this world would be far less interesting. I’m embarrassed to say I hadn’t heard about the Sudha Car Museum in Hyderabad — even though I travel there often — until I recently saw this clip,” Anand Mahindra wrote on ‘X’, posting a video.
Speaking of his desire to visit the museum, he wrote: “Naturally, at Mahindra Automotive, we support any passion for cars…I’m going to plan a visit there on my next trip to Hyderabad.”
Sudhakar Kanyaboyina, the brains behind the museum, started his journey three decades ago. “I am looking forward to Mahindra’s visit. I will show him around the museum and explain the crazy cars I have designed and built here,” he told TOI on Saturday.
The 64-year-old, who was a BCom student at Nizam College, dropped out as he was more interested in doing a diploma in printing technology, which would suit his family’s business. However, he did not pursue it as his passion was making eccentric cars.
In 1991, he made his first wacky car, a shoe-shaped one. The car was 4 ft by 6.5 ft, with a 50cc engine, three wheels, a single-seater with a speed of 40 kmph. The following year he showed it to the publicc.
And that was just the beginning. He founded the Sudha Cars Museum in April 5, 2010, which won a Guinness World Record in 2025 for most number of wacky cars (60) .
Year after year, he built single-seater quirky cars that never failed to amuse the people who visited his museum from all over the country.
From a desk to a brinjal, cars in different shapes can be seen at his museum.
Apart from cars, bikes made from junk and scrap metal are also a major attraction at museum. “All the parts for vehicles are bought from scrap vendors. Sometimes I have used engines from mopeds like Luna and TVS,” said Sudhakar, adding that the thought of mass production has never crossed his mind.
He is now planning to start museums in Mumbai, Mysore and a few other cities as a collaborative effort. So far, he has held 18 exhibitions in the city.
At the moment, Sudhakar is on his way to Japan, where he will attend the World Forum for Automobile Museums from Oct 29. He attended such a meeting in Germany in 2016.
