Suriya

Surya Sivakumar
Born	Saravanan Sivakumar
Website	www.suriya-online.com

Saravanan Sivakumar (Tamil : சரவணன் சிவகுமார்) popularly known as Surya (Tamil : சூர்யா) (born on 23 July 1975), is an Indian actor in the Tamil film industry. He is the son of Tamil actor Sivakumar and is married to Jyothika, a popular Tamil movie actress (who is of North Indian extract). He is well-known for trying out off-beat roles in different films.

Personal life

His father is the Tamil actor Sivakumar.He is the eldest son in the family with one younger brother actor Karthi and younger sister Brindha.His Mother Tongue is Tamil. He married actress Jyothika, one of the top actresses of her time, on September 11, 2006.The couple is widely ackowldged as the Most popular South Indian celebrity couple, and is known to have a large fan base They were blessed with a baby girl on August 10, 2007 whose birth star is Punartha.Their daughter was named Diya which means light, Surya and Jyothika also derive their names from light.

Trivia

Surya is actively involved in many charitable activities;He supports the Tanker foundation,in connection with The Tamil Nadu Kidney Research Centre,;an instituion which supports TB patients; and is actively involved in the Agaram Foundation, set up by his family. Recently, the Agaram foundation made a documentary on Autism, in connection with the Tamil Nadu Education Board, named 'Herovaa, Zerovaa'.This documentary was one of the most talked about ones in the year.

He is part of the 'Actor Surya's fanclub' in Yahoo Groups where he is more than happy to receive comments and suggestions from fans.

He also has the biggest community in Orkut for a Tamil actor with more than 60000 members. Interestingly he is good friends with actor Vijay with whom he studied.

Surya is often decribed by the media and the directors as the Next Kamal Hassan.Incidentally, Surya is a huge fan of Kamal and of Malayalam actor Mohanlal, whom he speaks of endlessly in interviews given to the Malayalam Media.

In 2008, Surya was chosen as the 'Icon of the year' at the Vijay Awards, a popular Award given to reward Tamil Cinema every year.

Career

His debut film, Nerrukku Ner (1997) with Vijay was a big hit but all his succeeding films did not do well. His first reasonable success was in the movie Poovellam Kettuppar (1999). His next movie with Vijay, Friends was another big hit. But he did not get any big breaks and his career seemed to be stalled until director Bala approached him for a role in his next venture titled Nandha. This was one of Surya's best films. The film grossed Rs.50 lakhs at the box office and Surya won his first Filmfare award for the Best Actor for this movie. Surya’s next venture was with Vikraman in the movie Unnai Ninathu and the movie was able to record good collections. This was followed by Mounam Pesiyadhe which also did decently well. Surya’s second blockbuster was Kaaka Kaaka, a movie about the life of a police officer. The film grossed almost Rs.100 million at the box office. Also Pithamagan alongside Vikram was a big hit, Surya was appreciated for paying a happy-go-lucky character very well.Surya received the Filmfare Award for the Best Supprting role for this movie.

In the movie Perazhagan, Surya acted in two roles, one as a boxer and the other as a handicapped but a confident phone booth keeper. His role as the handicapped was praised by critics, and he received a Filmfare Awardfor Best Actor for his performance. His role in Aayitha Ezhuthu as a student leader was also favoured by the critics. His movie Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkalam was dropped due to financial problems.

In 2005, Surya delivered more successful films in the form of Aaru and Ghajini - afterwards he set up a production company called Studio Green which distributed the movie in the Chennai district. Ghajini was one of the most sensational hits of 2005, with Surya playing a short term memory loss patient, for which he even tonsured his head. The film was his third blockbuster and grossed over Rs.200 million at the box office. By then, trade began comparing him with long established actors like, Vikram, Vijay and Ajith.

Surya's 2006 release is N. Krishna's Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. He acted opposite his real-life partner Jyothika in the film, however the film failed to become a hit. In 2007, Surya's solitary release was Vel, where he was paired with Asin Thottumkal, the film became a hit at the box-office.

Surya has signed up to Vaaranam Aayiram by Gautham Menon opposite Divya Spandana and Sameera Reddy. The film is set for an August 2008 release.This movie is one of the most awaited movies of the year.

Surya's next movie Ayan, direcetd by K.V Anand, and produced by A.V.M productions, is set for release in October 2008.

Filmography

Year	Title	Cast	Director	Role	Other notes
2008	Ayan	Tamanna Bhatia	K. V. Anand		To Be Released on October 26, 2008
2008	Vaaranam Aayiram	Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana, Simran Bagga	Gautham Menon		To Be Released on August 15, 2008
2007	Vel	Asin Thottumkal	Hari	Vetrivel/Vasudevan	Dubbed into Telugu as Deva
2006	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Jyothika Saravanan,Bhumika Chawla	N. Krishna	Gautham	Dubbed into Telugu as Nuvvu Nenu Prema
2006	June R	Jyothika Saravanan	Revathy S. Verma	Raja	Guest appearance Dubbed into Telugu as June 7
2005	Aaru	Trisha Krishnan	Hari	Aaru	Dubbed into Telugu as Aaru
2005	Ghajini	Asin Thottumkal,Nayantara	A. R. Murugadoss	Sanjay Ramasamy	Dubbed into Telugu as Ghazini, Remake in Hindi is being made with Aamir Khan as lead and it is dubbed as ghajiri
2005	Maayavi	Jyothika Saravanan	D. P. Singhampuli	Balayya	Dubbed into Telugu as Kidnap
2004	Aayitha Ezhuthu	Esha Deol, Meera Jasmine, Trisha Krishnan, Madhavan, Siddharth	Mani Ratnam	Michael	Dubbed into Telugu as Yuva.
2004	Perazhagan	Jyothika Saravanan	Sasi Shanker	Karthik / Chinna	Dubbed into Telugu as Sundarangudu
2003	Pithamagan	Vikram, Laila, Simran Bagga	Bala	Sakthi	Dubbed into Telugu as Sivaputhrudu
2003	Kaaka Kaaka	Jyothika Saravanan, Jeevan	Gautham Menon	Anbuchelvan	Remade in Telgu as Garshanna with Venkatesh playing the lead role
2002	Mounam Pesiyadhe	Trisha Krishnan, Laila	Ameer Sultan	Gautham	Dubbed into Telugu as Kanchu
2002	Shree	Shruti	Narasiman	Shree	Dubbed into Telugu as Surya Putrudu
2002	Unnai Ninaithu	Sneha, Laila	Vikraman	Surya
2001	Nandha	Laila	Bala	Nandha	Dubbed into Telugu as Akrosam
2001	Friends	Devayani, Vijay	Siddique	Chandru	Dubbed into Telugu as Deviputrulu
2000	Uyirile Kalanthathu	Jyothika Saravanan	S. Rajasekar	Surya	Dubbed into Telugu as Poratam
1999	Poovellam Kettuppar	Jyothika Saravanan	Vasanth	Krishna	Dubbed into Telugu as Deal
1999	Periyanna	Meena, Vijaykanth	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Surya	Dubbed in Telugu as Brahamanna
1998	Sandhippoma	Preetha	Ramesh Kumar	Surya
1998	Kaadhale Nimmadhi	Kavitha	Indhran	Chandru
1997	Nerrukku Ner	Simran, Vijay, Kausalya	Vasanth	Surya