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Saravanan "Surya" Sivakumar (Tamil: சரவணன் "சூர்யா" சிவகுமார்) (born July 23, 1975) is an award- winning Tamil film actor, and also a dubbing artist. Son of actor Sivakumar, he starred in several films, such as Nandha, Kaakha Kaakha, Ghajini, Perazhagan, Pithamagan, Vaaranam Aayiram and Ayan. As of 2009,[1] he has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. He became a film distributor after opening Studio Green, which distributed several of his earlier films. He married actress Jyothika Saravanan in 2006, after being engaged for several years. In 2008, he began Agaram Foundation, which funds for preventing early childhood drop-outs.[2]

Early life

Surya Sivakumar was born to actor Sivakumar and his wife Lakshmi on July 23, 1975. He is the eldest of three children, his younger brother is actor Karthik Sivakumar and he has a younger sister named Brindha Sivakumar.

He attended Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School[3] and St. Bede's School in Chennai[4] and graduated from Loyola College with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He worked for a few years in the garment industry at Tiruppur before entering the film industry.

Career

Surya Sivakumar debuted in the 1997 film Nerrukku Ner directed by Vasanth along with Joseph Vijay. This film produced by Mani Ratnam was a hit. Later he starred in movies which did not do well. In 2001 he again starred with Joseph Vijay in a Malayalam remake Friends directed by Siddique and Nandha by Bala for which he received a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. Nandha was one of Surya's most important films as it established Surya Sivakumar as an actor and changed his views on cinema as a career. Surya's next venture was Vikraman's Unnai Ninaithu which was followed by Mounam Pesiyadhe. Both films did well and Surya's performance was appreciated. In 2003 he did Kaaka Kaaka; a movie about the life of a police officer, it grossed almost Rs. 150 million at the box office. It was Surya's biggest hit at that time and made him a successful solo actor. This movie also stirred some gossip about Surya and Jyothika Saravanan's love affair. Then he did Pithamagan by Bala along with Vikram. In this movie Sivakumar played a happy-go-lucky village crook with a comic touch, for which he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. In 2004 he starred in Perazhagan, which he acted in two roles, one as a boxer and the other as a handicapped but confident phone booth keeper for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He then did Aayutha Ezhuthu which was based on George Reddy, a student leader in Hyderabad during the 80's. This film was directed by Mani Ratnam

In 2005, Surya appeared in Aaru and then in Memento-inspired Ghajini. In this movie Suryaplayed a patient suffering from short term memory loss. This movie did well at the box office. He then set up a production company called Studio Green which distributed the movie in the Chennai district. Surya's 2006 release was N. Krishna's Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. He acted opposite his wife Jyothika Saravanan in the film. This movie did not do well at the box office. In 2007, Surya's solitary release was Vel. He later appeared in Vaaranam Aayiram, another venture with Gautham Menon which released on November 14, 2008. This movie did well at the box office and won him a Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

Surya's next film Ayan in 2009 was directed by K. V. Anand and released on April 3, 2009. Following the success of Ayan, Surya starred in Aadhavan directed by K. S. Ravikumar which was released worldwide on October 17, 2009. He is now acting in his 25th film, Singam, directed by Hari. He will make his Hindi movie debut in Rakta Charitra, which is being directed by Ram Gopal Varma and is scheduled for a 2010 release.

Philanthropy

In 2008, Surya began Agaram Foundations[2] working to help children who drop out of school early in Tamil Nadu. With the Ministry of Education in Tamil Nadu, he created a short commercial video outlining child poverty, labour and lack of education, titled Herova? Zerova?. The film was written and produced by Surya and also starred Joseph Vijay, R. Madhavan and Jyothika Saravanan.

Personal life

Surya Sivakumar married Jyothika Saravanan on September 11, 2006.[5] On August 17, 2007, the couple's daughter Diya was born .[6] He resides in Chennai with his family. He has numerous friends in the film industry.

Awards

Filmography

Year Film Role Lanaguage Notes
1997 Nerrukku Ner Surya Tamil Winner, Dinakaran Best New Face Actor Award
1998 Kaadhale Nimmadhi Sindhu Tamil
Sandhippoma Surya Tamil
1999 Periyanna Suryanna Tamil
Poovellam Kettuppar Chandru Tamil
2000 Uyirile Kalanthathu Surya Tamil
2001 Friends Chandru Tamil
Nandha Nandha Tamil Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor
2002 Unnai Ninaithu Surya Tamil
Shree Shree Tamil
Mounam Pesiyadhe Gautham Tamil
2003 Kaakha Kaakha Anbuselvan I.P.S Tamil Winner, ITFA Best Actor Award
Pithamagan Sakthi Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award
2004 Perazhagan Karthik &
Chinna		 Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award
Aayutha Ezhuthu Michael Vasanth Tamil
2005 Mayavi Balayya Tamil
Ghajini Sanjay Ramasamy Tamil Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor
Aaru Aaru Tamil
June R Raja Tamil Guest appearance
2006 Sillunu Oru Kaadhal Gautham Tamil
2007 Vel Vetrivel,
Vasudevan		 Tamil
2008 Kuselan Himself Tamil Cameo appearance
Vaaranam Aayiram Krishnan,
Surya Krishnan		 Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award
Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor
Winner, Vijay Award for Best Actor
Winner, Filmfans Award for Best Actor
2009 Ayan Devaraj Velusamy Tamil
Aadhavan Aadhavan (Madhavan) Tamil
2010 Singam Durai Singam Tamil Filming
Rakta Charitra Maddalcheruvu Suri Telugu
Hindi
Tamil		 Announced

References

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  1. ^ "Film Fare Awards 2008 announced". Behindwoods.com. August 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  2. ^ a b "About Us". Agaram Foundation. 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Emulate Surya's example of hard work, students told". The Hindu. August 25, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Alumni invited to St. Bede's centenary celebrations". The Hindu. November 24, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Highlights of Surya-Jyothika wedding". Behindwoods.com. September 11, 2006. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Settu Shankar (August 20, 2007). "Bright light falls on Surya-Jyothika". One India. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Dinakaran Cinema Awards 1997". Dinakaran. April 12, 1998. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help) }}
  8. ^ "Surya Sivakumar Awards". One India. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "South Scope Style Awards List". Cine Guru. October 25, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help) }}
  10. ^ "Neil Nithin Mukesh incurs Salman Khan's wrath". The Times. June 20, 2009. On the night of Saturday 13th, there was hardly a dry eye in the Nehru Stadium when Kamalhassan presented the best actor award to Surya in the Star Vijay 2008 awards. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "58th Film Fans Awards announced List". Indiaglitz. October 14, 200. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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