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Saravanan Sivakumar
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Born
Saravanan Sivakumar
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1997–present
Spouse(s)Jyothika Sadanah
(2006–present)

Saravanan "Surya" Sivakumar (Template:Lang-ta) (born 23 July 1975) is a Tamil film actor. Son of actor Sivakumar, he starred in critically as well commercially highly successful Tamil films, such as Nandha (2001), Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Pithamagan (2004), Perazhagan (2005), Ghajini (2005), Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) and Ayan & Aadhavan(2009). 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 Sadanah 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 was born to actor Sivakumar and his wife Lakshmi on 23 July 1975. He was born in Chennai, but brought up in Coimbatore. 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 PSBB School [3] and St. Bede's School in Chennai[4] and graduated from Loyola College with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Career

Surya debuted in the 1997 film nerukku ner directed by Vasanth. This film produced by Mani Ratnam was a hit. Later he starred in movies which did not do well. In 2001 he starred 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 him 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.[who?]

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. Then he did Pithamagan by Bala along with Vikram. In this movie Surya played a happy-go-lucky village crook with a comic touch, for which he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. In 2004 he received a Filmfare Award for Best Actor for playing two roles in Perazhagan; one was as a boxer and the other as a handicapped but confident phone booth keeper. He then did Aayutha Ezhuthu which was based on George Reddy, a student leader in Hyderabad during the late 60s and early 70s. This film was directed by Mani Ratnam.

In 2005, he appeared in Aaru and then in Memento-inspired Ghajini. In this movie he played a patient suffering from short term memory loss. This movie was a blockbuster at the box office, causing him to be compared with Vijay and Ajith Kumar. 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 was received with mixed reviews. In 2007, Surya's solitary release was Vel and it became a super hit at the box office.

In 2008, he appeared in Vaaranam Aayiram, another blockbuster with Gautham Menon which released on 14 November 2008. Surya's performance was highly praised and was rated to be his best performance ever. He won a Filmfare Award for Best Actor, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor, a Vijay Award for Best Actor and a Filmfans Award for Best Actor and the film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for 2008.

Surya's next film Ayan in 2009 was directed by K. V. Anand and released on 3 April 2009 and was a huge box office blockbuster. Following the success of Ayan, Surya starred in Aadhavan directed by K. S. Ravikumar which was released worldwide on 17 October 2009 and was a superhit. He is now acting in his 25th film, Singam, directed by Hari. He will make his Bollywood 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 Foundation[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.

Personal life

He married actress Jyothika Sadanah on 11 September 2006.[5] On 10 August 2007, the couple's daughter Diya was born.[6] He resides in Chennai with his family. Surya has stated that he is against smoking and drinking. They are now expecting their second child.

Awards

Filmfare Awards South
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Other awards and recognition

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
1997 Nerrukku Ner Surya Tamil
1998 Kaadhale Nimmadhi Chandru Tamil
Sandhippoma Surya Tamil
1999 Periyanna Surya Tamil
Poovellam Kettuppar Krishna 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 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 Maayavi Balayya Tamil
Ghajini Sanjay Ramasamy (Manohar) Tamil Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor
Aaru Aarumugam (Aaru) Tamil
June R Raja Tamil Cameo 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
Nominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2009 Ayan Devaraj Velusamy Tamil
Aadhavan Madhavan Subramaniyam
(Aadhavan/Murugan)		 Tamil
2010 Singam Durai Singam Tamil Post-production
Rakta Charitra Maddalcheruvu Suri Hindi
Telugu
Tamil		 Filming

References

  1. ^ "Film Fare Awards 2008 announced". Behindwoods.com. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  2. ^ a b "About Us". Agaram Foundation. 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  3. ^ "Emulate Surya's example of hard work, students told". The Hindu. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  4. ^ "Alumni invited to St. Bede's centenary celebrations". The Hindu. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  5. ^ "Highlights of Surya-Jyothika wedding". Behindwoods.com. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  6. ^ Settu Shankar (20 August 2007). "Bright light falls on Surya-Jyothika". One India. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  7. ^ "Dinakaran Cinema Awards 1997". Dinakaran. 12 April 1998. Retrieved 1998-04-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help) }}
  8. ^ "Star Vijay Awards". Star Box Office. 3May 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) }}
  9. ^ "Kamal and Suriya Share Filmfans Award". SouthDreams. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-12. }}
  10. ^ "South Scope Award". Telugu. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-12. }}
  11. ^ "Mathurubhumi Award". Dinakaran. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-12. }}
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