Suriya Sivakumar Profile (Bio-data,information)

 SURIYA SIVAKUMAR

PROFILE

Saravanan Sivakumar (Born on 1975 , July 23^rd) popularly known as Suriya is an Indian actor in the Tamil film industry. Suriya is the son of Tamil actor Sivakumar and is married to Jyothika, a popular Tamil actress. Suriya is well-known for trying out off-beat roles in different films. He is the one of best hard workers In Tamil Industry. He is also the brand ambassador for large brands like Himani Navratna Oil, Emami Fair & Handsome, Pepsi, TVS and Sunfeast Biscuits.

Suriya studied at PSBB and St. Bede’s, Chennai and he completed his commerce graduation from Loyola College, Chennai. Suriya was employed in a garment manufacturing company in Ambattur, Chennai. A notable point is Vijay, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja – both Ilayaraaja’s sons; Vishnuvardhan and Suriya were all class mates during their studies. Suriya then ventured into the cine field to become one of the top reigning stars of the Tamil film industry. He also has various fan bases throughout the world.

Suriya’s father is actor Sivakumar. Suriya is the eldest son in the family with one younger brother Karthi and younger sister Brindha. He married actress Jyothika on September 11, 2006. Karthi is an actor in Tamil Industry.

Suriya's 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 an average 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 Suriya's first blockbuster. The film grossed Rs.50 million at the box office.

Suriya’s next venture was with Vikraman in the movie “Unnai Ninathu” and the movie was able to record good collections, which was followed by “Mounam Pesiyadhe” which also did decently well. Suriya’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; Suriya was appreciated for being a very different character.

In the movie “Perazhagan”, he acted in two roles, one as a boxer and the other as a handicapped but a confident phone booth keeper. Suriya’s role as the handicapped was praised by critics, and he received a Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance. His role in “Aayutha Ezhuthu” Directed by Mani Ratnam as a student leader was also favored by the critics. Suriya’s movie “Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkalam” was dropped due to financial problems.

In 2005, he delivered more successful films in the form of Maayavi, 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 him playing a short term memory loss patient, for which he even tonsured his head. The film was Suriya’s third blockbuster and grossed over Rs.200 million at the box office and then, trade began comparing him with long established superstars Vijay, Ajith and Vikram.

His recent release is N. Krishna’s “Sillunu Oru Kaadhal “and he acted opposite his real-life partner Jyothika in the film. The movie released on September 8 2006. The movie was a good grosser.

The film "Vaaranam Aayiram"  directed by Gautham Menon was a real turning point of his career. In this film he acted a double role and it gives him a lot of Fans and he gets State, Filmfare awards for this film. Vijay Awards are almost swiped by this film. After this big movie, he acted in “Singam” Directed by Hari, and that was a major Hit in his career. His first Bollywood film “Rakthacaharithra” was not runned well in the box office. But he is nominated for best promising coming actor.

After that, he combined with A.R. Murugadoss and give a Chartbuster movie”7aum Arivu” which contains a different story and in this he acted double role “Bodhidharman” and “Aravind”. He appreciated for his performance in this movie.

“MaattrraaN” is the upcoming movie of Suriya Directed by K.V. Anand and its Expectations are going bigger and bigger because of many reasons. 1. K.v. Anand – Suriya – Harris combination already makes a blockbuster movie “Ayan”; 2. Suriya acting in this Film as “Siamese twins”; & etc….. The audio Release is Happened On august 9 in a grand manner at Singapore Expo hall and the teaser was viewed by 1,30,000 in only 1 Day in YouTube.

Surya also dubbed Abhishek Bachchan’s role in the Tamil version of Guru.

Philanthropy
In 2008, Surya began Agaram Foundation 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, labor and lack of education, titled Herova? Zerova?. The film was written and produced by Suriya and also starred Vijay, R. Madhavan and Jyothika.

Personal life
He married actress Jyothika Sadanah on 11 September 2006. On August 10 2007, the couple’s daughter Diya was born. He resides in Chennai with his family. At this instance jyothika gave birth to a baby boy on 07-06-2010 early morning.

Awards

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

• Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor – Nandha (2002)
• Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor – Ghajini (2005)
• Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor – Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Pithamagan (2003)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Perazhagan (2004)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)

Other awards and recognition

• Kalaimamani Award (2004)
• Dinakaran Best New Face Actor in Nerukku Ner (1997)
• ITFA Best Actor Award in Kaakha Kaakha (2003)
• Vijay Award for Icon of the Year (2007)
• Vijay Award for Best Actor in Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
• Film fans Award for Best Actor 2008 for Vaaranam Aayiram
• South Scope Award for Style Icon of the Year 2009
• Amrita Mathrubhumi Award for Best Actor in Tamil – Ayan / Aadhavan (2009)
• Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year (2009) for Ayan/Aadhavan
• Vijay Award for Icon of the Year (2009) – special award for Social Services rendered through the charity Agaram Foundation

Nominations

• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Nandha (2001)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kaakha Kaakha (2003)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Ghajini (2005)
• ITFA Best Actor Award – Ghajini (2005)
• Vijay Award for Favourite Hero – Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
• ITFA Best Actor Award – Vaaranam Aayiram (2008)
• Vijay Award for Best Actor – Ayan (2009)
• Vijay Award for Favourite Hero – Aadhavan (2009)