Saturday, August 22, 2009
SURYA
Details of his outstanding career..
Surya Sivakumar debuted in the 1997 film Nerrukku Ner. Later he starred in Friends and Nandha, for which he received a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor. Surya's next venture was with Vikraman in the movie Unnai Ninaithu which was followed by Mounam Pesiyadhe. Kaaka Kaaka, a movie about the life of a police officer, grossed almost $3 million at the box office.[citation needed] Pithamagan, in which Surya was played a happy-go-lucky village crook in a comedic role for which he received a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. 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 for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Actor. His role in Aayutha Ezhuthu was based on George Reddy, a student leader in Hyderabad during the 80's.
In 2005, Surya appeared in Aaru and Ghajini and set up a production company called Studio Green which distributed the movie in the Chennai district. Surya Sivakumar played a short term memory loss patient in Ghajini. Surya's 2006 release was N. Krishna's Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. He acted opposite his real-life partner Jyothika Saravanan in the film. In 2007, Surya Sivakumar's solitary release was Vel. He later appered in Vaaranam Aayiram, another venture with Gautham Menon, released on November 14, 2008 and it is considered to be his biggest hit till date grossing $6 million at the box office.
Surya Sivakumar's next film is Ayan directed by K. V. Anand,released on April 3 and grossed $15 million breaking his previous hit of Varanam Aayiram. Following Ayan, Surya Sivakumar has been cast in Aadhavan directed by K. S. Ravikumar, followed by Singam directed by Hari.He is also acting in his debut Hindi movie Rakta Charitthra, which is directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Surya also dubbed for Abhishek Bachan and Aamir Khan for the tamil dubbed versions of Guru and Taare Zameen Par respectively.