actor Surya

Till recently, actors Tamil actors Ajith, Vikram and Vijay were far ahead of Suriya. Now, the scene has changed.

Suriya's terrific performance in Vaaranam Aayiram catapulted him to a position on par with say, an actor like Vikram. With Vikram's recent films flopping miserably and none of them saw Vikram the actor, Suriya is in an unenviable position as an actor.


The year has so far only one blockbuster, and that is Ayan directed by K V Anand with Suriya in the lead. With the last films of both Ajith and Vijay flopping, Suriya is the current undisputed King of the box office in Tamil.

So, both as an actor and star, Suriya is the current number one in Tamil.

That is why Suriya's next release, Aadhavan is eagerly awaited.

Aadhavan is directed K S Ravikumar whose last film was Kamal Hassan's Dasavatharam. He made Jaggubai with Sarath Kumar and Shriya in the lead before starting work on Aadhavan.

However, it is not Jaggubhai that will release first but Aadhavan.
Suriya is on a high. After his praiseworthy performance in Gautam Vasudev Menon's Vaaranam Aayiram, the Tamil actor is ready with two films -- Aadhavan, a film produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's  grandson) under the banner of Red Giant Movies, and National Award-winning cinematographer K V Anand's Ayan.

Ayan is expected to be an interesting film, considering Anand's first film is Kana Kandein.

So also Aadhavan. Udhayanidhi Stalin's first production, Kuruvi with Vijay and Trisha  in the lead, was a complete masala entertainer. The question is, has Suriya, an actor par excellence and not a commercial star like Vijay, moved on to masala films?

Be that as it may, what makes Aadhavan all the more interesting is its director, K S Ravikumar, who is directing a film after the stupendous success of Dasavatharam.

Acting opposite Suriya is "glamor queen of Tamil cinema", Nayanthara.
Music is by Harris Jayaraj.