Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), popularly known as Suriya, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter and best known for his work in Kollywood. His awards include three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards South, two Edison Awards, a CineMAA Award and a Vijay Award. Based on the earnings of Indian celebrities, Suriya is also has been included six times in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, which is based on earnings of Indian celebrities.
Suriya entered in Tamil cinema with the debut in Nerukku Ner (1997), then breakthrough role in Nandha (2001) and then had his first major commercial success with the thriller, Kaakha Kaakha (2003). Following award-winning performances of a conman in Pithamagan (2003) and a hunchback in Perazhagan (2004), he played a man suffering from anterograde amnesia, in the 2005 blockbuster Ghajini. He got to stardom with dual roles of a father and son in Gautham Menon's semi-autobiographical film Vaaranam Aayiram (2008). His status as an action star was established with role of a smuggler in film Ayan (2009), and an aggressive cop in the Singam trilogy. Suriya also found success with the science fiction films 7aum Arivu (2011) and 24 (2016).
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