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Surya

Surya is a popular film actor from the Tamil film industry. His original name is Saravanan Sivakumar. He was born on 23 July, 1975 in Coimbatore. He did his schooling in PSBB, Chennai and did his B.Com from Loyola College, Chennai. Surya worked in as an Executive in a garment factory in Ambattur before stepping into the film industry.

Family
Surya's father is the popular Tamil film actor Siva Kumar. He is the eldest son in the family and has an younger brother Karthik and younger sister Brindha. He married the popular Tamil movie actress Jyothika on September 11, 2006 at Park Sheraton Hotel in Chennai, after an affair of 3 years. The couple is blessed with a baby Girl now. The baby was born on August 10, 2007 in Chennai.

Film Career
Surya was debuted in the Tamil film "Nerrukku Ner", in 1997. In this film he acted with his collegemate and famous actorVijay and the movie was a superhit. But his next films did not run well. Then his success came with the movie "Poovellam Kettuppar" in 1998. Surya's next movie also with Vijay "Friends" was another hit. His turning point in films came with the movie "Nandha" by director Bala. This film is considered as one of the best films of Surya. Surya has won the Filmfare Best Actor Award South on two occasions.

Surya then acted in a number of good movies like "Unnai Ninathu", and "Mounam Pesiyadhe". His next major hit was the film "Kaaka Kaaka", in which he acted with Jyothika (his wife now). Surya's movie "Pithamagan" alongside Vikram was a big hit. Some of his good movies followed like "Perazhagan", "Aayitha Ezhuthu" and "Aaru". His movie "Ghajini" was a blockbuster in 2005. Surya's recent venture was "Sillunu Oru Kaadhal" with Jyothika.

Upcoming Movies
Surya's upcoming movies include "Sarvam" directed by Vishnuvardhan, "Vaaranam Aayiram" by Gautham Menon and "Vel" by Hari.

Filmography
1. Neeruku Ner (Sep 1997, Co-stars : Vijay, Simran, Kausalya) directed by Vasanth
2. Kaadhale Nimmadhi (Jan 1998, Co-stars : Kavitha) directed by Indhran
3. Sandhippoma (June 1998, Co-stars : Preetha) directed by Ramesh Kumar
4. Periyanna (1999, Co-stars : Meena, Vijaykanth) directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar
5. Poovellam Kettuppar (Aug, 1999, Co-stars : Jyothika) directed by Vasanth
6. Uyirile Kalanthathu (Nov, 2000, Co-stars : Jyothika) directed by S. Rajasekar
7. Friends (Jan, 2001, Co-stars : Devayani, Vijay) directed by Siddique
8. Nandha (Nov, 2001, Co-stars : Laila) directed by Bala
9. Unnai Ninaithu (May, 2002, Co-stars : Sneha, Laila) directed by Vikraman
10. Shree (July, 2002, Co-stars : Shruti) directed by Narasiman
11. Mounam Pesiyathey (Dec, 2002, Co-stars : Trisha Krishnan, Laila) directed by Ameer
12. Kakkha Kakkha (Aug, 2003, Co-stars : Jyothika, Jeevan) directed by Gautham Menon
13. Pithamagan (Oct, 2003, Co-stars : Vikram, Laila, Simran Bagga) directed by Bala
14. Perazhagan (May, 2004, Co-stars : Jyothika) directed by Sasi Shanker
15. Ayutha Ezhuthu (May, 2004, Co-stars : Esha Deol, Meera Jasmine, Trisha Krishnan, Madhavan, Siddharth) directed by Mani Rathnam
16. Maayavi (Mar, 2005, Co-stars : Jyothika) directed by D. P. Singhampuli
17. Ghajini (Sep, 2005, Co-stars : Asin Thottumkal,Nayantara) directed by A. R. Murugadoss
18. Aaru (Dec, 2005, Co-stars : Trisha Krishnan) directed by Hari
19. Sillunu Oru Kadhal 2006 , Co-stars : Jyothika, Bhumika Chawla) directed by N. Krishna
20. Vaaranam Aayiram (Under Production , Co-stars : Ramya, Genelia D'Souza) directed by Gautham Menon
21. Vel (Under Production, Co-stars : Asin Thottumkal) directed by Hari

Brand Ambassador
Surya is also the brand ambassador for large brands like Himani Navratna Oil, Emami Fair & Handsome, Pepsi, TVS and Sunfeast Biscuits.