South Actor Suriya for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgn for Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior jointly received the Best Actor Award at the 68th National Film Awards 2022. Suriya is counted among the top actors of the South. He is also known as the Singham of the South Film Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born on July 23, 1975, Suriya is one of the highest-paid actors in the South Film Industry. Not only this, Bollywood remakes of many of his films have been made, which have been blockbusters at the box office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suriya’s real name is Saravanan Sivakumar. His father Sivakumar has been an actor in South films. Suriya’s brother Karthi and sister Brinda work in Tamil films. Before making a career in films, Suriya worked at Garment Export Factory for eight months. During this, he did not tell his boss that he is the son of actor Sivakumar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read Also<\/strong>: Did Brahmastra promotions overshadow Shamshera\u2019s box office collection?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n However, when his boss came to know about this, he himself quit the job. He was offered the lead role in the film Aasai in the year 1995, which he rejected. He made his debut in the year 1997 with Nerrukku Ner. His character’s name was always used to be Suriya in Mani Ratnam’s films, which later became his screen name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Suriya got recognition from the films Nandha and Friends released in the year 2001. After this, he gave many hits like Kaakha Kaakha and Pithamagan. The film Nanda proved to be the most successful film of his career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the year 2010, he played the role of Police Inspector Durai Singam in the film Singam. Ajay Devgn’s blockbuster film Singham, which came in the year 2011, is a South remake of the same film. Apart from this, Suriya worked in the film Ghajini in the year 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, talking about his personal life, Suriya married the popular South Indian actress Jyothika in the year 2006. Before marriage, both had dated each other for many years. Suriya and Jyothika also have two children together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n