Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July), known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian film actor, producer and television presenter, best known for his work in Tamil cinema.[2] After making his debut in Nerukku Ner (1997), Suriya landed his breakthrough role in Nandha (2001) and then had his first commercial success with the thriller Kaakha Kaakha (2003). Following award-winning performances of a conman in Pithamagan (2003) and a hunchback in Perazhagan (2004), Suriya played a patient suffering from anterograde amnesia in the 2005 blockbuster Ghajini, dual roles of a father and son in Gautham Menon‘s semi-autobiographical Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), a smuggler in Ayan (2009) and an aggressive cop in the Singam trilogy (Singam, Singam II and S3). Suriya has also played against type and found success with science fiction films like 7aum Arivu (2011) and 24 (2016). As of 2010,[3] he has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards South. In 2013, Suriya founded the production house 2D Entertainment.
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