Suriya
Sign in to saveSaravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. One of the highest-paid Tamil film actors, Suriya is considered as one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. Suriya has received numerous accolades including two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South and ten Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He has featured six times in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1974-07-23
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Kānmư̄ang watthanatham nai Bun Phawēt Rō̜i ʻEt
- Rāingān kānwičhai rư̄ang withī khit khō̜ng khon Thai
- Mānutsayawitthayā kap lōkāphiwat
- Nangpramōthai khō̜ng ʻĪsān
- Wāo Thai wāi fā
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Film & TV
Acting · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Saravanan Sivakumar known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian film actor, producer and television presenter, best known for his work in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Nerukku Ner (1997), Suriya landed his breakthrough role in Nandha (2001) and then had his first major commercial success with the thriller Kaakha Kaakha (2003). As of 2010, he has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards…
Known for
- Karuppu — Saravanan aka Vettai Karuppu2026
- Vishwanath & Sons — Sanjay Vishwanath2026
- Retro — Paarivel Kannan / Jada Muni2025
- Sarfira — Businessman2024
- Kanguva — Kanguva / Francis Theodore2024
- Vikram — Rolex2022
- Rocketry: The Nambi Effect — Interviewer (Tamil version)2022
- Etharkkum Thunindhavan — Kannabiran2022
- Jai Bhim — Chandru2021
- Navarasa — Kamal2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,159
- Total plays
- 7,145
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Numerical Investigation of Hydromagnetic Hybrid Cu – Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/Water Nanofluid Flow over a Permeable Stretching Sheet with Suction
· 2016 · cited 612x
- Coexistence of LMPP-like and GMP-like Leukemia Stem Cells in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
· 2011 · cited 567x
- Numerical investigation of three-dimensional hybrid Cu–Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/water nanofluid flow over a stretching sheet with effecting Lorentz force subject to Newtonian heating
· 2016 · cited 406x
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages
· 2016 · cited 395x
- Acute and Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic Peripheral-Blood Stem-Cell and Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis
· 2001 · cited 349x
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Key facts
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- Suriya
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- Suriya in 2025
- Person.birth_name
- Saravanan Sivakumar
- Person.birth_place
- Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
- Person.other_names
- Nadippin Nayagan
- Person.works
- Full list
- Person.alma_mater
- Loyola College, Chennai
- Person.children
- 2
- Person.relatives
- Sivakumar family
- Person.father
- Sivakumar
- Person.years_active
- 1997–present
- Person.awards
- Full list
Key dates
- Born
- 23 July 1974
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Chennai
- Spouse
- Jyothika
- Father
- Sivakumar
- Sibling
- Karthik Siva kumar
- Occupation
- film actor
- Political party
- Dravidar Kazhagam
- Languages spoken
- Telugu
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- Early career (1997–2002)
- Experimental roles and success (2003–2007)
- Continued commercial success and stardom (2008–2013)
- Career struggles and sporadic success (2014–2019)
- Career resurgence and critical acclaim (2020–present)
- Humanitarian and social causes
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- In the media
- Work and accolades
- References
- External links
Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. One of the highest-paid Tamil film actors, Suriya is considered as one of the finest actors of Indian cinema. Suriya has received numerous accolades including two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards South and ten Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. He has featured six times in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list.
After making his debut in Nerukku Ner (1997) at the age of 22, Suriya landed his breakthrough role in Nandhaa (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 rose to stardom with dual roles of a father and son in Gautham Vasudev Menon's semi-autobiographical Vaaranam Aayiram (2008). His status as an action star was established with roles of a smuggler in Ayan (2009), and an aggressive cop in the Singam trilogy. He also found success with the science fiction films 7 Aum Arivu (2011) and 24 (2016) and then went on to work in critically acclaimed films like Soorarai Pottru (2020) and Jai Bhim (2021), the former of which earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor.
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