About Surya

Born as Saravanan on 23 rd July, 1975, in Coimbatore , Surya had his schooling in PSBB, Chennai and completed his most wonderful college days in Loyola College , Chennai. He is the eldest son in the family with one younger brother Karthik and younger sister Brindha.
Though his father Sivakumar was an actor, he wanted his son to concentrate on his studies before entering the cine field. Surya completed his B.com graduation and spent his time as an executive in a garment factory in Ambattur, Chennai. He has a passion for driving car and his hobbies include watching movies, listening to music and reading.

Awards

• Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor in Nandha (2002)
• ITFA Best Actor Award in Kaakha Kaakha (2003)
• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in Pithamagan (2003)
• Kalaimamani Award (2004)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Perazhagan (2004)
• Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor in Ghajini (2006)
• Reliance Mobile Vijay Award for Icon of the Year (2008)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor in Vaaranam Aayiram (2009)
• Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor in Vaaranam Aayiram (2009)
• Reliance Mobile Vijay Award for Best Actor of the Year (2009)

Surya Sivakumar Biography

Surya continues to gain a huge fan following as he completes over ten years in the Tamil film industry as one of the most sought after actors.

Basics on Surya
Actor Sivakumar’s son Surya was born on the 23rd July 1975 in Chennai. He was named Saravanan Sivakumar but known famously as just Surya. Karthik Sivakumar is Surya’s younger brother and an award winning actor. He also has a younger sister Brinda married to an industrialist.

Surya pursued his education in Chennai at the St.Bedes School and then at the Loyola College where he studied Commerce along with Joseph Vijay who is a Tamil actor. He worked in the garment industry before moving into movies.

Jyothika, Surya’s wife is also an actress who has worked with him Kaakha Kaakha and Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. They were married in 2006 and had a daughter Diya in 2007.

He has worked for ads like Pepsi, TVS, Sunfeast Biscuits, Emami Fair & Handsome and Himani Navratna Oil.

Surya’s Movies
1997 to 2002 Surya made a good start with his debut Nerrukku Ner in 1997 with Vijay and Simran. He acted in movies like Kaadhale Nimmadhi (1998), Periyanna (1999) and Uyirile Kalanthathu (2000). Friends and Nandha in 2001 both performed extremely well and Surya won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for Nandha. In 2002 Unnai Ninaithu and Maunam Pesiyadhe were moderate successes.

2003 to 2007 Gautham Menon’s Kaakha Kaakha (2003) in which he starred with Jyothika was a huge hit as were Pithamagan (2003) and Perazhagan (2004). While he won the Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award for Pithamagan, he bagged the Filmfare Best Actor Award for Perazhagan. In Mani Rathnam’s Ayitha Ezhuthu (2004) he played a student leader Michael. The movie was made into Yuva in Hindi and this role was played by Ajay Devgan.

He had a blockbuster in 2005 with Ghajini which also starred Asin and he followed this with a successful Aaru opposite Trisha Krishnan the same year. Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006) brought him together onscreen with his wife Jyothika and was an average grosser. He had only one release in 2007 Vel with Asin that became a hit.

2008 to 2009 In 2008, Surya produced, wrote and starred in a five minute documentary called Herova? Zerova? with Jyothika, Vijay and Madhavan. It was to help spread awareness about the importance of education. Gautham Menon’s Vaaranam Aayiram with Simran Bagga also enjoyed success.

In 2009, he has four releases – Ayan with Tamanna, Singam with Shriya Saran, Aadhavan and Mugamoodi.