Suriya

Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian actor, producer and television presenter best known for his work in Tamil cinema. Among his awards include three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards South, two Edison Awards, a CineMAA Award and a Vijay Award. Based on the earnings of Indian celebrities, Suriya has been included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list six times.

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). 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 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. Suriya also found success with the science fiction films 7aum Arivu (2011) and 24 (2016).