Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter and a philanthropist. He primarily works in Tamil cinema where he is one of the highest paid actors.[3][4][5][6] He received numerous awards including two National Film Awards,[7] six Filmfare Awards South, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and two South Indian International Movie Awards.[8] Based on the earnings of Indian celebrities, Suriya has been included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list six times.


His next film Anjaan directed by N. Lingusamy was released on 15 August 2014 to mixed reviews.[68] He also co-sang "Ek Do Theen Char" with Andrea Jeremiah for the film. On 15 May 2015, Suriya released 36 Vayadhinile starring his wife Jyothika, the first production from his company 2D Entertainment. His next release was Venkat Prabhu's film Massu Engira Masilamani (Masss)[69] which released to unfavourable reviews, but critics were all in praise for Suriya's performance. In the same year Suriya produced Pasanga 2 (2015), directed by Pandiraj. Suriya also appears in an extended cameo role in the film as Tamizh Nadan.

His next release was the science-fiction action drama 24 directed by Vikram Kumar. It was released on 6 May 2016 to positive reviews.[70][71] Based on the concept of time-travel,[72] the film stars Suriya in triple roles, alongside actresses Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen in leading roles. The Hindu critic Baradwaj Rangan called 24 an "intelligent, joyous mix of sci-fi and masala-myth."[73] Sreedhar Pillai in his review for Firstpost mentioned, 24 is a classy commercial entertainer, which has its moments.[74] Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express wrote, "Attractively packaged, 24 is refreshing, novel and worth a watch."[75] M. Suganth of The Times of India, assigned 4 out of 5 stars, sta admirably. performance in the film, Suriya won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Critics) – Tamil, in addition to his twelfth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. The film also grossed above ₹1 billion at the box office worldwide.[78] The director Vikram Kumar had anIraivi (transl. Goddess) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj[1] and produced by C. V. Kumar, K. E. Gnanavel Raja and Abinesh Elangovan under their banners Thirukumaran Entertainment, Studio Green and Abi & Abi Pictures, respectively.[2] The film features an ensemble cast with S. J. Surya, Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Anjali, and Pooja Devariya playing leading roles.[3][4] The plot revolves around three financially struggling men try to overcome their problems, by getting involved in criminal activities though not realising the impact their efforts are having on the women in their lives.

Iraivi

Poster

Directed byKarthik SubbarajWritten byKarthik SubbarajProduced byC. V. Kumar
K. E. Gnanavel Raja
Abinesh ElangovanStarringS. J. Surya
Vijay Sethupathi
Bobby Simha
Kamalinee Mukherjee
Anjali
Pooja DevariyaCinematographySivakumar VijayanEdited byVivek HarshanMusic bySanthosh Narayanan

Production
company

Thirukumaran Entertainment

Distributed byStudio Green
Abi & Abi Pictures

Release date

3 June 2016

Running time

153 minsCountryIndiaLanguageTamil

Karthik Subbaraj drafted the script during the production works of Jigarthanda in  Santhosh Narayanan with cinematography handled by Sivakumar Vijayan and edited by Vivek Harshan.CastEdit

S. J. Surya as Arul Dass

Vijay Sethupathi as Michael, Arul's best friend

Bobby Simha as Jagan, Arul's younger brother

Kamalinee Mukherjee as Yazhini (Yazhu), Arul's wife

Anjali as Ponni, Michael's wife

Pooja Devariya as Malarvizhi, Michael's girlfriend

Karunakaran as Ramesh, Michael and Jagan's friend

Radha Ravi as Dass, Arul and Jagan's father

Vadivukkarasi as Meenakshi, Arul and Jagan's mother

Cheenu Mohan as John, Michael's uncle

Bagavathi Perumal as Varun, Arul's bar mate

Kaali Venkat as Bhagyam, Arul's bar mate

Gajaraj as Ramalingam, Yazhini's father

Rajashree as Kala

Ramachandran Durairaj as Mahesh

Vijay Murugan as Producer

Vivek Prasanna as Director

Senthil Kumaran as Senthil

Agavamma as John's wife

Settai Sethu as Bala

Rameez Raja as Rakesh

Kasthuri Patti as Sagayam

Vaibhav as Vasanth, Yazhini's fiancée (cameo appearance)

Santhosh Narayanan in a special appearance in the song Kadhal Kappal

Production

Iraivi released on 3 June 2016, and received mixed to positive reviews. Critics lauded the performances of the cast, particularly that of SJ Surya and Anjali alongside the technical aspects of the film.[6] However the film did average collections at the box office.[7] In 2017, Anjali was nominated for the Best Actress award at the 2nd IIFA Utsavam awards,[8] and Pooja Devariya received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress award at the 6th South Indian International Movie Awards.[9]

Plot