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Suriya
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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.
Person · Open Library
- 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
Tags
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 1,768
- Cited by
- 46,801
Research areas
Most cited works
- Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol and Dimethyl Ether: From Greenhouse Gas to Renewable, Environmentally Carbon Neutral Fuels and Synthetic Hydrocarbons2008 · 1,568 cit
- Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products – closing the loop2014 · 1,461 cit
- Initiation of Atrial Fibrillation by Ectopic Beats Originating From the Pulmonary Veins1999 · 1,459 cit
- Anthropogenic Chemical Carbon Cycle for a Sustainable Future2011 · 1,351 cit
- Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy2011 · 1,011 cit
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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 632x
- Coexistence of LMPP-like and GMP-like Leukemia Stem Cells in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
· 2011 · cited 572x
- 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 411x
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages
· 2016 · cited 399x
- DEMNET: A Deep Learning Model for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer Diseases and Dementia From MR Images
· 2021 · cited 365x
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Quotes
- “One can become an actor but one can get recognition only through hard work.”
- “There would have been no Surya without Bala sir's Nanda. It was not just a mere turning point in my career. Nanda changed my approach and perspective about cinema.”
- “The new education policy decides the future of 30 crore students across the country, I'm anguished that no one has come forward to talk about this. The focus is much on entrance exams but not on quality and equal education to all the students. Without giving an equal education, how do you expect quality from students?”
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Key facts
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- Saravanan Sivakumar
- Person.birth_place
- Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
- Person.other_names
- Nadippin Nayagan
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- 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
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Encyclopedic overview
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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