Suriya Sivakumar is one of the finest actors in the Indian cinema who made his debut in 1977 with Nerukku Ner. The ‘Jai Bhim’ actor on Tuesday completed 25 years in the film industry and he has acted in 50 films so far. He called his 25 years journey ‘beautiful and blessed’.
Suriya took to his Twitter handle and thanked his fans as he penned, “Truly a beautiful and blessed 25years..! Dream and believe..!Your suriya.”
Truly a beautiful and blessed 25years..! Dream and believe..!
Your suriya.
— Suriya Sivakumar (@Suriya_offl) September 6, 2022
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 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 7aum 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.
Suriya received numerous awards including two National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards South, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, and more.
