Landmark films of Suriya

Today actor Suriya turns 40 years young and Indiaglitz is proud to present a slideshow of landmark film in the acting career of the actor whose name strikes bright in the box office and award shows.

Nerrukku Ner

Saravanan was rechristened as Suriya and launched by director Vasanth as one of the heroes in his 1997 film 'Nerrukku Ner'. This film which had Vijay as another hero and produced by Mani Ratnam was a super hit.

Poovellam Kettuppar

This film again directed by Vasanth launched Suriya as a romantic hero and very important in his life because it is the first film in which he acted with Jyothika. The Suriya-Jyothika pair later became one of the most loved pairs in Tamil film industry. They fell in love with each other in real life and entered wedlock in 2006.

Friends

This film proved out to be a complete family entertainer with equal dose of sentiment, romance, action and comedy. This film is the first blockbuster of Suriya's acting career, though his presence was subdued by Vijay who played the lead role in this film.

Nandha

Director Bala had given the much needed break for actor Vikram with his debut film 'Sethu. With 'Nandha' the master craftsman did the same for Suriya. This film portrayed Suriya as the 'angry young man'- a character template which has made wonders to many superstars of Indian film industry. Suriya made the best out of this opportunity and proved that he is not an actor for mere soft and run of the mill characters.

Kaakha Kaakha

Almost all leading heroes have acted as a cop in at least one of their films and actors hold such characters close to their heart. Suriya got this opportunity with the Gautham Menon directed 'Kaakha Kaakha'. The film redefined the looks and attitude of cop characters in Tamil films. In this film, the might of a police officer was not just portrayed with fiery dialogues and action scenes. Suriya spent hours together in the gym and sported a chiseled look to showcase Assistant Commissioner Anbuselvan, one of the adorable police officers to have emerged in Tamil silver screen.

Pithamagan

Till the release of this Bala directed film there has been a 'serious, man of a few words image' for Suriya. He was known to be such a person in real life too. But, with 'Pithamagan', Suriya broke this image barrier and portrayed the talkative conman like real and also proved that he is capable of making the audience ROFL.

Perazhagan

This film is special in Suriya's career for many reasons. This is the first film in which he essayed dual roles. This is also his first film with the prestigious banner AVM. Suriya played the role with a physical disability for the first time with this film. His role as Chinna, a man with hunchbag not just drew our sympathy, but, also made us laugh out louder. He also portrayed the role with attention to intricacies and bought the sense of satire and confidence, normally found in people with such disabilities.

Aaytha Ezhuthu

After proving himself as a performance based actor, Suriya got the opportunity to work under the direction of Mani Ratnam, who incidentally also produced his first film. In this political thriller, Suriya played an intellectual youth icon Michael Vasanth, who inspires youngsters to stay in the country and clean the politics instead of complaining about it. Though the film did not make wonders in the box office, it is one of the most memorable characters played by Suriya and increased his fan base among youngsters.

Ghajini

This is Suriya's first film with A.R.Murugadoss and also his first blockbuster film as a solo hero. Though this is a commercial action film Murugadoss and Suriya proved their quench for uniqueness by opting for a lead character with a strange mental disability called 'Short term memory loss.' Both the script and the way Suriya played the character bowled down the audience.

Vaaranam Aayiram

Suriya again paired up with Gautham to give us a film that was almost like a biopic, a genre rarely touched in Tamil cinema. Suriya p