Profile

Original Name Saravanan
Date of Birth 23rd July,1975
Native Coimbatore
Family Father-Sivakumar; Sister-Brindha; Brother-Karthik
Wife- Jyotika; Daughter-Diya
Schooling PSBB Coimbatore & St. Bede's Chennai
College B.Com (Loyola Chennai)
Career Film actor
Favourite food Dosa, curd rice
Favourite Pastime Driving a car with music on; camping out overnight
Hit Films Kakka Kakka, Pithamagan, Ghajini, Perazhagan, Aayutha Ezhuthu
Awards Kalaimamani Award (2005)
Filmfare Best Actor Award (2003 & 2004)

Early life

Surya was born to actor Sivakumar. He is the eldest of three children, his younger brother the actor Karthik Sivakumar and a younger sister named Brindha Sivakumar.

He went to St. Bede's School in Chennai and graduated from Loyola College with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and worked for a few years in the garment industry, before foraying into the film industry. He shares a friendship with Tamil film actor Joseph Vijay who was his classmate in college.

Career
Surya debut in Nerrukku Ner (1997). Later he starred in Friends and Nandha, for which he received a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.

Surya's next venture was with Vikraman in the movie Unnai Ninaithu which was followed by Mounam Pesiyadhe. Kaaka Kaaka, a movie about the life of a police officer, grossed almost 100 million at the box office. Pithamagan, in which Surya was played a happy-go-lucky village guy in a comedic role. In the movie Perazhagan, Surya acted in two roles, one as a boxer and the other as a handicapped but a confident phone booth keeper for which he received a Filmfare Award for Best Actor. His role in Aayitha Ezhuthu was George Reddy, a student leader in Hyderabad during 80's.

In 2005, Surya appeared in Aaru and Ghajini and set up a production company called Studio Green which distributed the movie in the Chennai district. Surya played a short term memory loss patient.

Surya's 2006 release was N. Krishna's Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. He acted opposite his real-life partner Jyothika in the film. In 2007, Sivakumar's solitary release was Vel. He later appered in Vaaranam Aayiram, another venture with Gautham Menon, released on November 14, 2008.

Surya's next film is Ayan directed by K. V. Anand, and released on April 3rd. Following Ayan, Surya has been cast in Aadhavan directed by K. S. Ravikumar, followed by Singam directed by Hari. Surya will also be acting in a film titled Mugamoodi, which is expected to be a superhero film.