Suriya

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 and three Filmfare Awards South In 2013 Suriya founded the production house 2D Entertainment He is the eldest son of Tamil film actor Sivakumar and his younger brother Karthi is also an actor Suriya married costar Jyothika in 2006 after being engaged for several years In 2008 he began Agaram Foundation which funds for various philanthropic activities