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Some Lesser Known Facts About Suriya

• Surya belongs to a filmy background as his father, brother and wife are all actors.

• In an interview, Suriya’s brother revealed that their father, Sivakumar, did not want them to become actors initially as he believed that they must prioritise their studies.

• Director Mani Ratnam gave him the name Suriya, to avoid any confusion of names with the actor, Saravanan.

• When he passed his 10th standard, he got an offer from a director, but he wasn’t confident about his looks and height, and instead went on to complete his graduation in Commerce.

• He started his career as a merchandizing manager in a garment factory and worked there for 3 years.

• His first salary was 1000 (INR), from which he gifted his mother a saree.

• His role as Nandha in the film Nandha was the breakthrough role in his acting career which earned him a Film Award for the Best Actor.

• Ajay Devgan‘s Singham film was the Hindi remake of his 2010 Tamil hit film Singam. 

• He along with his wife Jyothika is the founder of Agaram Foundation which helps out school drop out children to rehabilitate.

• Actress and politician Nagma is the half-sister of his wife Jyothika. 

• His dream is to direct a film and loves to spend time in recording, story discussions and editing to groom himself.

• He has signed up for organ donation.

• In an interview, Jyothika talked about her married life and mentioned how she and Suriya met on the set of a film and fell in love while working together on various projects. She added that it was Suriya’s respect towards women which attracted her. Jyothika said that she married a month after Suriya proposed to her for marriage as she was satisfied with her success in her career and wanted to give time to her personal life.