'Maatraan' Music Review - the killer combo holds on

KV Anand, Surya and Harris Jeyaraj are back in action with Maatraan. Having weaved magic before with Ayan and Ko, a lot of expectations were on the cards. The movie will feature Surya as twins (conjoined for a part). Hoping to see them make it big again, I started listening to the songs, each of which has a different lyricist working on the background. Once I was done, I wasn't very surprised. If you are wise, you have guessed it already.

Suriya Highest paid in Kollywood compare to Vijay?

Suriya is doubtless one of the most bankable stars in Tamil cinema, thanks to his films that vary from one another and clean scripts that largely entertain family audience. Now that the actor is working on the biggest project of his career, Maattrraan, rumor mills have it that he is the highest paid star in the Tamil film industry!

Media reports have it that the actor was paid a whooping 12 crore for Maattrraan, sans the remuneration for the Telugu rights of the film making it 20 crore plus! However sources close to the actor haven't commented about this and we can't be sure of how much of it is true and how much of it is a figment of rumor mills' imagination.

Meanwhile, Subash Chandra Bose has reportedly expressed to a publication that a film with Suriya for their banner will go on floors come February 2013.

Suriya currently has a number of biggies in his hand including 'Singam 2' with Hari, 'Thupariyum Anand' with Gautham Menon among others

Maatraan new style of surya

Suriya plays conjoined twins in Tamil film 'Maatraan'

There has been a sudden rise of a new trend in K-town, with the directors looking at making films about conjoined twins. Priyamani is doing conjoined twins in her upcoming Charulatha and Maatraan has Suriya doing the same.

KV Anand had supposedly narrated the script of Maatraan to Suriya in 2009. But they couldn’t take it forward then due to the lack of technology.

KV Anand has also revealed in an interview that Maatraan is an inspiration from the true story of Thailand based Siamese twins Ying and Sang.“I read an article about them, which inspired me to come up with a similar story. I imagined how would it be if two people, who are physically conjoined, completely differ in their ideologies,” expressed KV Anand.

Suriya plays Vimalan, a guy drawn to the works of Bharathiyaar and Gibran, and Akilan, a usual party guy. The film apart from Kajal Aggarwal has two Russian actresses, Irene Maleeva and Julia Flisch in important roles. This is also said to be the first ever Tamil film to star Russian actors.

'Maatraan' here, 'Duplicate' there

With just few more weeks left for the summer, the countdown has almost started for 'Maatraan', which is set to have a big release in South India. Recently, the Telugu dubbing rights of the film were bagged for a whopping price

According to sources, ace Tollywood producer Bellamkonda Suresh has acquired the Telugu rights of the movie from producers AGS Entertainment. "The Tollywood version has been titled 'Duplicate', a name which fits well to the film's knot," they add.

Directed by K V Anand, who delivered a big hit 'Ayan' with Suriya, Kajal Agarwal is playing the heroine. Music is by Harris Jayaraj and an grand audio launch function is expected to take place in Chennai by the middle of March.

Suriya is playing more than one roles in this film and one of them will be that of a baddie. In addition, there are three more actors in negative roles- Daniel Balaji, Milind Soman and Veera of 'Nadunisi Naaygal' fame.

Suriya is the highest paid actor!

According to sources in Kollywood, senior-most stars like Rajini and Kamal Haasan have a totally different range of pay packet from the senior actors. Senior actors like Vijay, Suriya, Ajith, Vikram etc belong to a different league. It is this league of stars we are talking about.

Among the young breed of stars, Suriya seems to be the highest paid actor. It is interesting to note that his pay packet in Matraan is 3 crores more than what Vijay had got for Velayutham. More than that in circulate payment for Surya 1 day 1 lakh salary.

Hari's next from March with Suriya

As per latest sources from Kollywood Surya and Hari are once again teaming up for a new movie. Recently Hari has narrated a script about a gangster to Surya and on hearing the script the actor has immediately said ok to do the movie.

Surya and Hari had given so many successful box office hits in the past like Aaru, Vel and Singam. Currently Surya is busy with his projectes 7am Arivu and Matran while Hari is busy with his Venghai.

Once both of them wrap up the work of their pending films, the shooting for the movie will commence.

Suriya in tandem with Venkat Prabhu

There has been speculation as to what will actor Suriya's next filmwould be after 'Maatraan'. However, there seems to be some clarity in that regard now after news came in that Suriya will be teaming up with director Venkat Prabhu and the film will be produced by Muktha Entertainment Pvt Ltd.

It may be noted that Venkat Prabhu's previous film 'Mankatha' starring Ajith and Trisha had a wonderful opening in 2011 and the director's stock rose with it. Details about the the star cast and the genre of this film are awaited and sources say they will be revealed very soon. In the mean time, it is learnt Venkat Prabhu is gearing up to get the project rolling as
soon as Suriya is done with 'Maatraan'.

Venkat Prabhu 3D flick with Suriya

There were lots of stories doing the rounds about if Suriya and Venkat Prabhu were coming together for a film soon. Well good news for all Suriya fans as well as the fans of the 'Mankatha' director. The answer is YES!

The director recently confirmed to a daily that he had recently narrated a one-liner script to Suriya which the latter seems to have liked very much and also nodded his yes to the project.

Now the director is working on expanding the script. Moreover this film, Venkat revealed, will also be shot in 3D right from day one. This film would also be a new and fresh experience for the Tamil audience revealed the director. There is also news that Venkat will be roping in man power from the US to take care of the CG works to ensure that he gets the best results.

The specialty of this film would be that unlike other films which are usually shot in the normal format and converted to 3D this movie will be shot in 3D right from the beginning! This yet-to-be-titled venture will also see Venkat's usual technical team in terms of music and crew members. Music for this movie will be by Yuvan Shankar Raja and the cinematographer will be Shakthi Saravanan.

The director is, at the moment, busy with the scripting of this 3D venture along with his assistants, and we hope he will soon give us more details about the film as well as about his cast and crew.

'7aum Arivu' cropped to suit foreign audience

Murugadoss' latest release '7aum Arivu' starring Suriya Sivakumar in the lead is having a decent run at the box office. As expected before the release, the Bodhidarma angle in the film has won a lot of thumbs up from the local and international audience with Suriya's act as the Buddhist monk Damo, winning him positive reviews from critics.

Now sources in the industry have revealed that the film will don a new look to suit the international crowd because '7aum Arivu' is gearing up to meet international audience. The technical crew is editing the film to suit international standards with the songs in the film being cropped.

Director Murugadoss needs a pat for letting the world know about Bodhidarma. This character has made some historians across the world ticking. '7aum Arivu' will soon be showcased in international festivals in Indonesia and Thailand as well across Europe. The film is touted to have an international appeal due to its unique content.

Once '7aum Arivu' has been touched up for the international audience it will be ready to grace theatres across the globe and win back laurels for Tamil Nadu

Can expect 7aam Arivu soon

May 10, 2011

Expectations are running high as 7aam Arivu stars Suriya and it is directed by AR Murugadoss. The film’s shooting is almost over, said its producer Udayanidhi Stalin of Red Giant Movies. He added that the patchwork is going on at the moment and the release date will be announced soon. 7aam Arivu has Shruti Haasan making her acting debut in Kollywood, which again has created a lot of expectations. Further, Johnny Tri Nguyen, a Hollywood actor, plays the baddie. Harris Jayaraj has scored the music exceptionally well for this film, say insiders. In 7aam Arivu, Suriya is said to appear in two get-ups which will definitely have the audience fascinated, sources report.

Suriya is a monk

One of the roles Suriya playing in ‘7am Arivu’ is that of a Buddhist Monk. The other two characters are a scientist and a circus artist. The film will create ripples once it hits the screens.

These are the latest three things we hear about the multicrore-multilingual venture, directed by A R Murugadoss and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Giant Movies.

“The movie, with enough evidence, will reveal some secrets about the origination of Kung Fu and other martial arts. It will also talk about ancient relationship between India and China,” say sources.

With Shruthi Haasan playing the heroine, ‘7am Arivu’ is said to be a scintillating thriller which will travel between the present era and Pallava period. “Suriya has given his heart and soul to the film,” sources add

While we have seen many a time when real life is imitated in art, i.e cinema, on the sets of Vipul Shah's next film directed by Nishikanth Kamat, Force, a fake wedding between the lead actors John Abraham and Genelia D'Souza almost made them real life husband and wife, thanks to a very sincere yet confused priest.

As per the original Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha, which starred the now real life couple Suriya Sivakumar and Jyothika, a wedding sequence was shot at an old temple in Malshej Ghat. The priest set to do the sequence unfortunately had some difficulty understanding that it was a fake wedding. "It was a multi-camera set-up and so we needed to have minimum shots. However whenever Nishikant Kamath would say cut, the pandit would not stop. Finally after the sixth phera someone from the unit realized that the mantras were real and if not stopped John and Genelia would be actually married. So, they were stopped before the final round." sources told the Mumbai Mirror. John and Genelia were completely oblivious to the proceedings and when they were told, they couldn't contain their laughter.

Hot facts in Biography

# His father Sivakumar is a famous Tamil actor.
# The actor is the eldest son in the family and has a brother and a sister.
# He fell in love with actress Jyothika during the shooting of Kaaka Kaaka in 2003. They married on September 11, 2006.
# The couple is blessed with a daughter “Diya” born on August 10, 2007, Diya means “light”.
# Before coming to the film industry Surya was working in a garment company in Chennai.
#  He is brand ambassador for many companies including Himani Navratna Oil, Emami Fair & Handsome, Pepsi, TVS and Sunfeast Biscuits.
# He made his film debut with Nerrukku Ner in 1997 it was a big hit in the year.
# The tamil actor won the “Filmfare Best Actor Award” twice. (2003 & 2004)
# He also won “Kalaimamani Award” in 2005.

Surya Sivakumar quotes

# “Jyothika and I merely dint get attracted to each other. If that’s the case we wouldn’t come so far. We both get along well are two individuals and I am truly in love with her. She is a very nice human being. “

Surya Sivakumar best movie list

• Nerrukku Ner [ Vijay , Surya Sivakumar , Simran , Kausalya , Vivek , Raghuvaran , Manivannan , Prakash Raj , Dhamu ]
• Poovellam Kettuppar [ Jyothika , Surya Sivakumar , Delhi Ganesh , Nazar , Vadivelu , Vijayakumar , Ambika , Kovai Sarala ]
• Friends [ Surya Sivakumar , Vijay , Ramesh Khanna , Devayani , Abhinyashree , Vadivelu ]
• Nandha [ Surya Sivakumar , Laila , Rajkiran , Saravanan , Rajshree , Karunas ]
• Mounam Pesiyadhe [ Surya Sivakumar , Trisha Krishnan , Nandha , Maha ]
• Kaaka Kaaka [ Surya Sivakumar , Jyothika , Jeevan , Ramya Krishna , Daniel Balaji]
• Pithamagan [ Vikram , Suriya Sivakumar , Sangeetha , Laila , Mahadevan , Simran ]
• Perazhagan [ Surya Sivakumar , Jyothika , Vivek , Manorama , Thalaivasal Vijay , Manobala ]
• Aayitha Ezhuthu [ Madhavan , Suriya Sivakumar , Siddharth Narayan , Meera Jasmine , Trisha Krishnan , Esha Deol , Bharathiraja , Janagaraj ]
• Aaru [ Surya Sivakumar , Trisha Krishnan ,  Vadivelu , Kalabhavan Mani ]
• Ghajini [ Surya Sivakumar , Asin , Nayanthara , Pradeep Rawat , Mano Bala , Riyaz Khan ]
• Sillunu Oru Kaadhal [ Surya Sivakumar , Jyothika , Bhumika Chawla , Vadivelu , Santhanam ]
• Vel [ Surya Sivakumar, Asin Thottumkal, Vadivelu]
• Vaaranam Aayiram  [ Surya Sivakumar, Simran Bagga, Divya Spandana]
• Ayan  [ Surya, Prabhu, Tamanna]
• Aadhavan [Surya, Nayantara, Vadivelu]

 

Biography / Biodata

Name	Surya Sivakumar
Birth Name	Saravanan Sivakumar
Date of Birth	23 July 1975
Birth Place	Chennai, India
Nationality	Indian
Star Sign	Leo
Hair colour	Brown
Eye colour	Light brown
Father	Sivakumar
Brother	Karthi
Sister	Brindha
Schoool Days	PSBB & St. Bede’s Chennai
College Days	Loyola College, Chennai
Favourite food	Dosa, curd rice
Profession	Actor
First movie	Nerrukku Ner (1997

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Born	Saravanan Sivakumar July 23, 1975 (1975-07-23) (age 35)[1] Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Suriya (Tamil: சூர்யா; born Saravanan Sivakumar on 23 July 1975) is an Indian film actor. He starred in Tamil films, such as Nandha (2001), Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Pithamagan (2003), Perazhagan (2004), Ghajini (2005), Vel (2007), Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), Ayan (2009) and Singam (2010). He made his Bollywood debut in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakht Charitra (2010). As of 2010,^[2] he has won three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. He established himself as one of the leading contemporary actor in the Tamil film industry.
He became a film distributor after opening Studio Green, which was responsible for producing and distributed a few of his own and his brother Karthi's films. He is the eldest son of actor Sivakumar and married actress Jyothika Sadanah in 2006, after being engaged for several years. In 2008, he began Agaram Foundation, which funds for preventing early childhood drop-outs