S. J. Suryaah

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birthname = Justin Selvaraj Suryaah
birthdate = birth date and age|1968|7|20
location = flagicon|India Chennai, India
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yearsactive = 1999 - Present
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occupation = Actor,
Film Director,
Writer,
Producer

S. Justin Selvaraj is an Indian film director, writer, actor, and producer in Kollywood, the Tamil film industry. His screen name is S.J. Surya. He is known for his outspoken attitude and broad outlook.

Personal Background

S.J.Suryaah was born to Pandian and Anandham in Vasudevanallur, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. He has an elder sister Selvi and an elder brother Victor. He studied BA Sociology at Loyola College, Chennai. He made his directorial debut in Vaali casting Ajith Kumar in the lead role. S.J.Suryaah's rolemodel is director Vasanth.

Film career

SJ Surya is also known to portray roles which are considered totally inappropriate for family audiences, especially his roles in Anbe Aruyire, New and Kalvanin Kadhali. In these movies he plays the stereotyped role of a person, who is either being seduced by women or is a playboy/casanova kind of a protagonist and these movies feature explicit soft porn scenes. Surya has carved a niche for himself not only as a director but also as a storyteller and actor.

Suryah's style of film making is unique, taking the viewer in to the plot itself with a story. His first film, "Vaali" with Ajith as the hero in Tamil, was a huge runaway hit playing for 270 days. It had an adult theme and went off well with the audience.

Suryah followed that with the multi-lingual, "Khushi" which was a huge money-spinner in Tamil and Telugu but did not fare too well in Hindi. After a hiatus for nearly 2 years, he came up with another blockbuster, "New" in which Suryah played the lead role apart from directing and producing the film. The film's opening is considered to be one of the biggest in Tamil cinema in recent years, with over Rs.1.1 crore being collected on the first day at the box-office [http://sify.com/entertainment/movies/tamil/boxoffice/fullstory.php?id=13525890] . The film's music by noted composer A. R. Rahman had created waves in the audio market. However, the movie was banned by the Madras High Court in August 2005, a year after it collected huge revenues in the box office. His fourth venture in Tamil as a director was "Anbe Aaruyire" which was initially titled "Best Friend". Though this movie wasn't as big a hit as Vaali,Khushi and New, his fans enjoyed the movie.

Currently he is ready to start his next directorial venture in telugu titled "Puli" which will be a political thriller. "Puli" is said to release for Summer 2008. As of the start of jodi no.1 season 3 he is one of the judges a long with Sangeetha.

Filmography

As an Actor

As a Director

References

External links

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* [http://www.ah-aah.com/ "Ah Ahh" movie's official website]
* [http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sj_surya_online Official Fan Group]