S.J.SURYA ,ACTOR,DIRECTOR BORN 1968 JULY 20

 S.J.SURYA ,ACTOR,DIRECTOR

BORN 1968 JULY 20

S. J. Surya (born S. Justin Selvaraj, 20 July 1968) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, music composer and producer who has worked in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries. Born in Sankarankovil,Tamil Nadu, Suryah did various works before joining film industry to become an actor but ended up assisting Vasanth and Sabapathy.

Surya made his directorial debut with Vaali in 1999 whose success catapulted him to stardom. His other notable films include Kushi (2000), New (2004), Anbe Aaruyire (2005) and Isai (2015). He made his acting debut with New and went on to act in films like Kalvanin Kadhali (2006), Vyabari (2007) and Thirumagan (2007) and is currently working as Antagonist in Spyder Starring Mahesh Babu which is directed by AR Murugadoss

After completing his schooling near his birthplace is Sankarankovil in South Tamil Nadu, Surya came to Chennai to complete a Physics degree at Loyola College. Despite getting an opportunity to pursue further studies at an engineering college in Madurai, he declined the offer and stayed in Chennai, with the hope of finding a breakthrough as an actor in Tamil films. In order to be financially self-dependent, he began working in hotels and as a steward, before receiving an offer to apprentice under K. Bhagyaraj.[3] He subsequently worked as an assistant director in the teams of Aasai (1995) under Vasanth and Sundara Purushan (1996) under Sabapathy, while also being seen in uncredited appearances as an actor, notably as a cock fighter in Bharathiraja's Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993)

While working in the team of Ullaasam (1997), the film's lead actor Ajith Kumar recognised Surya from their collaboration in Aasai, and accepted to listen to a script narration. Ajith, impressed with the narration, subsequently helped approach S. S. Chakravarthy to produce the film and the team began work on Vaali (1999) in late 1997. Keerthi Reddy was announced to be the lead actress before she was replaced by Simran,[4] while Surya also chose to introduce Jyothika in the film.[5] A thriller film, it told the story of a deaf and mute brother setting his eyes on his younger brother's wife, with Ajith Kumar in a dual role. The film opened to very positive reviews in May 1999 and went on to become amongst the most profitable films of the year. A reviewer from the Deccan Herald described it as "definitely worth seeing" saying it "has something for all tastes — a pleasant love angle, some suspense, complex psychological nuances, good acting, pleasing songs" while praising Ajith's performance.