Saravanan Sivakumar, known professionally as Suriya, is an Indian actor and film producer. He primarily works in Tamil cinema where he is one of the highest paid actors. He has received numerous awards including two National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South and five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Suriya has featured six times in the Celebrity 100 list of Forbes India, which takes into account the earnings of Indian celebrities.
Suriya was born as Saravanan on 23 July 1975 in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, to actor Sivakumar and his wife Lakshmi. He attended Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School and St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai, and obtained his under graduate degree B.Com from Loyola College, Chennai. Suriya has two younger siblings, a brother Karthi and a sister Brindha. His mother tongue is Tamil.
Suriya is married to long-time girlfriend, actress Jyothika. The couple, after dating for several years, got married on 11 September 2006. They have two children, a daughter and a son.
| Date of Birth | 23rd July 1975 |
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| Age | 49 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Country | India |
| Current City | Chennai |
| Birth Place | Coimbatore |
| Political Affiliation | Dravidar Kazhagam |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Language | Telugu |
| Reference | IMDB |
| Father | Sivakumar |
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| Spouses | Jyothika |
| Siblings | Karthik Siva kumar |
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| Career Start | 1997 (27 years ago) |
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