Vijay Suriya | |
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Born | Vijay Suriya 7 September 1990 |
Nationality | Indian |
Other names | Vijay Lalitaa Suriya [1] |
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Years active | 2011–present |
Spouse | Chaitra (m. 2019) |
Children | 2 |
Vijay Suriya (born 7 September 1990) [2] is an Indian actor and presenter. He is noted for his work in the Kannada-language Colors Kannada soap opera Agnisakshi . [3]
Suriya did his schooling at Clarence Public School and his pre-university education at Christ University in Bangalore. [4] He took acting lessons in Whistling Woods Academy, Mumbai run by filmmaker Subhash Ghai. [5] He has an elder brother. Suriya married a family friend and IT professional, Chaitra, in 2019. They have had two children together. [6]
Suriya made his screen debut in 2012, with the film Crazy Loka , in which he was cast opposite Harshika Poonacha. [7] It was directed by Kavitha Lankesh, and saw Suriya play the son of Ravichandran's character.
Suriya rose to fame by 2014 from Agnisakshi , a television series, which aired on Colors Kannada . He then appeared in Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar's directorial Ishtakamya (2016). His next film , Sa , with Karthik Jayaram and Samyukta Hornad, was released in the same year. In 2019, Suriya had his next film release, titled Kaddu Mucchi. Suriya then hosted Comedy Talkies, a comedy show judged by Srujan Lokesh and Rachita Ram. After the soap Premaloka (2019), [8] Suriya featured in Switch { Case N (2024) as an aspiring cricketer who lands a job in the IT sector and has to deal with the internal politics at his workplace. [9] He made his debut in Telugu television with the soap, Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini, a remake of the Bengali series Saanjher Baati , in which he portrayed a visually impaired man. Speaking about the character, he stated: "My character Eshwar is not blind by birth but becomes blind due to an accident and develops a strong sense of hearing after this vision loss." [10]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2012 | Crazy Loka | Abhay | Nominated—SIIMA award for Best Debutant Male |
2016 | Ishtakamya | Dr. Aakarsh | |
2016 | Sa | ||
2019 | Kaddu Mucchi | Siddharth | |
2022 | Gaalipata 2 | Revantha | Cameo appearance |
2024 | Switch { Case N: | Siddharth | |
TBA | Veeraputra† | TBA | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Uttarayana | ||
2013 | Lakshmi Baramma | Siddharth | |
2013–2019 | Agnisakshi | Siddharath | |
2014 | Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star | Contestant | Eliminated in 4th week |
2018 | Comedy Talkies | Host | |
2019–2020 | Premaloka | Surya | |
2020–2021 | Jothe Jotheyali | Surya | Cameo appearance |
2023–2024 | Namma Lachhi | Sangam | |
2023 | Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini | Easwar | Telugu series |
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