suriya an indian actor and producer who works primarily in tamil language movies. he made a commercially successful cinematic debut in vasanth's "nerrukku ner" (1997). this was followed by roles in a series of critical and commercial failures, including "kaadhale nimmadhi" (1998), "sandhippoma" (1998) and "periyanna" (1999). suriya collaborated with vasanth again in "poovellam kettuppar" (1999), his first movie with future wife jyothika.