S. J. Suryah

Selvaraj Justin Suryah known by his stage name S. J. Suryah is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, composer, producer and music director who has works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He sought to become an actor but started out directing, assisting Vasanth and Sabhapathy.

S. J. Suryah
S. J. Suryah in 2016
Born
Selvaraj Justin Selvaraj

1968 or 1969 (age 54–55)
Vasudevanallur, Puliangudi, Madras State, India
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • composer
  • producer
  • music director
Years active1988–present

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), Thirumagan (2007), Vyabari (2007) and appeared as the antagonist in Spyder (2017), Mersal (2017), Maanaadu (2021), Don (2022) and Mark Antony (2023) and as the protagonist in Kadamaiyai Sei (2022) and Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023).

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