caption children birth_place yearsactive family relative name parents birth_date spouse residence image article_title birth_name occupation
suriya in 2010 2 coimbatore , tamil nadu , india 1997 -- present karthi -lrb- brother -rrb- nagma -lrb- sister in law -rrb- suriya sivakumar lakshmi 23 july 1975 jyothika 2006 chennai , tamil nadu , india surya sivakumar 2010.jpg suriya
 saravanan sivakumar film actor , producer , television presenter
suriya

suriya -lrb- born saravanan sivakumar on 23 july 1975 -rrb- is an indian film actor , producer , philanthropist and television presenter , who is currently working in the tamil film industry .
after making his debut in `` nerukku ner '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- , suriya went on to feature in several critical and commercial successes , most notably `` nandha '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , `` kaakha kaakha '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , `` pithamagan '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , `` perazhagan '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , `` ghajini '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , `` vel '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , `` vaaranam aayiram '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , `` ayan '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , `` aadhavan '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , `` singam '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , `` 7aum arivu '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- and `` singam ii '' -lrb- 2013 -rrb- .
as of 2010 , he has won three tamil nadu state film awards and three filmfare awards south .
he was listed 33 in forbes india 's `` celebrity 100 list '' for the year 2013 .
he is the eldest son of tamil film actor sivakumar and his brother karthi is also an actor .
suriya married actress jyothika in 2006 , after being engaged for several years .
in 2008 , he began agaram foundation , which funds for various philanthropic activities .
the year 2012 marked his debut as a television presenter with the popular star vijay gaming show `` neengalum vellalam oru kodi '' , tamil version of `` who wants to be a millionaire ? '' .
