Vijay Suriya
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Suriya during Ishtakamya promotion, 2015
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| Born | Vijay Suriya (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 33) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Vijay Lalitaa Suriya[1] |
| Occupations |
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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 an IT professional, Chaitra, in 2019. They have 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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