It was long back in 2008 that Suriya and Gautham Menon worked together in ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’. The film reshaped Suriya’s career, but soon, the actor started doing movies that make use of his stardom.

And now, recent reports suggest that Suriya and Gautham Menon are reuniting after a hiatus for a web movie. Titled ‘Navarasa’, this anthology movie is backed by Mani Ratnam, Jayendra Panchapakesan for Netflix.

Acclaimed cinematographer PC Sreeram is handling the cinematography of this film. In a recent Twitter post, Sreeram shared his excitement working with Suriya and Gautham Menon.

Suriya is currently enjoying the success of his recent movie ‘Soorarai Pottru’, which is receiving unanimously positive reviews from all corners. The film directed by Sudha Kongara had its premiere on Amazon Prime.

On the other hand, Gautham Menon’s big-budget movie ‘Dhruva Natchathiram’, starring Chiyaan Vikram is also gearing up for release. The film was originally scheduled to have its theatrical release in August 2017, but the movie was delayed for multifarious reasons. Recent reports suggest that the film may have an OTT release.

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Pulling off a negative role on screen is not an easy task, especially for superstars who enjoy a huge fan following in states like Tamil Nadu, where actors enjoy the status of demigods. However, some Tamil superstars have played both hero and villain in their own movies.

The Gulf Indians presents you with the list of five Tamil superstars who set the screens on fire with their antagonist and protagonist roles in their own movies.

Iru Mughan

Chiyaan Vikram is known for doing experimental roles on screen, and in the movie ‘Iru Mughan’ directed by Anand Shankar, the actor played dual roles; Akhilan, an ex-RAW agent, and Love, a wanted criminal scientist.

The major highlight of Iru Mughan was high-voltage action sequences and Vikram’s portrayal of Love. However, the film, upon its release received mixed reviews and emerged as an average grosser at the box-office.

Aalavandhan

Aalavandhan is an experimental flick directed by Suresh Krishna. The film featured Kamal Haasan in dual roles. Aalavandhan portrayed the story of Nandu and Vijay, brothers who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days.

After many years, Nandu who is mentally unstable decides to kill Vijay’s fiancee, as he visualizes her as his stepmother.

Amid releasing with huge pre-release hype, Aalavandhan failed to impress the mass audiences and emerged as a flop at the box-office. However, after the television screening, the film gained a cult status.

Kaashmora

In the movie Kaashmora, Karthi played dual roles, as the protagonist Raj Nayak, and the antagonist Kaashmora. Karthi excelled in the role of Kaashmora, and it is considered as his career-best performance.

Directed by Gokul, the film received mixed reviews from audiences and emerged as a safe bet for the producer.

24

24 is a science fiction movie directed by Vikram Kumar that featured Nadipin Nayakan Suriya in dual roles. Narrating the concept of time travel, the film is considered one of the perfect movie in this genre made in the Indian film industry.

One of the major highlights of 24 was Suriya’s performance as Athreya, the lead antagonist. The film also helped Suriya to win the Critics Best Actor Award at the 64th Filmfare Awards.

The film also emerged as a blockbuster at the box-office, and it collected more than Rs 150 crores worldwide.

Enthiran

Shankar’s Enthiran is one of the best sci-fi films ever made in the Indian film industry. This movie starred Rajinikanth in dual roles; as Vaseegaran, a robotic scientist, and Chitti, a humanoid robot.

At one point in time, Chitti starts mastering emotions and finally ends up loving Vaseegaran’s girlfriend Sana. As Vaseegaran opposes, Chitti starts showing his villainous side. As the film became a huge hit at the box-office, a sequel named ‘2.0’ was released in 2018.

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The news regarding Soorarai Pottru’s online release was initially shared by musician GV Prakash Kumar on his Facebook page. The news soon went like wildfire on social media platforms, and people are now slamming the makers for making such a decision.

It should be noted that Soorarai Pottru is widely considered Suriya’s comeback movie by his fans. The actor has been now going through the toughest phase in his career, as most of his recent films failed to make any impacts at the box-office. Suriya fans were in a hope that the actor will reclaim his stardom by setting the theaters on fire with Soorarai Pottru.

Suriya fans argue that films like Soorarai Pottru demands theatrical watch, and it will be sheer injustice if the makers release it via OTT platforms. Recently, during an online interaction with fans, Suriya himself had claimed that he is eagerly awaiting to watch the movie on big screens.

Soorarai Pottri is directed by Sudha Kongara. The film is based on the life of GR Gopinath, Air Deccan founder. Apart from Suriya, this movie also stars Aparna Balamurali, Mohan Babu, Paresh Rawal, Urvashi, Jackie Shroff, and Sampath Raj in other prominent roles.

The film is jointly produced by Suriya and Guneet Monga under the banners 2D Entertainment and Sikhya Entertainment respectively.

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Suriya, the Nadipin Nayakan of Tamil cinema, is currently awaiting the release of his new movie Sooraraii Pottru, directed by Sudha Kongara. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the release of the film is postponed, and it will hit the theaters once the movie halls in the nation get reopened. The recent news about Suriya is regarding his upcoming movie which will be directed by Pandiraj.

This is for the second time that Suriya is joining hands with Pandiraj. In the 2015 movie, Pasanga 2, Suriya had played an extended cameo. The film was well-received by critics, and audiences praised Suriya for acting and producing such a movie in which little children played the lead roles.

According to the latest updates, Sun Pictures will be producing this upcoming movie with Suriya and Pandiraj. Earlier, Sun Pictures have distributed two Suriya movies, Ayan and Singam, and both these films emerged as huge blockbusters at the box-office. And this is for the first time that Sun Pictures is directly producing a movie with Suriya in the lead role.

The expectations surrounding this upcoming movie is already sky high, as it marks the union of two perfectionists in Kollywood. Pandiraj is a filmmaker who is known for his uncompromising cinematic language, while Suriya is such an actor who used to work hard to portray challenging roles on screen.

Pandiraj’s previous release was Namma Veettu Pillai that featured Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role. Even though the film received mixed reviews from audiences, it emerged as a decent grosser at the box-office.

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Joining the growing list of film industry names to have spoken out against the custodial torture and death of Jayaraj and Bennicks in Tuticorin(Thoothukudi) district, filmmaker Hari, who directed several hit cop-centric films, released a statement expressing anguish and hurt at the turn of events.

The man who created the highly successful Singam film franchise, and the Vikram-starrer Saamy and its sequel, said in a statement that he wished for such an incident would not repeat.

“An incident like what happened in Sathankulam should not happen ever again to Tamils. The only way to ensure that is to give maximum punishment to those guilty of the crime,” the filmmaker said in a handwritten note that was released via social media platforms.

Director Hari regrets making five films which glorified the police force in his career. He says Tamil Nadu people shouldn't be subjected to another cruel incident like the one that happened in #Sathankulam.#JusticeForJayarajandBennicks #DirectorHari pic.twitter.com/whYYzfxos8

— Rajasekar (@sekartweets) June 28, 2020

“Such actions by a few cops have brought disrepute to the entire police department. Today, I feel deeply hurt that I made five films glorifying the police department,” Hari wrote, expressing his regret.

Actor Suriya, who is the face of the Singam franchise in Tamil also released a statement of condemnation in which he labelled the incident “organised crime”. He pointed out that the doctor who gave a clean bill of health, the district magistrate who “mechanically” remanded the duo to custody and prison officials who did not report the incident were all equally culpable.

’நீதி நிலைநிறுத்தப்படும்’ என்று நம்புவோம். #JusticeForJayarajandBennicks pic.twitter.com/oAgZbZVe9h

— Suriya Sivakumar (@Suriya_offl) June 27, 2020

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