Suriyan

Suriyen
DVD Cover
Directed by	Pavithran
Produced by	K. T. Kunjumon
Written by	Pavithran
Starring	Sarath Kumar Roja Goundamani
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Production company	A. R. S. Film International
Distributed by	A. R. S. Film International
Release dates	14 August 1992
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹30 million (US$450,000)

Suriyan (Tamil: சூரியன்: Sun) is a 1992 Tamil film directed by Pavithran starring Sarath Kumar and Roja in lead roles and produced by K. T. Kunjumon. The movie featured Shankar as an associate director.

This big budget production won positive reviews and became the first major success for Sarath Kumar as a hero. The film became a blockbuster and was a trendsetter for action films in Tamil . Certain scenes from the film were inspired by the 1985 Hollywood thriller Commando. It was also dubbed in Telugu as Mande Suryudu.^[1]

Cast

• Sarath Kumar as Suriyan
• Roja
• Goundamani as Panikutti Ramasamy
• Manorama
• Omakuchi Narasimhan
• Rajan P. Dev
• Babu Antony
• Kitty
• Prabhu Deva and Viji in a Special appearance

Soundtrack

The film's songs and background score is composed by Deva. The lyrics for all the songs were written by Vaali.

Tracklist[2]
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Laalaku Dole"	Deva, Mano, Janaki
2.	"Kottungadi Kummi"	S.P.Balasubramaniam, Janaki
3.	"Pathinettu Vayadhu"	S. P. B., Janaki
4.	"Mannathi Mannargal"	S. P. B.
5.	"Thoongu Moonchi"	S. P. B.

Legacy

Comedy track performed by Goundamani from the film became popular. The dialogue "Arasiyalla Ithellam Satharanampa" became popular.^[3] The dialogue also inspired a show of same name in Aditya TV.^[4]

References

1. "Sarath kumar celebrates 54th birthday". IndiaGlitz. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
2. "Suriyan - Raaga.com". Retrieved 14 February 2012.
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgUDxEVlDA
4. https://www.youtube.com/show/arasiyallaithellamsaatharanamappaa

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