Suriya Shares He Never Dreamt Of Becoming An Actor, Got In The Industry To Pay His Mother's Loan

In a recent conversation with Pinkvilla, the Singam fame, Saravanan Sivakumar alias Suriya shared that even though he is the actor, Sivakumar’s son, he never dreamt of facing the camera but had hoped to start his own company.

Suriya’s journey from the garment industry to becoming an actor

The Ghajini star revealed that he was working in the garment industry where he was paid Rs. 750 for 15 days of work. The actor dreamed of opening his own company in the future with the help of his father.

Suriya hoped that his monthly pay would increase to Rs. 8000 in three years, and then he would start his venture with a Rs. 1 crore investment from his father. However, this dream of his did not fructify.

Suriya’s mother Lakshmi's twenty-five thousand rupee loan

Suriya’s plan failed when his mother, Lakshmi shared that she had taken a loan of Rs. 25,000, that his father was unaware of. He told the publication that his father would never press his producers for payments and would rather wait for the money. He added how his mother told him that his bank account had never been more than one and a half lakh. The stated to the publication:

“Mom said that our bank balance had never been more than one lakh or one and a half lakh, and Dad never insisted on his salary; he would just wait for it to come when it did. At that time, Dad hadn’t worked continuously for more than six months or ten months.”

This is how Saravanan Sivakumar became Suriya

Suriya being the actor, Palaniswamy Sivakumar’s son, was used to producers reaching out to him. The actor shared that when Mani Ratnam’s film production repeatedly reached out to him, he only agreed in order to pay off the loan. Sharing about his journey to becoming an actor, Suriya shared:

“I never thought I’d be in the film industry; I never wanted to face the camera and never dreamt of becoming an actor. I came into the industry for the Rs. 25,000 to give back to my mom and say, ‘Your loan is over, and you don’t have to worry.’ That’s how I started my career, and that’s how I became, Suriya.”

That is how Suriya ended up doing his first film under Mani Ratnam’s production, Nerrukku Ner, which starred Vijay, in the lead role and Kausalya and Simran as the female leads.

Suriya’s mother’s loan landed the industry one of its finest actors. The actor is now all set to play a dual role in Siva’s Kanguva, starring Bobby Bobby and Disha Patani. The movie is scheduled to release pan-India on November 14, 2024.

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