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**NOV** · 30th March 2009, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

Just notice that in about half the films they don't bother naming him and just call him Surya ::

yeah, his characters seem to be surya, krishnan and gautam

nassar,

I dont adulate ppl; just that there seems to be a positive sign....

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**ThalaNass** · 30th March 2009, 12:04 PM

NOV

ok, was just kidding!

Voted for Mounam Pesiyadhey..

**viraajan** · 30th March 2009, 12:05 PM

Voted for Varanam Aayiram. Phenomenal performance

Shined well in all the incarnations in this movie

Dad, College goer, kiddo

Why is "Shri" missing in the list ?

**ThalaNass** · 30th March 2009, 12:06 PM

Anyone watched Surya's interview on Sun Music yesterday..? Missed it

**littlemaster1982** · 30th March 2009, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

PithAmagan-kku nirayA votes vizhumnu theriyum... hence voted for mAyAvi

I voted for Mayaavi too. His imitation of 'Megam Karukkudhu' Jyothika

**Vivasaayi** · 30th March 2009, 01:06 PM

Another loyal member of Surya fan club

**dell_gt** · 30th March 2009, 01:13 PM

voted for Varanam Aiyiram

... good performance...

**crajkumar_be** · 30th March 2009, 02:29 PM

Hd to choose between Mayavi and VA, voted for VA (Phone booth scene and anjala song)

Actually i can risk watching Mayavi (parts) again for his performance!

**NOV** · 30th March 2009, 02:33 PM

OK guys, what do you think of this comment:

Surya is Mom & Pops actor. He is safe, secure, no police records actor. He is the dude you want to bring home and your parents will not worry if the cutleries are going to go missing.

In short, he is not risky, will avoid risque (heard he didn't want to be too intimate in Varanam Ayiram) and we are not going to see anything original in him. He is the Siva Kumar of our generation, the kind of actor, when in conversation during tea time, you go, "He is a good actor", and everyone goes, "yeah, yeah, he is, he is indeed", and silence. No debates, no introspective on the layers of performances he has given, no retrospective revision of past bad performances.

As mentioned before, he "acts". He does not throw himself into the role, to the point that it either moves us or even embarasses us. He is there, like a recently erected monument that may or may not be there. He has some use but how long, who knows?

Surya is a stand in. The risky stuff he did has been done before. Hunchback? That is Malayalam remake. Pithamagan? Only, because Vikram is inferior to him. Varanam Ayiram? I don't know, because he was never impressive earlier in the first place.