Tamil actor Sj Surya is in Hyderabad directing Pawan Kalyan and Nikesha for Puli. He is just back from work and looks a bit fatigued. “Can we talk about Puli instead of my work as an actor or director ,” he asks modestly. He shows the scar beneath his eye. He recently met with an accident while shooting for his upcoming movie Newtonin 3-vadhu Vidhi (based on Newton’s third law), but made it in time with a heavy dose of antibiotics and stitches to direct the telugu film.
Surya hails from a village Vasudevanallu in Tirunalveli district in tamil nadu. Right from his childhood he was inclined towards films and when he expressed his desire to move to Chennai, his father was more than supportive. “My father is exactly like Vijaykumar in Kushi, his body language, the way he talks is just the same”, he tells Metro Plus. He worked for six years as production boy, office boy etc to become an assistant director but once he became an assistant director, there was no looking back. He has a lot of gratitude for Ajit who gave him a break in Vaali as a director and now Surya is an actor, breathing movies 24×7.
Surya apparently launched himself as an actor in the tamil version of Naani and directed the film in telugu too with Mahesh Babu. He talks with a tinge of sadness, “Kushi was a success in hindi, telugu and tamil. I enjoyed it’s success and took the pain of Naani’s failure in equal measure. Even today I get tears in my eyes when I think of Naani, it hurts a lot. I take the blame entirely, it’s my fault. “
The director says Puli is his last venture as a director. Hereafter he will not direct any film, he will either act or act and direct his own films. It was a commitment that was long overdue. He waxes eloquent on the actor. “ I’m doing it just for Pawan Kalyan and producer Ramesh. Pawan Kalyan is into politics and this Puli triggers his thought process, I’ve never seen him do anything without a reason, he needs to be inspired. That’s the quality of Puli. Even before I conceived this character, he was already living it, worked on his body, moustache. Puli is the trailor for his next part in life…probably his political entry. He always practices what he preaches, I have immense respect for him and even copied him in one of my films.”
Surya had directed Kalyan in Kushi seven years before, so he says that this magic will repeat seven years after Puli’s release, “mark my words some magic will take place every seven years in his life”, he adds. Nikesha, the heroine is a newcomer from the United Kingdom and is touted to be a very stylish girl. Binod Pradhan who was the cinematographer for Devdas and Rang De Basanti is handling the camera and AR Rehman too has been roped in for some fantastic music. Puli will show you how to lead life in a better way, it will make you think says the soft spoken director before bidding adieu
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