Vijay Suriya

Vijay Suriya (born 7 September 1990)[2] is an Indian actor and presenter. He is noted for his work in the Kannada-language Colors Kannada soap opera Agnisakshi.[3]

Vijay Suriya
Suriya during Ishtakamya promotion, 2015
Born
Vijay Suriya

(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesVijay Lalitaa Suriya[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television presenter
Years active2011–present
Spouse
Chaitra
​
(m. 2019)​
Children2

Early life

Suriya did his schooling at Clarence Public School and his pre-university education at Christ University in Bangalore.[4] He took acting lessons in Whistling Woods Academy, Mumbai run by filmmaker Subhash Ghai.[5] He has an elder brother. Suriya married a family friend and an IT professional, Chaitra, in 2019. They have two children together.[6]

Career

Suriya made his screen debut in 2012, with the film Crazy Loka, in which he was cast opposite Harshika Poonacha.[7] It was directed by Kavitha Lankesh, and saw Suriya play the son of Ravichandran's character.

Suriya rose to fame by 2014 from Agnisakshi, a television series, which aired on Colors Kannada. He then appeared in Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar's directorial Ishtakamya (2016). His next film , Sa, with Karthik Jayaram and Samyukta Hornad, was released in the same year. In 2019, Suriya had his next film release, titled Kaddu Mucchi. Suriya then hosted Comedy Talkies, a comedy show judged by Srujan Lokesh and Rachita Ram. After the soap Premaloka (2019),[8] Suriya featured in Switch { Case N (2024) as an aspiring cricketer who lands a job in the IT sector and has to deal with the internal politics at his workplace.[9] He made his debut in Telugu television with the soap, Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini, a remake of the Bengali series Saanjher Baati, in which he portrayed a visually impaired man. Speaking about the character, he stated: "My character Eshwar is not blind by birth but becomes blind due to an accident and develops a strong sense of hearing after this vision loss."[10]

Filmography

Films
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2012Crazy LokaAbhayNominated—SIIMA award for Best Debutant Male
2016IshtakamyaDr. Aakarsh
2016Sa
2019Kaddu MucchiSiddharth
2022Gaalipata 2RevanthaCameo appearance
2024Switch { Case N:Siddharth
TBAVeeraputra† TBAFilming

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Uttarayana
2013 Lakshmi Baramma Siddharth
2013–2019 Agnisakshi Siddharath
2014 Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star Contestant Eliminated in 4th week
2018 Comedy Talkies Host
2019–2020 Premaloka Surya
2020–2021 Jothe Jotheyali Surya Cameo appearance
2023–2024 Namma Lachhi Sangam
2023 Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarini Easwar Telugu series

Awards
Anubandha Awards
  • Best Pair (with Vaishnavi Gowda)
  • 2014-15: Most Popular Actor[11]
  • 2016–17: Most Popular Actor
  • 2017–18: Most Popular Actor
  • 2018–19: Most Popular Actor

References
  1. "Kannada Actor Vijay Suriya Changes His Name To Vijay Lalitaa Surya On Mother's Day!". Times Now. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. "ವಿಜಯ ಸೂರ್ಯ biography". Filmibeat (in Kannada). Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. "Kannada TV gets a new face: Vijay Suriya". The Times of India.
  4. Prabhan, Pooja (29 June 2017). "The chocolate boy who became a star!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. S. M., Shashiprasad (22 November 2018). "Kaddu Mucchi' ado about Vijay!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  6. "Vijay Suriya welcomes second child with Chaitra; was at shoot when he was born". The Times of India. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  7. S., Girish (25 September 2012). "Meet the Band of boys of Kannada films". Rediff.com.
  8. "Ankitha Navya Gowda to romance Vijay Suriya in Premaloka serial". The Times of India. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  9. "Switch { Case N: Movie Review : Switch { Case N: review: A hard-hitting look at the work culture in the IT sector". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  10. Murthy, Neeraja (1 June 2023). "Vijay plays a blind man in 'Krishnamma Kalipindi Iddarni' a love saga on Star Maa". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  11. "Amulya performs at Anubandha awards". The Times of India. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2024.


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