ACTOR SIVAKUMAR IS HALE AND HEARTY; TESTS NEGATIVE FOR COVID-19

This surely has come across as a piece of good news for the fans of the veteran actor whose sons - Suriya and Karthi are doing very well in the industry. Suriya just had his Soorarai Pottru release on Amazon Prime Video to rave reviews.

“We all go through this phase once we turn 18, when we start thinking about our future. Questions like who will accept me, and how I will fare in this world start to crop up. I went through that too. I did not want to follow my father’s [Sivakumar] footsteps in the film industry. I got a job in a garment factory, with my first month’s salary being ₹736, which I got after 18 hours of work every day. I still remember the weight of the white envelope that had that money. I re-lived all those days during the shoot of Soorarai Pottru that charts the struggles of the protagonist.

I also feel that somewhere over the last few years, I became satisfied with the place I am in and was not pushing myself enough. I desperately wanted to respect the love fans were giving me by giving them a film like this. After a long time, I felt refreshed at a shooting spot and experienced a new way of filmmaking. Everybody needs to press that refresh button once a while, and that happens only when you get a challenge. Happiness is facing new challenges,” Suriya was quoted as saying in a recent interview to The Hindu on the challenges he had faced.