Suriya becomes Torch Bearer for South Cinema
Suriya is one of the few performers who, in virtually every film, manages to touch the hearts of spectators, whether as an amnesiac lover boy in ghajini or a lawyer fighting for justice in jai Bhim. For many, the pandemic was a game-changer, but for Suriya, it was a constant motivation to improve and renew. Then there are films like soorarai pottru and jai Bhim, which are based on true events and serve as a social retrospection.
When soorarai pottru was announced, the expectation was tremendous, as it was for every Suriya film, but little did we realise that it would blow everyone's minds. Suriya played the titular part in the biopic of Simplifly Deccan founder G. R. Gopinath, in which he recounted a storey of a middle-class man with lofty ambitions and how he achieves success. Suriya's character was just like any other person who wanted to fly his parents or loved ones, but the costs were prohibitive, and what you see after years of sheer persistence is a young guy who becomes one of India's most renowned aircraft businessmen. Isn't it inspiring?
All eyes were on Suriya after Soorari Pottru to see what would happen next in the storey, and that's when jai Bhim appeared in front of him. The film is based on a true storey and depicts caste inequality as well as an accurate depiction of police brutality. In India, where caste plays a significant role in everything from basic rights to voting, jai Bhim demonstrated that tribes do not even have proof of citizenship.