131-426: 7 Aum Arivu ( Tamil pronunciation: [eːɻaːm ariʋu] ; lit. 7th Sense ) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language science fiction martial arts film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss , featuring Suriya in dual roles, along with Shruti Haasan and Johnny Trí Nguyễn in supporting roles. In the film, a medical student enlists the help of a circus artist, who is a descendant of Bodhidharma , to revive
262-531: A Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize and the Vijay Award for Best Actor for 2008. The film also went on to receive a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil for 2008. In 2009, Suriya's first release was K. V. Anand 's action-thriller Ayan . With Suriya portraying the role of a smuggler, the film also featured Prabhu as his guardian and Tamannaah Bhatia as the lead actress. The film
393-468: A lexical root to which one or more affixes are attached. Most Tamil affixes are suffixes . Tamil suffixes can be derivational suffixes, which either change the part of speech of the word or its meaning, or inflectional suffixes, which mark categories such as person , number , mood , tense , etc. There is no absolute limit on the length and extent of agglutination , which can lead to long words with many suffixes, which would require several words or
524-432: A , as with other Indic scripts . This inherent vowel is removed by adding a tittle called a puḷḷi , to the consonantal sign. For example, ன is ṉa (with the inherent a ) and ன் is ṉ (without a vowel). Many Indic scripts have a similar sign, generically called virama , but the Tamil script is somewhat different in that it nearly always uses a visible puḷḷi to indicate a 'dead consonant' (a consonant without
655-759: A 2001 survey, there were 1,863 newspapers published in Tamil, of which 353 were dailies. Tamil is the primary language of the majority of the people residing in Tamil Nadu , Puducherry , (in India) and in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka . The language is spoken among small minority groups in other states of India which include Karnataka , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh , Kerala , Maharashtra , Gujarat , Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India and in certain regions of Sri Lanka such as Colombo and
786-420: A Buddhist teacher, noted in a press conference that the monk was 150 years old when he reached China, while in the film they had depicted him in his 20s. He expressed his desire to debate with the film-makers. Babu added that he had material evidence to prove it, while sparking off a hunger strike across the country on Bodhidharma's followers. Other sources also reported a similar issue. Later reports claimed that
917-604: A Chinese track. The album was released by Sony Music on 22 September 2011 at a launch event held in Chennai Trade Centre. Bharath Creations bought the rights for the film in US and Canada. The film's worldwide theatrical rights were sold for ₹ 60 crore. The film was given a U certificate by the Censor Board , but did not get the 30 percent entertainment tax waiver until more than 100 days after release. The film
1048-552: A Millionaire? . In 2013, Suriya founded the production house 2D Entertainment . Suriya was born as Saravanan on 23 July 1975 in Madras (now Chennai ), Tamil Nadu , to actor Sivakumar and his wife Lakshmi. He attended Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School and St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai, and obtained his under graduate degree B.Com from Loyola College, Chennai . Suriya has two younger siblings,
1179-448: A brother Karthi and a sister Brindha . His mother tongue is Tamil . Suriya is married to long-time girlfriend, actress Jyothika . The couple, after dating for several years, got married on 11 September 2006. They have two children, a daughter and a son. Prior to his career in films, Suriya worked at a garment exports factory for eight months. He did not reveal himself to his boss as Sivakumar's son, but his boss ultimately learnt
1310-639: A cameo as Rolex in Lokesh Kanagaraj 's Vikram starring Kamal Haasan , Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil . The film is part of the Lokesh Cinematic Universe . He also appeared as himself in R. Madhavan 's Rocketry: The Nambi Effect . The same year, Suriya became the first South Indian actor to be invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . He was among 397 eminent film personalities invited to join
1441-578: A comic touch in Bala 's Pithamagan , co-starring Vikram , won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil . In 2004, he played dual roles in Perazhagan , as an aggressive boxer and a handicapped phone booth keeper. Suriya's performance received highly positive reviews from critics with a reviewer describing it as "Suriya deserves appreciation for his astounding performance. He
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#17327974563951572-519: A family of around 26 languages native to the Indian subcontinent . It is also classified as being part of a Tamil language family that, alongside Tamil proper, includes the languages of about 35 ethno-linguistic groups such as the Irula and Yerukula languages (see SIL Ethnologue ). The closest major relative of Tamil is Malayalam ; the two began diverging around the 9th century CE. Although many of
1703-399: A modern-day circus artist as well as Bodhidharma , a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th century. Vietnamese actor and martial artist Johnny Trí Nguyễn was signed to play the antagonist, while Kannada actor Avinash and Abhinaya were selected to play minor supporting roles in the film. Sources claimed that the film drew inspirations from Christopher Nolan 's Inception . However,
1834-607: A number of apparent Tamil loanwords in Biblical Hebrew dating to before 500 BCE, the oldest attestation of the language. Old Tamil is the period of the Tamil language spanning the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE. The earliest records in Old Tamil are short inscriptions from 300 BCE to 700 CE. These inscriptions are written in a variant of the Brahmi script called Tamil-Brahmi . The earliest long text in Old Tamil
1965-671: A number of skeletons were found buried in earthenware urns dating from at least 696 BCE in Adichanallur . Some of these urns contained writing in Tamil Brahmi script, and some contained skeletons of Tamil origin. Between 2017 and 2018, 5,820 artifacts have been found in Keezhadi . These were sent to Beta Analytic in Miami , Florida , for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dating. One sample containing Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions
2096-518: A number of sound changes, in particular, a tendency to lower high vowels in initial and medial positions, and the disappearance of vowels between plosives and between a plosive and rhotic. Contact with European languages affected written and spoken Tamil. Changes in written Tamil include the use of European-style punctuation and the use of consonant clusters that were not permitted in Middle Tamil. The syntax of written Tamil has also changed, with
2227-566: A research centre where they can complete their research and decide to make it their base of operation for a few days. They all deactivate their phones so that nobody can trace them. However, Dong Lee traces them through Malathi and Imran. Dong Lee then locates the research centre. Subha and her friends in the research centre escape in a van, but Dong Lee chases them, and the van turns around and collapses. An unconscious Aravind eventually awakens Bodhidharma's powers, using them to prevail and kill Dong Lee in battle. Aravind uses an ancient medicine to cure
2358-545: A reviewer citing that "Suriya keeps you riveted to the seats with another wholesome effort". In 2006, appeared in a cameo role in Jyothika starrer June R . In the same year he starred with Jyothika and Bhumika Chawla in N. Krishna 's film Sillunu Oru Kaadhal . The film took a strong opening. It had an average response from critics, but his performance was praised, with a reviewer from Sify citing that "Suriya pitches in with yet another fantastic performance, be it
2489-527: A sentence in English. To give an example, the word pōkamuṭiyātavarkaḷukkāka (போகமுடியாதவர்களுக்காக) means "for the sake of those who cannot go" and consists of the following morphemes : போக pōka go முடி muṭi accomplish Suriya Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known by his stage name Suriya , is an Indian actor and film producer. He primarily works in Tamil cinema where he
2620-647: A small number speak the language. In Reunion where the Tamil language was forbidden to be learnt and used in public space by France it is now being relearnt by students and adults. Tamil is also spoken by migrants from Sri Lanka and India in Canada , the United States , the United Arab Emirates , the United Kingdom , South Africa , and Australia . Tamil is the official language of
2751-488: A soldier working for the Chinese government , is given the task of starting a government-planned biological war against India, dubbed as Operation Red . He arrives in Chennai and commences by injecting a virus into a pariah dog , with the virus being the same strain as the one from Bodhidharma's time. Meanwhile, Subha Srinivasan, a genetics student, discovers that Bodhidharma can be brought back to life if his sample of DNA
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#17327974563952882-527: A song in Manmadhan Ambu (2010), before also starring in K. V. Anand 's Ko and Bala 's Avan Ivan (2011). His only release in 2011 that featured him in a starring role was A. R. Murugadoss 's science fiction action thriller 7aum Arivu . Suriya played dual roles and starred alongside Shruti Haasan in the film, as a circus artist and as the Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma , who lived in
3013-529: A stunt sequence in Perambur . In the process, Suriya had an ankle injury due to which the shot was postponed for three days. Suriya underwent physical training for a kung fu sequence within 16 days, following cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran 's request. Shabina Khan designed the costumes for Suriya and Shruti, staying with the team throughout the filming process in Bangkok and Hong Kong. The song "Mun Andhi"
3144-610: A subject of study in schools in the French overseas department of Réunion . In addition, with the creation in October 2004 of a legal status for classical languages by the Government of India and following a political campaign supported by several Tamil associations, Tamil became the first legally recognised Classical language of India. The recognition was announced by the contemporaneous President of India , Abdul Kalam , who
3275-463: A variety of dialects that are all collectively known as Brahmin Tamil . These dialects tend to have softer consonants (with consonant deletion also common). These dialects also tend to have many Sanskrit loanwords. Tamil in Sri Lanka incorporates loan words from Portuguese , Dutch , and English. In addition to its dialects, Tamil exhibits different forms: a classical literary style modelled on
3406-438: A vowel). In other Indic scripts, it is generally preferred to use a ligature or a half form to write a syllable or a cluster containing a dead consonant, although writing it with a visible virama is also possible. The Tamil script does not differentiate voiced and unvoiced plosives . Instead, plosives are articulated with voice depending on their position in a word, in accordance with the rules of Tamil phonology . In addition to
3537-423: A year prior to meeting Subha. Aravind meets her and is enraged upon realising the truth. However, the next day, he reconciles with her and agrees to contribute to the research. The research begins to resurrect Bodhidharma and to end Operation Red. Meanwhile, Dong Lee continues to wreak havoc on the city. Subha goes to her genetics department and announces that Operation Red can be stopped if they read and make use of
3668-413: Is Suriya who carries the film to the winning post. His passion and the way he brings an ordinary regular larger-than-life hero character alive on screen is lesson for other commercial heroes." Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni stated that he became "a great fan of Suriya" after watching Singam . The film won Suriya his second Vijay Award for Best Entertainer, in addition to his eighth nomination for
3799-584: Is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia . It is one of the two longest-surviving classical languages in India , along with Sanskrit , attested since c. 300 BCE. The language belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian language family and shares close ties with Malayalam and Kannada . Despite external influences, Tamil has retained a sense of linguistic purism, especially in formal and literary contexts. Tamil
3930-427: Is a classy commercial entertainer, which has its moments. Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express wrote, "Attractively packaged, 24 is refreshing, novel and worth a watch." M. Suganth of The Times of India , assigned 4 out of 5 stars, stating: "It is not often that we see a big star choosing to take a risk with a script that is not simplistic or formulaic, especially when his last few films have underperformed at
4061-477: Is at his best be it humor or action. The actor has scored a hat trick". The film emerged as a commercial success at the box office, and Suriya won his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance. The same year, he portrayed the role of a student leader in Mani Ratnam 's political drama Aayutha Ezhuthu along with Madhavan and Siddarth . The film received high critical acclaim and
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4192-457: Is based on the dialect of Jaffna . After Tamil Brahmi fell out of use, Tamil was written using a script called vaṭṭeḻuttu amongst others such as Grantha and Pallava . The current Tamil script consists of 12 vowels , 18 consonants and one special character, the āytam . The vowels and consonants combine to form 216 compound characters, giving a total of 247 characters (12 + 18 + 1 + (12 × 18)). All consonants have an inherent vowel
4323-505: Is based on the earnings of Indian celebrities. His peak ranking on the list was at the 25th place, in the year 2017. A research study conducted in 2023 by Indian Institute of Human Brands (IIHB) stated that Suriya was the highest-ranked celebrity in South India. The study was based on several attributes covering image, personality and other human factors. Suriya has been a celebrity endorser for several brands and products. In 2004, he
4454-401: Is deemed unlikely by Southworth due to the contemporary use of the compound 'centamiḻ', which means refined speech in the earliest literature. The Tamil Lexicon of University of Madras defines the word "Tamil" as "sweetness". S. V. Subramanian suggests the meaning "sweet sound", from tam – "sweet" and il – "sound". Tamil belongs to the southern branch of the Dravidian languages ,
4585-681: Is driven by Suriya's riveting performance". The film was dubbed in Telugu under the same name and was again a box office success, earning him fame in Andhra Pradesh . Suriya received his fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. Later that year, he worked in Hari 's action film Aaru , which was moderately successful at the box office. His performance received positive reviews with
4716-563: Is extensively described in the oldest known grammar book for Tamil, the Tolkāppiyam . Modern Tamil writing is largely based on the 13th-century grammar Naṉṉūl which restated and clarified the rules of the Tolkāppiyam , with some modifications. Traditional Tamil grammar consists of five parts, namely eḻuttu , col , poruḷ , yāppu , aṇi . Of these, the last two are mostly applied in poetry. Tamil words consist of
4847-511: Is found in Tholkappiyam , which is dated as early as late 2nd century BCE. The Hathigumpha inscription , inscribed around a similar time period (150 BCE), by Kharavela , the Jain king of Kalinga , also refers to a Tamira Samghatta ( Tamil confederacy ) The Samavayanga Sutra dated to the 3rd century BCE contains a reference to a Tamil script named 'Damili'. Southworth suggests that
4978-405: Is generally taken to have been completed by the 8th century, was characterised by a number of phonological and grammatical changes. In phonological terms, the most important shifts were the virtual disappearance of the aytam (ஃ), an old phoneme, the coalescence of the alveolar and dental nasals, and the transformation of the alveolar plosive into a rhotic . In grammar, the most important change
5109-409: Is generally used in formal writing and speech. For instance, it is the language of textbooks, of much of Tamil literature and of public speaking and debate. In recent times, however, koṭuntamiḻ has been making inroads into areas that have traditionally been considered the province of centamiḻ . Most contemporary cinema, theatre and popular entertainment on television and radio, for example,
5240-410: Is in koṭuntamiḻ , and many politicians use it to bring themselves closer to their audience. The increasing use of koṭuntamiḻ in modern times has led to the emergence of unofficial 'standard' spoken dialects. In India, the 'standard' koṭuntamiḻ , rather than on any one dialect, but has been significantly influenced by the dialects of Thanjavur and Madurai . In Sri Lanka, the standard
5371-654: Is matched with another sample of DNA. Coincidentally, she finds a matching sample in Aravind, a descendant of Bodhidharma who is working as a circus artist. Dong Lee finds out about Subha's mission to revive Bodhidharma and plans to kill her first. Subha approaches Aravind for the sake of the mission. One day, Aravind's family sees Subha and clearly remember that she visited them a year before to find Aravind and know all about him for her research on Bodhidharma. Saving herself, she lies by saying that she does not know them. Later that night, Aravind's uncle explains all of what happened
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5502-771: Is not always consistently applied. ISO 15919 is an international standard for the transliteration of Tamil and other Indic scripts into Latin characters. It uses diacritics to map the much larger set of Brahmic consonants and vowels to Latin script , and thus the alphabets of various languages, including English. Apart from the usual numerals, Tamil has numerals for 10, 100 and 1000. Symbols for day, month, year, debit, credit, as above, rupee, and numeral are present as well. Tamil also uses several historical fractional signs. /f/ , /z/ , /ʂ/ and /ɕ/ are only found in loanwords and may be considered marginal phonemes, though they are traditionally not seen as fully phonemic. Tamil has two diphthongs : /aɪ̯/ ஐ and /aʊ̯/ ஔ ,
5633-670: Is one of the highest paid actors. He has received numerous accolades including two National Film Awards , six Filmfare Awards South and five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards . Suriya has featured six times in the Celebrity 100 list of Forbes India , which takes into account the earnings of Indian celebrities. After making his debut in Nerukku Ner (1997) at the age of 22, Suriya landed his breakthrough role in Nandhaa (2001) and then had his first major commercial success with
5764-592: Is predominantly spoken in Tamil Nadu , India, and the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka . It has significant speaking populations in Malaysia , Singapore , and among diaspora communities . Tamil has been recognized as a classical language by the Indian government and holds official status in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Singapore. The earliest extant Tamil literary works and their commentaries celebrate
5895-468: Is sent to China by his guru, who requests him to stop the spread of an epidemic existing there from spreading to India. Initially, the Chinese treat him as an inferior. However, when he cures a little girl infected by the disease and defeats people who ill-treated the villagers, the Chinese then began to respect and worship him. He begins to teach them how to cure many diseases, the skills of hypnotism, and
6026-409: Is the Tolkāppiyam , an early work on Tamil grammar and poetics, whose oldest layers could be as old as the late 2nd century BCE. Many literary works in Old Tamil have also survived. These include a corpus of 2,381 poems collectively known as Sangam literature . These poems are usually dated to between the 1st century BCE and 5th century CE. The evolution of Old Tamil into Middle Tamil , which
6157-475: Is the elder son of actor Sivakumar and his younger brother Karthi is also an actor. In 2006, he married actress Jyothika whom he co-starred with in 7 films. He began Agaram Foundation , which funds various philanthropic activities, later that year. The year 2012 marked his debut as a television presenter with the Star Vijay game show Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi , the Tamil version of Who Wants to Be
6288-793: Is used as one of the languages of education in Malaysia , along with English, Malay and Mandarin. A large community of Pakistani Tamils speakers exists in Karachi , Pakistan , which includes Tamil-speaking Hindus as well as Christians and Muslims – including some Tamil-speaking Muslim refugees from Sri Lanka. There are about 100 Tamil Hindu families in Madrasi Para colony in Karachi. They speak impeccable Tamil along with Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi. Many in Réunion , Guyana , Fiji , Suriname , and Trinidad and Tobago have Tamil origins, but only
6419-478: The COVID-19 pandemic . He then played Justice K. Chandru in T. J. Gnanavel's legal drama Jai Bhim . The film, which was his own production, was distributed by Amazon Prime Video on 2 November 2021. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the story, performances, direction and social message, and several publications listed the film as "one of the best Tamil and Indian films of 2021". The film
6550-482: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil . His next venture was Vikraman 's romantic drama Unnai Ninaithu followed by the action drama Sri and the romantic drama Mounam Pesiyadhe directed by Ameer Sultan , the lattermost of which earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. In 2003, he starred in Gautham Vasudev Menon 's Kaakha Kaakha , a film about
6681-465: The Pandiyan Kings for the organization of long-termed Tamil Sangams , which researched, developed and made amendments in Tamil language. Even though the name of the language which was developed by these Tamil Sangams is mentioned as Tamil, the period when the name "Tamil" came to be applied to the language is unclear, as is the precise etymology of the name. The earliest attested use of the name
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#17327974563956812-599: The University of Madras , was one of the earliest dictionaries published in Indian languages. A strong strain of linguistic purism emerged in the early 20th century, culminating in the Pure Tamil Movement which called for removal of all Sanskritic elements from Tamil. It received some support from Dravidian parties . This led to the replacement of a significant number of Sanskrit loanwords by Tamil equivalents, though many others remain. According to
6943-491: The 11th century, retain many features of the Vaishnava paribasai , a special form of Tamil developed in the 9th and 10th centuries that reflect Vaishnavite religious and spiritual values. Several castes have their own sociolects which most members of that caste traditionally used regardless of where they come from. It is often possible to identify a person's caste by their speech. For example, Tamil Brahmins tend to speak
7074-472: The 6th century. The film met with mixed reviews, but was a commercial success and became his first film to gross above ₹ 1 billion, and earned him his ninth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. His 2012 release was the K. V. Anand -directed action thriller Maattrraan in which he played the role of conjoined twins , Vimalan and Akhilan. The film received mixed reviews, and ended up being an average grosser. Critics however praised
7205-615: The Academy for the 95th Academy Awards . After the release of Etharkkum Thunindhavan , Suriya started work on Bala 's Vanangaan . However, in December 2022, it was confirmed that he left the project due to differences with the director. Suriya's other productions in 2022 were Oh My Dog and Viruman . In 2024, Suriya did a cameo in the Hindi remake of Soorarai Pottru titled Sarfira , an own production with Akshay Kumar in
7336-489: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil, and subsequently went on to become the second highest-grossing film of the year. He made his Telugu and Hindi debut in the second part of Ram Gopal Varma 's political drama Rakta Charitra in 2010. The film was released in Tamil as Ratha Sarithiram , which was partly dubbed and partly reshot. Suriya subsequently went on to appear as himself in three consecutive guest appearances, appearing alongside Trisha and Madhavan in
7467-419: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. The film's success saw Suriya emerge as the most profitable leading actor in Tamil films, following a hattrick of large commercial hits, with film journals suggesting that his success was due to "experiments within the commercial format" and he was successful in "avoiding being typecast". The film ran 100 days in 3 states (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh). Ayan
7598-481: The Indian state of Haryana , purportedly as a rebuff to Punjab , though there was no attested Tamil-speaking population in the state, and was later replaced by Punjabi , in 2010. In Malaysia, 543 primary education government schools are available fully in Tamil as the medium of instruction . The establishment of Tamil-medium schools has been in process in Myanmar to provide education completely in Tamil language by
7729-474: The Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the 22 languages under schedule 8 of the constitution of India . It is one of the official languages of the union territories of Puducherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands . Tamil is also one of the official languages of Singapore . Tamil is one of the official and national languages of Sri Lanka, along with Sinhala . It was once given nominal official status in
7860-819: The NEET which "prevents medical courses to students from normal families". While Madras High Court judge S.M. Balasubramaniam urged the chief justice to take contempt action against Suriya, this was opposed by six retired judges. Suriya's wife Jyothika had on a separate occasion requested to contribute to schools and hospitals the same as temples. Although the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other right-wing organisations condemned them, they garnered widespread support from people advocating equality in access to healthcare and education. In 2006, Suriya began Agaram Foundation , working to help children who drop out of school early in Tamil Nadu . Suriya revealed that he
7991-590: The Tamil language, Kannada still preserves a lot from its roots. As part of the southern family of Indian languages and situated relatively close to the northern parts of India, Kannada also shares some Sanskrit words, similar to Malayalam. Many of the formerly used words in Tamil have been preserved with little change in Kannada. This shows a relative parallel to Tamil, even as Tamil has undergone some changes in modern ways of speaking. According to Hindu legend, Tamil or in personification form Tamil Thāi (Mother Tamil)
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#17327974563958122-446: The Tamil version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? . It began airing on 27 February 2012 and ended on 12 July. His next film was Singam II , a sequel to his 2010 film Singam . The film released on 5 July 2013 to mixed reviews from critics. However, the film received a huge opening and emerged one of the highest grossing Tamil films of all time . Suriya was once again acclaimed for his portrayal of Durai Singam and his performance
8253-696: The Tamils who settled there 200 years ago. Tamil language is available as a course in some local school boards and major universities in Canada and the month of January has been declared "Tamil Heritage Month" by the Parliament of Canada . Tamil enjoys a special status of protection under Article 6(b), Chapter 1 of the Constitution of South Africa and is taught as a subject in schools in KwaZulu-Natal province. Recently, it has been rolled out as
8384-442: The ancient language ( sankattamiḻ ), a modern literary and formal style ( centamiḻ ), and a modern colloquial form ( koṭuntamiḻ ). These styles shade into each other, forming a stylistic continuum. For example, it is possible to write centamiḻ with a vocabulary drawn from caṅkattamiḻ , or to use forms associated with one of the other variants while speaking koṭuntamiḻ . In modern times, centamiḻ
8515-450: The applause hits the roof", concluding that it is "completely his film". In 2010, he starred in his 25th release, Singam directed by Hari , in which he played the role of a police officer from a small village going to work in the city. The film received positive reviews with The Hindu newspaper noting that "Suriya shows that be it a performance-oriented role or a formulaic concoction he can deliver", while Sify.com stated "Ultimately it
8646-604: The box office, but here Suriya pulls it off admirably." For his performance in the film, Suriya won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – Tamil , in addition to his twelfth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. The film also grossed above ₹1 billion at the box office worldwide. His next film S3 , the third film of the Singam franchise , was released on 9 February 2017 and emerged another ₹ 1 billion grosser. His only release in 2018
8777-689: The culture associated with the Neolithic complexes of South India, but it has also been related to the Harappan civilization . Scholars categorise the attested history of the language into three periods: Old Tamil (300 BCE–700 CE), Middle Tamil (700–1600) and Modern Tamil (1600–present). About of the approximately 100,000 inscriptions found by the Archaeological Survey of India in India are in Tamil Nadu. Of them, most are in Tamil, with only about 5 percent in other languages. In 2004,
8908-466: The cures in a book written by Bodhidharma. However, the department refuses to believe and looks down on her, claiming that an ancient book is of no use in modern times, much to her dismay. After some time, she and Aravind learn that her professor from the genetics department is assisting Dong Lee in Operation Red. They sneak into the professor's apartment and learn about the operation. The next day,
9039-952: The dialect of Madurai , and iṅkaṭe in some northern dialects. Even now, in the Coimbatore area, it is common to hear " akkaṭṭa " meaning "that place". Although Tamil dialects do not differ significantly in their vocabulary, there are a few exceptions. The dialects spoken in Sri Lanka retain many words and grammatical forms that are not in everyday use in India, and use many other words slightly differently. Tamil dialects include Central Tamil dialect , Kongu Tamil , Madras Bashai , Madurai Tamil , Nellai Tamil , Kumari Tamil in India ; Batticaloa Tamil dialect , Jaffna Tamil dialect , Negombo Tamil dialect in Sri Lanka; and Malaysian Tamil in Malaysia. Sankethi dialect in Karnataka has been heavily influenced by Kannada . The dialect of
9170-399: The differences between Tamil and Malayalam demonstrate a pre-historic divergence of the western dialect, the process of separation into a distinct language, Malayalam, was not completed until sometime in the 13th or 14th century. Additionally Kannada is also relatively close to the Tamil language and shares the format of the formal ancient Tamil language. While there are some variations from
9301-539: The director and the project lagging too much. In a 2013 interview with the Bangalore Mirror , film producer G. Dhananjayan called Suriya as the "biggest star" in contemporary Tamil cinema and claimed it was mainly because his popularity extended to Telugu and Malayalam speaking audiences as well. His next film Anjaan directed by N. Lingusamy was released on 15 August 2014 to mixed reviews. He also co-sang " Ek Do Theen Char " with Andrea Jeremiah for
9432-569: The director dismissed the news, reasoning that he had begun shooting much before the release of Inception . Murugadoss further denied reports that the film was a remake of the Bollywood flick Chandni Chowk to China , as both were supposed to be set in China, and that the film's concept was similar to that of the Hollywood film Perfume , confirming the script as the original. After completing
9563-483: The disease, marries Subha and finally tells the press about the importance of Indian history. The film was announced in May 2010. Initial reports suggested that Suriya would play three characters; a circus artist, a scientist and a Buddhist monk, for a portion set in China in the 5–6th century. However, it was clarified that the scientist's role would be performed by the female lead, Shruti Haasan , while Suriya would play
9694-647: The district of Palakkad in Kerala has many Malayalam loanwords, has been influenced by Malayalam's syntax, and has a distinctive Malayalam accent. Similarly, Tamil spoken in Kanyakumari District has more unique words and phonetic style than Tamil spoken at other parts of Tamil Nadu. The words and phonetics are so different that a person from Kanyakumari district is easily identifiable by their spoken Tamil. Hebbar and Mandyam dialects, spoken by groups of Tamil Vaishnavites who migrated to Karnataka in
9825-553: The film Periyanna (1999), directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar . He then appeared twice with Jyothika in Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) and Uyirile Kalanthathu (2000). In 2001, he starred in Siddique 's comedy film Friends , also co-starring Vijay , which became a commercial success. Suriya confessed that he struggled due to lack of confidence, memory power, fighting or dancing skills in his early career, but it
9956-431: The film "average", writing that "the effort of Murugadoss to make a special kind of film is laudable but seems to lack the imagination required to pull off what he set out to achieve". Nowrunning.com rated it 3/5 stating that "a hopeful beginning makes this routine fare an absolute disappointment. This is not a bad film. You just expect better from a director like Murugadoss". N. Venkateswaran of The Times of India rated
10087-497: The film 3 stars out of 5, saying, "If the movie deserves a look, it is only because of the ever-dependable Suriya" and criticised Shruti Haasan's dialogue delivery. J. Hurtado of Screen Anarchy wrote, " 7aam Arivu is a good film with flashes of greatness. It is bogged down with commercial elements that do a grave disservice to the film we could have seen". Reviewing the Telugu-dubbed version, Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated
10218-499: The film as Tamizh Nadan. His next release was the science-fiction action drama 24 directed by Vikram Kumar . It was released on 6 May 2016 to positive reviews. Based on the concept of time-travel , the film stars Suriya in triple roles, alongside actresses Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen in leading roles. The Hindu critic Baradwaj Rangan called 24 an "intelligent, joyous mix of sci-fi and masala-myth." Sreedhar Pillai in his review for Firstpost mentioned, 24
10349-435: The film as his "magnum opus", citing that he is "perfect" and that the film for him is a "justified triumph". Similarly, critics cited Suriya's performance as "outstanding" and claimed that the film "works because of his performance", whilst other reviewers claimed the film was an "out and out Suriya show". His portrayals also fetched him several notable awards, including his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil ,
10480-447: The film three out of five and wrote that " 7th Sense is an example for a big-star-cast-huge-budgeted movie that looks wonderful on the paper, but falters in the execution. The concept is innovative, but format/screenplay/arch is not good enough to narrate this story in an arresting fashion". 7 Aum Arivu had a strong opening on 25 October, a day prior to Diwali . The film earned ₹ 40.25 crore in its six-day opening weekend from all over
10611-424: The film through an eight-month fitness regime without steroids, with the move being a trend-setter for other leading actors from South India. The film, which featured him alongside Simran , Sameera Reddy and Divya Spandana , became commercially successful at the box office upon release and received positive reviews from film critics, with Suriya's dual role performance being lauded. A critic from Rediff labelled
10742-459: The film was very similar to the game Assassin's Creed . Some were of the opinion that the film and the game were based on the same concept, despite being different in other aspects. The film Velayudham , which had released alongside 7aum Arivu was also compared with the game. Tamil-language Sri Lanka Singapore Malaysia Canada and United States Tamil ( தமிழ் , Tamiḻ , pronounced [t̪amiɻ] )
10873-448: The film's technical aspects and VFX , in addition to Suriya's performance, which earned him his tenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. Suriya himself dubbed for one of his characters in the Telugu dubbed version while his brother Karthi dubbed for his other character. In January 2012, Suriya was named as the official host of the new game show to be presented on STAR Vijay , Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi ,
11004-524: The film, but lost the award to his performance in Soorarai Pottru. The same year, he produced two films, Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum and Udanpirappe . Suriya's next film Etharkkum Thunindhavan , also known under the initialism ET , directed by Pandiraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures released in theatres on 10 March 2022 to mixed reviews. He also dubbed for himself in Telugu. Following that film, he appeared in
11135-648: The film, he emphasised that he had not been inspired by or remade any film, stating that Hollywood filmmakers can "feel free to remake 7aum Arivu ". Filming began in June 2010. The first schedule of the film was completed in China and those fifteen minutes of the edited film reportedly cost ₹ 15 crore. Later, some shots were canned in Trichy and later at Ampa Skywalk , followed by the song Oh Ringa Ringa in Besant Nagar , for which 1000 junior artists were allotted, and
11266-447: The film, which was released directly on Amazon Prime Video on 12 November 2020. The film received widespread critical acclaim and won Suriya his first National Film Award for Best Actor , in addition to his third Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. The film became the most-watched regional language film in the history of Amazon Prime in India. His next work Navarasa , a Netflix anthology series produced by Mani Ratnam ,
11397-503: The film. On 15 May 2015, Suriya released 36 Vayadhinile starring his wife Jyothika , the first production from his company 2D Entertainment . His next release was Venkat Prabhu 's film Massu Engira Masilamani (Masss) , in which he co-starred with Nayanthara for the third time, released to mixed reviews, but critics were all in praise for Suriya's performance. In the same year Suriya produced Pasanga 2 (2015), directed by Pandiraj . Suriya also appears in an extended cameo role in
11528-699: The hill country . Tamil or dialects of it were used widely in the state of Kerala as the major language of administration, literature and common usage until the 12th century CE. Tamil was also used widely in inscriptions found in southern Andhra Pradesh districts of Chittoor and Nellore until the 12th century CE. Tamil was used for inscriptions from the 10th through 14th centuries in southern Karnataka districts such as Kolar , Mysore , Mandya and Bengaluru . There are currently sizeable Tamil-speaking populations descended from colonial-era migrants in Malaysia , Singapore , Philippines , Mauritius , South Africa , Indonesia, Thailand, Burma , and Vietnam . Tamil
11659-432: The introduction of new aspectual auxiliaries and more complex sentence structures, and with the emergence of a more rigid word order that resembles the syntactic argument structure of English. In 1578, Portuguese Christian missionaries published a Tamil prayer book in old Tamil script named Thambiran Vanakkam , thus making Tamil the first Indian language to be printed and published. The Tamil Lexicon , published by
11790-498: The judiciary saying that "while the court is run through video conferencing, they have ordered students to take the exams in person during COVID-19". He compared NEET to " manuneethi " and a tale in the Mahabharata in which Drona demanded Ekalavya 's thumb as payment for training, going on to suggest that "the skills and abilities of our children should not be determined by one test". He asked people to raise their voice against
11921-461: The latter of which is restricted to a few lexical items. Tamil employs agglutinative grammar, where suffixes are used to mark noun class , number , and case , verb tense and other grammatical categories. Tamil's standard metalinguistic terminology and scholarly vocabulary is itself Tamil, as opposed to the Sanskrit that is standard for most Indo-Aryan languages . Much of Tamil grammar
12052-539: The lead. He then appeared in Siva 's Kanguva . The film was produced jointly by Studio Green and UV Creations, and was released in theatres on 14 November 2024. In October 2024, he finished filming for Karthik Subbaraj 's Suriya 44 , co-produced by him and Stone Bench Films , and is currently working in RJ Balaji 's Suriya 45 . Suriya has been a patron of Tamil Nadu Kidney Research Foundation since 2007. In
12183-457: The legend's skills and knowledge, while a Chinese mercenary with hypnotic powers starts a government-planned biological war against India. The film, produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin began production in June 2010 and was completed by July 2011. It was released on 25 October 2011 in Chennai and a day later, on Diwali , worldwide. The visual effects for the film were done by Legacy Effects . It
12314-419: The life of a police officer. The film received positive reviews upon release with a critic from Rediff.com claiming that "Suriya as Anbu Selvan fits the role and this film is certainly a career high for him". The film emerged as Suriya's first major blockbuster at the box office and earned him his third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil. His portrayal of a happy-go-lucky village crook with
12445-520: The main intention of propagating Buddhism and his portrayal as a man with "medicinal knowledge" and his expertise at "martial arts" were not well received by the viewers who claimed that the film gives too much emphasis on his identity as a Tamilian rather than highlighting the other facts. The film was compared by historian S. Theodore Baskaran with other Tamil films about history and folklore which had been historically inaccurate like Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Parthiban Kanavu . Babu T. Raghu,
12576-423: The name comes from tam-miḻ > tam-iḻ "self-speak", or "our own speech". Kamil Zvelebil suggests an etymology of tam-iḻ , with tam meaning "self" or "one's self", and " -iḻ " having the connotation of "unfolding sound". Alternatively, he suggests a derivation of tamiḻ < tam-iḻ < * tav-iḻ < * tak-iḻ , meaning in origin "the proper process (of speaking)". However, this
12707-537: The old aspect and time markers. The Nannūl remains the standard normative grammar for modern literary Tamil, which therefore continues to be based on Middle Tamil of the 13th century rather than on Modern Tamil. Colloquial spoken Tamil, in contrast, shows a number of changes. The negative conjugation of verbs, for example, has fallen out of use in Modern Tamil – instead, negation is expressed either morphologically or syntactically. Modern spoken Tamil also shows
12838-518: The physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Shaolinquan . After several years, when he expresses his desire to return to India, the villagers believing that their village would be free of diseases if he were buried there, plot to poison him and bury him near the temple. Bodhidharma agrees to die and subsequently becomes a fundamental figure in Chinese history, affectionately being dubbed as "Damo". In modern-day China, Dong Lee,
12969-465: The policy sought to impose entrance and qualifying examination on students and the three language formula in Tamil Nadu. His statements were criticized by BJP and AIADMK leaders. Suriya issued a statement on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in September 2020 after three students committed suicide. He criticized the government for enacting laws that created inequalities and criticized
13100-542: The professor is caught red-handed by Aravind, Subha, and her friends Ashwin, Imran, Malathi and Nisha but surrenders and explains that he received a huge sum of money from the Chinese government to carry out Operation Red. After the professor gives the group more details about Operation Red and how to stop it, they leave. However, Dong Lee eventually arrives, and the professor once again teams up with him to save his own life. Subha, Aravind, and their gang barely escape from an attempt on their lives by Dong Lee. They finally locate
13231-533: The responsible husband and father, or the cool dude at college". In 2007, his only release was director Hari 's Vel , where he was paired with Asin for the second time after Ghajini . The film, which featured him in dual roles, was commercially successful. His next release was another collaboration with Gautham Vasudev Menon after the success of Kaakha Kaakha . Suriya began work on Menon's biopic Vaaranam Aayiram in November 2007. Playing dual roles for
13362-510: The rural populace who do not otherwise have access to quality education. Through the foundation, Suriya has also managed to set up a platform for students to participate in workshops and improve communication skills, teamwork, goal setting and leadership. Suriya is among the highest paid actors in Tamil cinema. For 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Suriya was included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list which
13493-494: The same year, he also acted in a short film on AIDS awareness . He has also lent his voice to other noble causes such as "Save The Tigers" campaign, which aids in the protection and preservation of Tigers in India, and "REACH", a non-profit that cures TB patients for free using supervised medication programs. In 2019, Suriya criticised the union government's Draft National Education Policy (NEP), claiming that several of its features would affect students from rural areas. He said
13624-421: The second largest release in Andhra Pradesh for a dubbed film by opening up in 400 screens across the state. A special screening was shown to actor Kamal Haasan . In Malaysia, the film was released in record 53 screens. In the US, the film was released in both Tamil and Telugu in 50 screens. Rediff gave it 3 out of 5, noting that it was "worth a watch" and had "several things working for it". Sify called
13755-470: The standard characters, six characters taken from the Grantha script , which was used in the Tamil region to write Sanskrit, are sometimes used to represent sounds not native to Tamil, that is, words adopted from Sanskrit, Prakrit , and other languages. The traditional system prescribed by classical grammars for writing loan-words, which involves respelling them in accordance with Tamil phonology, remains, but
13886-532: The third time he collaborated with the director. Although the film received mixed reviews from critics, it ended up being a commercial success. He also produced Uriyadi 2 and Jackpot in 2019. His next film, the biographical drama Soorarai Pottru , was based on the life of Air Deccan founder Captain G. R. Gopinath . It was directed by Sudha Kongara , produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment and co-produced by Guneet Monga under Sikhya Entertainment. He sang "Maara Theme" and its Telugu version "Maha Theme" for
14017-412: The third time in his career, Suriya appeared as father and son, with both characters demanding scenes shot throughout their lives ranging from scenes as a 16-year-old to scenes as a 65-year-old. During the production of the film, Suriya described the project as "unique" and "straight from the heart", describing the physical hardships he endured during the making. He lost weight and prepared a six pack for
14148-469: The thriller Kaakha Kaakha (2003). Following award-winning performances of a conman in Pithamagan (2003) and a hunchback in Perazhagan (2004), he played a man suffering from anterograde amnesia in the 2005 blockbuster Ghajini . He rose to stardom with dual roles of a father and son in Gautham Vasudev Menon 's semi-autobiographical Vaaranam Aayiram (2008). His status as an action star
14279-515: The truth himself. He was initially offered the lead role by Vasanth in his film Aasai (1995), but he rejected the offer citing a lack of interest in an acting career and the offer went to Ajith Kumar . He later debuted in Vasanth's 1997 film Nerrukku Ner , produced by Mani Ratnam when he was 22 years of age. The stage name "Suriya" was bestowed to him by Ratnam to avoid a clash of names with established actor Saravanan . The name "Suriya"
14410-526: The word for "here"— iṅku in Centamil (the classic variety)—has evolved into iṅkū in the Kongu dialect of Coimbatore , inga in the dialects of Thanjavur and Palakkad , and iṅkai in some dialects of Sri Lanka . Old Tamil's iṅkaṇ (where kaṇ means place) is the source of iṅkane in the dialect of Tirunelveli , Old Tamil iṅkiṭṭu is the source of iṅkuṭṭu in
14541-447: The world. In Chennai alone, the film grossed ₹ 9 crore in its lifetime. Indian film trades considered the film a commercial success, despite a high budget and distribution price. 7aum Arivu is thought to have grossed an estimated ₹ 90 crore– ₹ 100 crore worldwide in its lifetime. Some criticism toward the film involved historical inaccuracies pertaining to Bodhidharma. According to researchers, he had travelled from India to China with
14672-549: Was Thaana Serndha Kootam directed by Vignesh Shivan and produced by Studio Green with music done by Anirudh Ravichander . The Telugu dubbed version received praise for Suriya's dubbing. In the same year, he produced Kadaikutty Singam , starring his brother Karthi , and co-sang "Cha Cha Charey" with Karthi , Kharesma Ravichandran , Venkat Prabhu and Premgi Amaren for the movie Party . The first of his two releases in 2019, Selvaraghavan 's NGK , released on 31 May 2019. The second, K. V. Anand 's Kaappaan marked
14803-547: Was Pepsi 's brand ambassador in Tamil Nadu along with R. Madhavan . He was chosen to represent TVS Motors , Sunfeast Biscuits and Aircel in 2006. He had endorsed Saravana Stores , Bharathi Cements and Emami Navaratna products in 2010. In 2011, he had signed new deals with Nescafe , Close-Up and Zandu Balm, for the latter of which he appeared with actress Malaika Arora . In 2012, Suriya endorsed Malabar Gold and Diamonds . The commercials for Aircel and Nescafe featured Suriya and his wife Jyothika together. In 2013, he
14934-534: Was a Tamilian himself, in a joint sitting of both houses of the Indian Parliament on 6 June 2004. The socio-linguistic situation of Tamil is characterised by diglossia : there are two separate registers varying by socioeconomic status , a high register and a low one. Tamil dialects are primarily differentiated from each other by the fact that they have undergone different phonological changes and sound shifts in evolving from Old Tamil. For example,
15065-402: Was actor Raghuvaran , one of his mentors, who advised him to create his own identity, rather than stay under his father's shadow. His major break came in the form of the action drama Nandhaa , which was directed by Bala . Playing the role of an ex-convict who is very attached to his mother, he received a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor , in addition to his first nomination for
15196-437: Was also commercially successful. Suriya signed on to feature in the psychological thriller, Ghajini directed by A. R. Murugadoss in November 2004. He played the role of a businessman suffering from anterograde amnesia . Ghajini emerged as a blockbuster at the box office and was the third highest-grossing Tamil film of the year. Suriya's performance was unanimously praised, with a reviewer from Sify citing that "the film
15327-618: Was also dubbed into Telugu as 7th Sense which released simultaneously along with the Tamil original. The film was one out of several films selected by the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce for being the Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film that year. Bodhidharma , a master of martial arts and medical remedies, is the son of a great Indian king of the Pallava dynasty . He
15458-600: Was claimed to be dated to around 580 BCE. John Guy states that Tamil was the lingua franca for early maritime traders from India. Tamil language inscriptions written in Brahmi script have been discovered in Sri Lanka and on trade goods in Thailand and Egypt. In November 2007, an excavation at Quseir-al-Qadim revealed Egyptian pottery dating back to first century BCE with ancient Tamil Brahmi inscriptions. There are
15589-540: Was created by Lord Shiva . Murugan , revered as the Tamil God, along with sage Agastya , brought it to the people. Tamil, like other Dravidian languages, ultimately descends from the Proto-Dravidian language , which was most likely spoken around the third millennium BCE, possibly in the region around the lower Godavari river basin. The material evidence suggests that the speakers of Proto-Dravidian were of
15720-571: Was established with roles of a smuggler in Ayan (2009), and an aggressive cop in the Singam trilogy . He also found success with the science fiction films 7aum Arivu (2011) and 24 (2016) and then went on to work in critically acclaimed films like Soorarai Pottru (2020) and Jai Bhim (2021), the former of which earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor . Suriya
15851-548: Was frequently used for characters in Ratnam's films. Vijay , who co-starred with him in the film, would also go on to become a leading contemporary actor in Kollywood. This was followed by a series of roles in commercially unsuccessful films in the late 1990s. In 1998, he starred in the romantic film Kaadhale Nimmadhi . In July the same year, he had another release Sandhippoma . Subsequently, he acted with Vijayakanth in
15982-536: Was hailed as "the film's backbone". Singam II was a box office hit and became his second ₹1 billion grosser. Suriya received his eleventh nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film. Suriya distributed the film through his production company 2D Entertainment , founded in 2013. He had signed on to feature in Gautham Vasudev Menon 's film Dhruva Natchathiram and reportedly waited for six months to start filming. However, in October 2013, he backed out due to differences with
16113-782: Was inspired to begin the movement as a result of his father's own organisation, Sivakumar Educational Trust, which had been operating similar benefits on a smaller scale since the 1980s. With the Ministry of Education in Tamil Nadu , the foundation created a short commercial video outlining child poverty, labour and lack of education, titled Herova? Zerova? . The film was written and produced by Sivakumar and also starred Vijay , Madhavan and Jyothika . Agaram sponsored 159 underprivileged students in 2010 for their higher education in various disciplines, and has continued to provide free seats and accommodation for pupils. Agaram Foundation works towards providing appropriate learning opportunities to
16244-508: Was released on 6 August 2021. He acted in the 9th episode titled Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru , directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon . The artists, technicians and directors of the series contributed towards the film without remuneration, with only the costs of production being associated. The profits earned from the project were donated to the members of the Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI), who were affected by
16375-601: Was scheduled for a Diwali release on 26 October 2011; with producer Udhayanidhi Stalin 's intervention, it was brought forward by one day, opening ahead of the other films. The distribution rights in Kerala were acquired for ₹ 2.4 crore, releasing in more than 100 screens. In Chennai , the film released in 51 screens. The film was the largest release in Suriya's career, opening with 1000 prints worldwide, with 400 prints in Tamil Nadu alone. The Telugu dubbed version, 7th Sense had
16506-481: Was shortlisted among the 276 films eligible for nomination at the 94th Academy Awards , but failed to make the final list of nominations. Jai Bhim also became the first Indian film to be featured on the Oscars ' YouTube channel. Suriya won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil as producer of the film, and received his fourteenth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in
16637-488: Was shot extensively across Tanzania , Namibia , Malaysia and India and featured acrobatic stunts by Suriya, without the use of a stunt double. Upon release, it received positive reviews, with critics citing the film as a "must watch" and Suriya's performance was yet again acclaimed and he found himself nominated for leading awards and won the Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year , in addition to his seventh nomination for
16768-464: Was shot in Thailand. Filming was completed by July 2011. The visual effects of the film were done by Legacy Effects at an approximate cost of ₹ 10 crore. It is their second Indian film after Enthiran (2010). The soundtrack featured musical score composed by Harris Jayaraj in his second collaboration with Murugadoss after Ghajini (2005). The lyrics for the songs were written by Pa. Vijay , Na. Muthukumar , Kabilan and Madhan Karky , who wrote
16899-552: Was the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2009 . His next film, K. S. Ravikumar 's action entertainer Aadhavan also achieved commercial success, while Suriya's depiction of a hitman was praised. A critic from Sify.com labelled it as an "out and out Suriya show", stating that "the film rides on the magic of the actor, and his zany shenanigans alone makes it worth a watch" and Rediff.com cited that "he sings, dances, and fights with absolute sincerity, but when he looks at you with tears in his eyes in an emotional scene tailor-made for him,
17030-504: Was the lingua franca for early maritime traders, with inscriptions found in places like Sri Lanka , Thailand , and Egypt . The language has a well-documented history with literary works like Sangam literature , consisting of over 2,000 poems. Tamil script evolved from Tamil Brahmi, and later, the vatteluttu script was used until the current script was standardized. The language has a distinct grammatical structure, with agglutinative morphology that allows for complex word formations. Tamil
17161-451: Was the emergence of the present tense. The present tense evolved out of the verb kil ( கில் ), meaning "to be possible" or "to befall". In Old Tamil, this verb was used as an aspect marker to indicate that an action was micro-durative, non-sustained or non-lasting, usually in combination with a time marker such as ṉ ( ன் ). In Middle Tamil, this usage evolved into a present tense marker – kiṉṟa ( கின்ற ) – which combined
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