FILM DIRECTOR

S. J. Suryah

1968 - Today

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Selvaraj Justin Pandian (born 20 July 1968), known by his stage name S. J. Suryah, is an Indian actor, lyrcist, film director, film producer, screenwriter, playback singer, composer, narrator and philanthropist who predominantly works in Tamil films and in few Telugu films. He sought to become an actor but started out directing, assisting Vasanth and Sabhapathy. Suryah made his directorial debut with Vaali in 1999 whose success catapulted him to stardom. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. J. Suryah has received more than 3,326,947 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. S. J. Suryah is the 1,979th most popular film director, the 1,369th most popular biography from India and the 54th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, S. J. Suryah ranks 1,979 out of 2,041. Before him are Anurag Kashyap, Ashutosh Gowariker, Reginald Hudlin, Roya Sadat, Volodymyr Tykhyi, and Mark Neveldine. After him are Nina Kusturica, Dion Beebe, Will Gluck, Lynn Shelton, Houda Benyamina, and Paula Ortiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, S. J. Suryah ranks 875. Before him are Santi Duangsawang, Jimmy Shea, Stacey Augmon, Martin Hřídel, Ulrike Holzner, and Kunio Kitamura. After him are Hiromi Suzuki, Miloš Babić, Antonio Peñalver, Marie-Claire Restoux, Dion Beebe, and Walter Henrique de Oliveira.

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In India

Among people born in India, S. J. Suryah ranks 1,369 out of 1,861. Before him are Sai Pallavi (1992), Mohammed Shahid (1960), Meena Alexander (1951), Parag Agrawal (1984), Raashi Khanna (1990), and Tusshar Kapoor (1976). After him are Jaspal Bhatti (1955), Renuka Shahane (1966), Parineeti Chopra (1988), Mohammed Shami (1990), Sadhana Sargam (1969), and Amrita Arora (1981).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, S. J. Suryah ranks 54. Before him are Prabhu Deva (1973), S. Shankar (1963), Farhan Akhtar (1974), Rajkumar Santoshi (1956), Anurag Kashyap (1972), and Ashutosh Gowariker (1964). After him are Zoya Akhtar (1972), Ketan Mehta (1952), Puri Jagannadh (1966), Rohit Shetty (1973), Vikram Bhatt (1969), and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (1963).

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Filmography

Mersal
Director
A few individuals in the medical profession are murdered or kidnapped, and the cop investigating the case suspects a doctor and arrests him. But is he the one who is behind these crimes? And why are they being committed?
Oct 18o 20177.25 / 10
Iraivi
Director
Three men try to overcome the problems in their lives not realising the impact their efforts are having on the women in their lives.
Jun 3o 20167.3 / 10
Spyder
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A surveillance expert who wants to help people comes across a foe who is the very definition of evil. Can he stop the man before he destroys everything?
Sep 27o 20175.377 / 10