''Suriyan Satta Kalloori'' () is a 2009

Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pudu ...

action drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...

directed by R. Pavan. The film stars newcomers Kajni and

Mithra Kurian Mithra Kurian (born Dalma Kurian), is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam and Tamil films. Her notable works include ''Bodyguard'' (2010) and ''Kaavalan'' (2011). Biography She first appeared in a supporting role in the 2004 Malayalam ...

, with

Radha Ravi Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi (born 29 July 1952) is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career. He is the son of actor M. R. Radha and the uncle of Vasu Vikram and half-brother of Raadhika. He is a ...

, Pawan, M. S. Bhaskar,

Ganja Karuppu Ganja Karuppu is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in comedy roles in Tamil cinema. After making his debut in Bala's '' Pithamagan'' (2003), Ganja Karuppu experienced success in the late 2000s with his roles in '' Raam'' (2005), ...

, Aarthi,

Kadhal Sukumar Kadhal Sukumar is an Indian actor and director who has appeared in Tamil language films. After working as a comedian in films for a decade, notably in Balaji Sakthivel's romantic film ''Kaadhal'' (2004). Career Sukumar, the son of a farmer from ...

and Chaams playing supporting roles. The film, produced by Sivasakthi Pandian, had musical score by

Deva Deva may refer to: Entertainment * ''Deva'' (1989 film), a 1989 Kannada film * ''Deva'' (1995 film), a 1995 Tamil film * ''Deva'' (2002 film), a 2002 Bengali film * Deva (2007 Telugu film) * ''Deva'' (2017 film), a 2017 Marathi film * Deva ...

and was released on 25 September 2009.

Plot

The film begins with Suriyan (Kajni) getting into a fight with another cellmate and then remembering about his past. Suriyan was a model law college student and also the chairman of the student council. Everyone liked him in the college. He and the new student Mahalakshmi (

) fell in love with each other. Suriyan initiated a proposal for instituting a national 'Best Student' award and travels to Delhi to submit his proposal to the central government. In the meantime, Vetrichelvan ( Pawan), with the support of a politician, joins as a student in the same college. Upon his arrival, Thiruchelvan eve teased the college girls, humiliated the professors, and violated the college rules on purpose. Suriyan first tried a soft method to change Vetrichelvan, but it failed, so Suriyan had to use his fists to teach him a lesson. Vetrichelvan was admitted to the hospital in a serious condition, and his twin brother Kalaichelvan (Pawan), a local don, decided to take revenge on Suriyan. Kalaichelvan posed as Vetrichelvan, entered the college, and acted as a good student. The twin brothers then started playing with Suriyan and confused everyone. They even created a conflict between Suriyan and Mahalakshmi. Suriyan then found out about their trick. During a fight, Suriyan killed the twin brothers in front of Mahalakshmi's eyes to save her as she was abducted. In court, Suriyan, who did not want to disrespect the law, confessed that he had killed them and was sentenced to the death penalty. Back to the present, the government accepts Suriyan's 'Best Student' project and wants to award Suriyan of the first award. The film ends with Mahalakshmi, the college students, the college principal, and the professors mourning the death of Suriyan.

Cast

*Kajni as Suriyan (Suriyanarayan) *

as Mahalakshmi *

as College Principal * Pawan as Vetrichelvan and Kalaichelvan * M. S. Bhaskar as Saama Iyer *

as Idithangi * Aarthi as Booma *

as Raghu * Chaams as Kethu *

Rajyalakshmi Rajyalakshmi Chandu, better known by her stage name Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi (born 18 December 1964) is an Indian actress. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She was well noted fo ...

as Suriyan's mother *

Besant Ravi Besant Ravi (born R. Ravi Kumar; 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor and stunt choreographer. He has played antagonistic supporting roles in Tamil, Hindi and several other Indian language films. Early life Besant Ravi, who was born and brought up ...

as Ravi *Selvaraj *Sujibala in a special appearance *

Srikanth Deva Srikanth Deva is an Indian music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie '' Doubles'' in 2000. He is the son of composer Deva, nephew of the famous music director duo Sabesh–Murali and the cousin of actor ...

in a cameo appearance *

in a cameo appearance

Production

Sivasakthi Pandian, who had produced films like ''

Kadhal Kottai ''Kadhal Kottai'' () is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Agathiyan. It stars Ajith Kumar and Devayani, with Heera, Thalaivasal Vijay, and Karan in supporting roles. The film was a major commercial success and also won th ...

'' (1996) and ''

Vetri Kodi Kattu ''Vetri Kodi Kattu'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Cheran. The film stars starring Murali, Parthiban, Meena, and Malavika, while Vadivelu, Manorama, Anandaraj, Vijayakumar, and Charle play supporting ...

'' (2000), returned after a brief exile with ''Suriyan Satta Kalloori'', a film directed by newcomer R. Pavan. Newcomer Kajni, son of the producer Kaja Mohideen, and Malayalam actress

were signed to play the lead roles. Actors like Pawan,

, M. S. Bhaskar,

, and Aarthi were roped in for playing prominent roles. U. K. Senthil Kumar took care of camera works while

scored the music and the editing was handled by S. Surajkavee.

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. He took 21 days to complete the re-recording. The soundtrack, released in 2009, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Kabilan and R. Pavan.

Release

The film was released on 25 September 2009 alongside four other films.

Critical reception

S. R. Ashok Kumar of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' said, "One does welcome the story, written by producer Sivasakthi Pandian, which has such a message. The director in his screenplay also has many loose ends that ultimately leave a lot of questions unanswered". Pavithra Srinivasan of ''

Rediff.com Rediff.com (stylized as ''rediff.com'') is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City. , it had more than 300 e ...

'' rated the film 1 out of 5 and wrote, "Suriyan Satta Kalloori tries to address real problems and gives solutions but it's done in such a cheesy, clichéd fashion, with wooden acting and special effects that the message itself is hopelessly lost". Another reviewer said, "While its lead character is bland and uninteresting, its story takes a convoluted, illogical route to convey its message".

Box office

The film took a below average opening at the

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

box office.

References

{{reflist 2009 films 2000s Tamil-language films 2009 action drama films Indian action drama films Films scored by Deva (composer) Films set in universities and colleges 2009 directorial debut films