Surya (2008 film)

Surya is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film, written and directed by stunt master Jaguar Thangam, in his directorial debut.^[1] The film stars his son debutant Vijaya Chiranjeevi and Keerthi Chawla.^[2] The film received extremely negative reviews from critics. This movie was dubbed in Hindi as Surakshaa - One Challenger Hero and it was distributed by Shemaroo Entertainment.

Surya
Directed by	Jaguar Thangam
Written by	Jaguar Thangam
Produced by	Santhi Jaguar Thangam
Starring	Vijaya Chiranjeevi Keerthi Chawla
Cinematography	R. H. Ashok
Music by	Jerome Pushparaj
Production company	JVR Film Makers
Release date	5 December 2008 (2008-12-05)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Vijaya Chiranjeevi as Surya
• Keerthi Chawla
• Neepa
• Vijayakumar as Surya's father
• Bose Venkat
• Meera Krishnan as Surya's mother
• Mayilsamy
• Ponnambalam
• Karate Raja as Police Officer
• Muthukaalai as Surya's friend
• T. P. Gajendran as himself
• Ganesh Babu
• Bava Lakshmanan
• Meesai Rajendranath as Police Officer
• Siva Narayana Murthy as Police Officer
• Vijay Ganesh as Thief

Production

The film marked the acting debut of Vijaya Chiranjeevi, son of stunt master Jaguar Thangam who also made his directorial debut with this film.^[1][3] The film was launched on 10 February 2006 at AVM Studios.^[4]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Jerome Pushparaj.^[5]

• "Veeradhi Veeranada" — Tippu
• "Vettaiyaada Vaada" — Girish, Vinaya
• "Sammadhama" — Shalini, Karthi
• "Padaiyedu" — Tippu, Mervin
• "Theme Music"

Reception

A critic from Behindwoods gave the film zero out of five stars.^[6] Kanmani of Kalki called Vijaya Chiranjeevi's stunts, stunt choreography, Vadivelu Ganesh's humour as positive points but called Vijaya Chiranjeevi's acting, editing, music, loop holes in screenplay as negatives.^[7]