Surya Son of Krishnan

 

Surya Son of Krishnan(Vaaranam Aayiram) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by Venu Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The film stars Suriya in dual lead roles as father and son, with Sameera Reddy, Simran and Divya Spandana in lead roles.

The film illustrates Surya, an Indian Army Major who learns about his father's death when he is on a rescue mission. He then starts recallin the memories and bond he shared with his father and the stories related to him. The storyline is inspired from Menon's life, when he heard the news about his father's death back in 2007, also serving as a tribute to him.

The film was theatrically released on 14 November 2008, after multiple postponements and opened to critical acclaim and praise for Suriya's performance. Further, the film also became a commercial success, eventually becoming the biggest hit in Suriya's career at that time. It won a number of awards, including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Rating :

IMDb : 8.2/10

Some of the main characters in the movie are :

Surya and Krishnan (Surya)

Surya played a dual role of father and son in this movie. Surya, An Indian Army major learns about his Father's demise while he is on a rescue mission to rescue a journalist kidnapped by terrorists in Kashmir. Then he starts recalling the memories and bond he shared with his father

Krishnan and Malini are both students at Madras Christian College in the 1970s. They fall in love and later get married; Suriya and his sister Shriya are born. Krishnan and Suriya get along more as friends than a father-son duo. An elderly Krishnan vomits blood and passes away at his house when Surya is away from his home on a rescue mission.

Meghna (Sameera reddy)

Surya meets Meghna in a train and falls in love with her on seeing her in first sight, But Meghna doesn't believe in love at first sight and then after she leaves to US for pursuing Master's degree in Computer Science then after Surya learns about Meghna and tells her that he will come to US and take her back and marry her. After a year fulfilling the family responsibilities Surya goes to US and tracks his love and wants to get back and marry Meghna. Seeing Surya Meghna gets surprised and asks to stay with him later on eventually she starts to fall in love with him. Then after Meghna goes to Oklahoma on a project but unfortunately she dies in a bomb blast, leaving Surya heartbroken.

Malini (Simran)

Malini is one of the main characters in the movie. Malini and Krishnan are both students at Madras Christian College in the 1970s. They fall in love and later get married. She has played the role of krishnan wife and Surya's mother who always supports him in his tough times. After the demise of Meghna Surya gets addicted to Alcohol and drugs to ease his pain. Malini and Krishnan find out about his drug abuse and lock him up in his room to rehabilitate him. Once he starts withdrawing, Malini encourages Suriya to go on a rejuvenating trip but on a condition that he returns home.

Priya (Divya Spandana)

Surya tries hanging out with friends, and meets Priya, Shriya's friend. She proposes to Surya and confesses that she was in love right from their childhood, in fact her proposal just causes Surya to have a painful relapse of Meghna's memories to the point that he starts using drugs and alcohol to ease his pain. Later on Surya joins Indian Army and then after time changes and he decides to marry Priya and accepts her proposal to marry her.

My Review: