Ramalakshmanan Muthuchamy, professionally known as Soori, is an Indian actor and
comedian who predominantly appears in
Tamil film industry
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kolly ...
.
Career
Soori moved from
Madurai
Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...
to
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 ...
in 1996 with the intention of becoming an actor in the
Tamil film
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...
industry. After failing to get any roles, he took up work in the city as a cleaner to fund his acting ambitions.
He made occasional uncredited roles in films portraying a junior artiste who would appear in comedy scenes, appearing in films such as ''
Winner'' (2003).
The actor appeared in ''
Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu'' (2009). Soori got this suffix to his name because of the 'parotta competition' scene in which he stuns the hotelier by eating 50 parottas and getting ready to eat the same number once again.
He has appeared in ''
Sundarapandian'' (2012), ''
Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam'' (2013), ''
Pandiya Naadu'' (2013) and ''
Jilla'' (2014). He acted in ''
Rajini Murugan'' (2016) ''
Idhu Namma Aalu'' (2016), ''
Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran'' (2016) and ''
Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae'' (2017).
He was seen in
Sivakarthikeyan's ''
Seema Raja'' (2018) and
Vikram's ''
Saamy Square'' (2018). However, his performances in these two films were brutally criticised. Soori had back-to-back releases with ''
Namma Veettu Pillai'' (2019) and ''
Sangathamizhan'' (2019).
Filmography
Films
References
External links
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Male actors from Madurai
Tamil comedians
Living people
Male actors in Tamil cinema
1976 births
Indian male comedians
Tamil male actors
21st-century Indian male actors