Surieyan
| Surieyan | |
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| Directed by | Pavithran |
| Written by | Pavithran |
| Produced by | K. T. Kunjumon |
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| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
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| Music by | Deva |
Production company | A. R. S. Film International |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Surieyan (/suːrɪjən/ transl. Sun) is a 1992 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Pavithran, and produced by K. T. Kunjumon. The film, starring Sarathkumar and Roja, revolves around an IPS officer who is forced to flee after being framed for shooting a minister. After reaching a hamlet he changes his appearance and pretends to be amnesiac. How he will prove his innocence forms the rest of the story.
Surieyan was released on 14 August 1992. The film became the first major success for Sarathkumar as a hero. It won three Cinema Express Awards, and was a trendsetter for further action films in the Tamil film industry itself.