JEICHUTOM MAARA! SURIYA'S SOORARAI POTTRU ACHIEVES THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT; FANS SEMMA HAPPY!

The movie loosely based on the biography of Capt Gopinath, founder of the low-cost airline, Air Deccan had Aparna Balamurali playing the female lead with music score by GV Prakash. The movie has now won the Best Performance Male and Best film at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2021.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO Soorarai Pottru@Suriya_offl @VicGovernor #SooraraiPottru pic.twitter.com/TJskvqFEW4

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

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CONGRATULATIONS TO Suriya Sivakumar for Soorarai Pottru@Suriya_offl #SooraraiPottru pic.twitter.com/rKvT5ixssN

— Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (@IFFMelb) August 20, 2021

Captain GR Gopinath, whose life story was made into this movie, took to social media to share the happy news. "Soorarai Potru awarded best actor and best film awards at the Indian film festival of Melbourne," he wrote on Twitter. Fans and Celebrities have been showering Suriya with congratulatory messages and soon the hastags #SooraraiPottru and #Suriya starting trending on Twitter.

Soorarai Potru awarded best actor and best film awards at the Indian film festival of Melbourne 🎉

— Capt GR Gopinath (@CaptGopinath) August 20, 2021

'Soorarai Pottru' also had an ensemble cast of including Paresh Rawal, Urvashi, Mohan Babu, and Karunas. It was Produced by Suriya and Guneet Monga, under their respective banners 2D Entertainment and Sikhya Entertainment.

Suriya was last seen in the short 'Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru', directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon in the nine-part Netflix Anthology 'Navarasa'. He is awaiting the release of his next 'Jai Bhim' where Suriya plays a lawyer. He also has 'Vaadivaasal' directed by Vetrimaaran and 'Etharkkum Thunindhavan' directed by Pandiraj in his kitty. The title and first look of his upcoming movie was unveiled on July 22.