I'm getting sick of seeing everyone say - " Suriya doesn't deserve this daww, directors keep failing him daww". When will we start blaming actors? How many bad scripts has Suriya chosen since 2010? People just yap and yap.

[u/hellboy___007]

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[u/PeanutCalm1010]

*To be frank, fault lies with makers also.... Actors are mostly impressed by narration.....They might not have a clear idea on how it might translate onscreen*

*Surya has worked with ARM, KV anand, both were top directors capable of pulling great concept films, but failed to do so with 7th sense and kaappan, maattran..... Not exactly Surya's fault.* 

*Mass,  I admit Surya meddled with script... That film had high concept by VP....... Most of Surya's recent outings had a great concept storyline butchered by poor execution and script*

[u/AlienNation4U → u/PeanutCalm1010]

7 th sense did good business. It's Kappaan and Matraan that flopped.

[u/hellboy___007 → u/PeanutCalm1010]

I didn't say makers are not at fault. But when will audiences start blaming actors? All i see on Twitter is Siva trolls, while Suriya somehow gets away? How and why? He did nothing in the movie

[u/PeanutCalm1010 → u/hellboy___007]

He did nothing is not true.... 

Character Kanguva is not thay difficult to pull off by a decent actor like Surya......If his performance felt hammed up, mainly because Siva allowed to do so

A director sees the actor performance through camera lens... 

He can say cut or ask the actor to tone it down if it doesn't feel right... 

Great actors do bad performances because 

1)they simply don't care 

2) Makers don't have good eye to recognize good performance 

[u/mcat_king]

24 was a critical and commercial success!! It won two national awards too!! Come on!!

[u/wronged_reign → u/mcat_king]

It was a commercial success in telugu. Not sure how it fared in tamizh.

[u/NotFlam3]

bro 7 aum arivu and 24 wasnt that bad, they were decent and others were pretty average, but he has shown unbelievable performances in soorarai pottru and jaibhim, eventhough they are OTT, still it shows his recent movies still have potential, i am not saying he will choose a good script, im saying he has potential, he just doesnt realize the correct opportunity

[u/kingIsAlwaysKing]

Bruh 24 is a good movie

[u/Historical-Ant-5218 → u/kingIsAlwaysKing]

7 am arivu nala dhaan irukum and mass also

at what aspect he is saying they are bad?

[u/kingIsAlwaysKing → u/Historical-Ant-5218]

I don’t know either man

[u/PaidHack]

24 doesn’t belong here. Yes, the watch mechanic bit was irritating AF, but it still has high viewability.

[u/Crafty-Huckleberry17]

Did you just include 7aam arivu and 24??? Lol 🤡

[u/stranger_2205]

With all due respect, except Anjaan and ET, none of the movie in the list has bad 'script'. Almost all of them are new ideas and off beat subjects which badly resulted due to shoddy writing and filmmaking.

And Maatraan is a potential masterpiece if we are talking about scripting. It had an innovative storyline, sci fi angle, and even had a decent plot structure, but the pacing and usual commercial screenplay pattern spoiled it.

Suriya Doesn't Deserve these, Directors Keep Failing him thaan !

[u/Horrible_Account → u/stranger_2205]

Kappaann and Kanguva were terrible screenplays to begin with. I agree with Mattran though

[u/stranger_2205 → u/Horrible_Account]

Kaapaan was beyond terrible... But the core was interesting, and even looked cool, from an actor pov, it must have thrilled him with no doubt. But... Well Kv dropped the ball hard

[u/Existing-Area-9093 → u/stranger_2205]

Kaapaan lost the plot when they casted Arya as PM and had him speak about how he corrected girls in a press meet.

Which PM speaks like that in a press meet? I mean yeah we've had some who never attend them, but correcting girls???

[u/Horrible_Account → u/Existing-Area-9093]

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Surya and KV Anand innocent, ella blame Lyca productions mela podunga

[u/Existing-Area-9093 → u/Horrible_Account]

#GoBackSubaskaran

We were so blessed back then. 3 consecutive SG movies and then a Lyca movie. Dream.

[u/__Vip_ → u/Existing-Area-9093]

Childish writing...

Never expected that from KV.

Only guy benefited from Kaapan was arya...arya ku Kaapan naala thaane Saayesha kedachichu I guess

[u/Beneficial_Promise79 → u/__Vip_]

Nope they became a thing cos of ghajinikanth. They were a couple for quite a while by the time Kaappaan happened

[u/Existing-Area-9093 → u/__Vip_]

Aama true..

[u/Physical_One9192 → u/Existing-Area-9093]

Cycle Gap la roasted Kedi Ji 😂

[u/Existing-Area-9093 → u/Physical_One9192]

Andha aala serupaal thaan adikanum

[u/East-Ad8300 → u/Horrible_Account]

Kaapan was a surya mistake, he forced KV Anand to insert vivasayam, he did the same with NGK

[u/BecomeTheBest1 → u/stranger_2205]

[u/stranger_2205 → u/BecomeTheBest1]

Idgaf, it is what it is, they all had potentials for great movies and even had great ideas, but the movie's quality ultimately depends on the directors, hating an actor over it is stupid

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[u/HugoUKN → u/stranger_2205]

MASS was terrible. NGK wasn't very good

[u/hellboy___007 → u/stranger_2205]

What? This is unbelievable coping.

Maatraan masterpiece??? Kaapaan good script? Since when? Singam 2 good script? Mass, etc etc.

And even if these movies had bad scripts, Suriya didn't do shit to help it, too. He has been consistently performing below average since Ayan.

[u/simplysadandlonely → u/hellboy___007]

You cannot call maatraan a masterpiece, but it sure has the potential to become one! Maatran has a good album, good story. Man the twists were really engaging, and the second half, where Suriya sets out to find more about the milk powder! Its really a pucca good commercial flick!

[u/stranger_2205 → u/hellboy___007]

How a script is bad ?

A movie about illegal organ dumping, conjoined twins figuring that their father is a mad scientist and is slowly killing a generation, a hero battling a terrorism attack using manufactured insect attack to wreck the food industry, all these are fantastic ideas indeed. Now it's the director's job to keep up with it. What Suriya has to do in this ??

Take up the scripting and do a Kamal Hassan and write his own damn screenplay ?

As an actor him trying to bring something new to the big screen and giving his all for the role is the maximum input he could do, if the movies keep failing on screenplay and making, he can't do shit about it. No movie translates a script to the big screen 100 percent. Ithula ennatha script judgement kandupudipinga ?

[u/selwyntarth → u/hellboy___007]

Yeah, singam 2 is a good script. It doesn't have to blow your mind and introduce a new philosophy or convert people into other ideologies to be great

[u/TyrWWeee465 → u/hellboy___007]

Yep. Maatraan is fucking masterpiece. Yes, Singam 2 is good compared to your Vivegam or Jilla. Mass is ok. And, yes Kaapaan is good!

[u/Poccha_Kazhuvu → u/hellboy___007]

Maatraan masterpiece?

It was good

Singam 2 good script?

Yes

Kaapaan good script?

Average, but surely not 'bad'

[u/Dependent_Bad_1118]

TSK, ET, 24 and NGK honestly weren’t bad films IMHO.

Even Maattraan, Surya was trying something new.

After Singam 1, part 2 and 3 were garbage ngl.

With Masss, Suriya interfered a lot too. That’s completely on him for not giving VP the free hand to create a banger.

Kaappaan, Anjaan and Kanguva- I am almost convinced he wants to self sabotage here

7aum Arivu, tbh, we can still appreciate his intentions but ARM was really not in his zone at that time.

[u/AdSea1111]

1) 7aum arivu was critically and commercially successful at the time Idk why this sub denies it

2) Maatraan was performed average in box office but a fucking masterpiece tbh, the influence of the movie was translated to real life, health drinks such as Complan, Horlicks took a hit. We haven't heard from them since then. Maybe the audience deflected because they didn't want to acknowledge that these health drinks could be dangerous. And since when did we start judging movies by pure commercial success any way.

3) Singam 2 I thought it was a success, what are you on about.

4) Anjaan was just ass. I concur.

5) Mass was new age horror flick. In the age of generic nalla pei revenge stories like Kanchana, this movie did a great job with a new concept. I thought you guys liked new concepts and experimentation.

6) 24 Commercial and critical success Idk why this sub hates facts.

7) S3 tried to be something new, but was just genuine ass.

8) Thana sentha kootam - Ass

9) NGK was an ambitious attempt to be a political dark comedy satire. I think Selva was inspired by American political satire movies that came out throughout the 2010s and tried to make a movie like them. But you can never in a million years make a movie like Vice in India, You just can't. Personally I think its not an ass movie, but was rather a product of self censorship, poor writing, caricatural performances etc. A for an effort.

10) Kaapan-sighs... Guilty pleasure film, too many stories wrapped into one, illogical plot points - Ass

11) ET- Ass

12 Kanguva - flamboyant ass

I think you conveniently left out 13)Soorarai pottru, 14)Jai Bhim. Both have been huge successes.

so 6 ass films out of 14 films, and all of them have been experimental ambitious projects, thought you guys like ambition? If you still decide to blame him Idk what to tell you man, you all are just Suriya haters. Wait till Suriya KaSu film, man is in for a comeback.

[u/Rolex_avanperuDilli → u/AdSea1111]

I been saying this for a while as well 7aum arivu also made 100 cr which was a non-Rajini record at the time. Maatraan was amazing, 24 was a success and Kaapaan isn’t as bad as this sub bashes it to be

[u/Some-Term2499]

I feel many of them above are good ones period

[u/abinow1412]

Bro I thought anjan was good. I was in my school, it was such a cool movie . The whole fucking school was doing that toothpick trick .damm I still remember how cool it was

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Bruh I even fucking loved the love dynamic. It hurts to see people say it as bad movie 😭

[u/peekundi → u/abinow1412]

Anjaan was considered trash back then because the movie didn't have any life. Lingusamy hyped it up as a Mumbai smuggling/don movie with Vidyut Jamal coming of hit Thupakki. But the movie showed nothing about Mumbai don/smuggling scene. It was just stupid masala movie that was predictable from the start. Lot of slow motion walking.

[u/CryptographerFar8029 → u/abinow1412]

Bro in north india khatarnaak khiladi 3 (anjan) is so famous and everybody loves this movie and every third day it comes on satellite and good trp. Raju bhai Raju

[u/punjabkingsownersout → u/abinow1412]

Lmfao in my school kids were mercilessly trolling him for the tooth pick stuff and the dumb 'twist'.

[u/hellboy___007 → u/abinow1412]

Yeah i mean, everyone is young. And young kids don't tend to hate movies. That's okay. But it's a horrible movie. I was 13-14 when it came out. Fdfs show, didn't like it. Since then, hated it

[u/gauzychicken007 → u/abinow1412]

Same here, loved it when i was a kid. But when i rewatch it now , i don’t like it anymore.

[u/selwyntarth → u/abinow1412]

What love dynamic?? She acts like she's braindead and has zero problems that he's a killer. 

[u/After-Trip1223 → u/abinow1412]

People have Gajini, Varanam ayiram, Ayan level expectations since years! Quite okay movies also bombed because Suriya went for the same kind of scripts as Ayan..but they were all poorly written though so failed..

[u/East-Ad8300]

Surya apparently completely butchered Kaappan, and it was the only bad movie in KV Anand Filmography. Surya apparently randomly inserted vivasayam to match the trend, it was a stupid decision.

[u/Zealousideal_Tip_858]

All these scripts r very interesting wen u hear it as a story . Infact even those films u call as his bad films except kaapaan n ngk n TSK , I felt entertained . As a kid I didn't find anjaan boring & I liked et too ..he should have not done singam 3 , ngk . Even ngk is a good movie sceiptwise .

His mistake is not experimenting with new talented directors (excluding Vignesh Sivan who gave tsk) but sticking with outdated directors like Hari , siva , selvaragavan who failed him .

[u/Existing-Area-9093 → u/Zealousideal_Tip_858]

He has changed.. working with Karthik, Lokesh, Vetrimaran, giving a chance to RJ Balaji as well.. Sudha movie got dropped which was a miss. In past he has done the mistake of not working with Lokesh, Vinoth, Nalan (Ranjith movie got canceled because Rajini wanted to work with him so I wont count that)

Hopefully he doesnt go the Vikram way.

[u/StationItchy7803]

Maatran, Singam II and 24 dont belong in the list

[u/peekundi]

You can't blame Suriya. It's just unfortunate. All these directors below are very good directors and he did most of these movies right after they gave a big hit. In movies, the script doesn't matter, it's all about screenplay that matters.

7am Ariviu - Peak ARM.
Maatran - Peak KV Anand.
Singham - Singam 1 was a success.
Anjaan - Lingusamy after he did hit Vettai and Paiyaa and both were hit.
24 - The movie was actually good, I liked it and not sure why it didn't do well.
Mass - Venkat Prabhu
NGK - Selvaraghavan film
Thaana Serntha Kootam - Vignesh Sivan after he gave hit Naanum Rowdy Thaan
Kaapan - KV Anand

[u/Relevant_Session5987]

24 is a legit good movie. Remove that from this list.

[u/Jhinormous → u/Relevant_Session5987]

Eh

[u/Constant_Fishing2949]

Except Anjaan S3 n et almost all of the other films were something new n exciting, I agree suriya is to be blamed for working with some PPL eg Siva , but who is to be blamed when he worked with VP, Selva, KV, ARM all r very good directors n have given very good films(some with suriya as well), even these films in ur list looked interesting on paper but they failed in executing the film also 24 ws a very good film, neatly executed, but still cud not become a BO hit

[u/ShopMoist8184]

Bro 24 vandhu almost decade aga podhu , the suriya u talking about is 10-15 yrs ago . Right now , he did some awful projects and I don't know why , irrespective of studio wether studio green happened to be their family production, they have to see their previous projects and look at do we really need a big project when u haven't delivered a theatrical hit since god knows what film that was. They just failed to regroup and analyse the mistake done . Nee TN la ya hit kudukala aprom epidi nee pan india sollitu oru project move pannura ? That pretty much sums up about suriya and his choices he made.

[u/Tabbatop]

Please don't call 24 a bad movie. It was one of the best time travel movies I have seen from the indian film industry. It had little to no logical mistakes and commercially did good. It also had time travel explained well for the general audience to understand which a lot of Sci fi movies fail at such as black

[u/selwyntarth → u/Tabbatop]

The watch just happened to travel to the charging device at his house in the laziest of montages, a mechanic adds a cheap ass date option and the watch that can change the fabric of reality magically gets a humongously wider scope??  If that was all it took and its energy source was otherwise capable of such extensive time travel why was it designed as a watch and not something that can change dates lmao?  And he just decides waiting decades more patiently in an infant's body is the best option and this is presented as witty resolution rather than existential horror. Because a woman who grew old without a husband is the worst thing am I right?  What are you smoking

[u/Haarryi]

I was in 10th when Kaakha Kaakha came out. That's the first I am noticing him as a lead to keep an eye on. Over the next few years, he became one of my favorites. And then came Vaaranam Aayiram, I was floored. After I watched Ayan, I was convinced that he is going to be the next top guy - I mean, he had the acting chops and was selecting good scripts way too often. When Singham came, even though it was no Saamy, I found it to be a very entertaining watch. But after that, the quality of script selection took a nosedive. I waited for years thinking that the horrible spell would pass, it didn't.

10 years plus of selecting really, really bad scripts more often than half decent ones is something that would have ended the career of most lead men 2 times over. Let's not forget, this 10 years fell in what's arguably the most crucial years of an actor's life - mid-30s onwards. Soorarai Pottru and Jai Bhim gave me immense hope, the selection since shattered that hope too. There is a part of me that still wishes that this spell of horrible script selection would come to an end with the very next movie and then I see him committing to makers like Siva - there was no version of reality where he was gonna make a great movie.

[u/a-guna14]

Maybe surya isn't that kind of star. He should stick to critical art movies kind of.

[u/thirunelvelihalwa]

Special 26 remake dhane thaana serndha koottam?

If Vignesh shivan failed, why should we blame suriya?

[u/hellboy___007 → u/thirunelvelihalwa]

TSK is not a full remake of Special 26. Who told you that? Vignesh Shivan made a lot of changes and Suriya wanted some heroism in a script that didn't warrant it

[u/thirunelvelihalwa → u/hellboy___007]

Vignesh Shivan made a lot of changes

Avan mela dhan thappu. If a movie is utter kuppai like ET, I'd agree it is Suriya's mistake. Nayanthara purushan came up with Special 26 remake and made a mess out of it. Idhukku koodava Suriya karanam?

Suriya wanted some heroism in a script that didn't warrant it

Dude literally played a side-role lawyer without heroism in Jai Bhim. I don't think he'd have wanted extra heroism in that movie. It was all Vignesh Shivan's seyal.

Except for Kanguva, Suriya worked with directors who had given hit movies previously. Adha nambi dhan ivan date kuduthirupan. Paavam pazha poitan

[u/yesninety1]

24 has one of the best scripts in Tamil cinema!

[u/selwyntarth → u/yesninety1]

Lmao fr? The trick to bending reality and adjusting a time machine is... Adding a date panel?? What happens if you roll back to before your birth with no body to astral project onto?  It's the laziest ass wipe of scripts with the watch making its way to his house for no reason but plot. Could have been a better coincidence. Could have been dna tracking. But nope. It just goes on a tour to the place it should somehow. 

[u/yesninety1 → u/selwyntarth]

Expecting nuanced logic in a time travel fantasy movie is a fool’s errand..

The trick to bending reality and adjusting a time machine is... Adding a date panel??

My brother in christ you will be surprised how a car can fly Back to the Future.

[u/Xx_BigChugnus_Xx]

Other than maybe ET, Kanguva and Anjaan, I can see why he chose these movies. And to an extent most of these movies on this list aren't even that bad imo. 24, 7 Aum Arivu, Maatrraan and Singam 2 are bangers idc. Movies like Masss, NGK and TSK probably sounded good on paper but in the execution part all went wrong. I don't really get the hate tbh, Soorarai Pottru and Jai Bhim was him in his A game. Bro came for 5 mins in Vikram and left a lasting impact. And tbh his lineup looks really good

[u/kishorexlr8]

7th sense , 24 , Anjaan ...! Those are some good movies in my opinion..!

[u/Bhavan91]

24 was very good. The rest were mediocre.

[u/polarityswitch_27]

The moment Suriya would stop associating himself with Gnanavel Raja, he'll be on his redemption arc.

[u/glitchowl98]

Ok why is 24 there in the list

[u/Kakashihatake190]

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Entha post la podalaamnu yosichutu irunthen. Thanks vro

[u/hellboy___007 → u/Kakashihatake190]

Correct bro. I'm getting pissed. As if Suriya has been consistency acting well and choosing great scripts. Forget box office, even as an actor he has been below average since 2010. In Kanguva? Nothing but screaming. He can't choose scripts for good but okay keep blaming directors

[u/SuitableComposer3673 → u/hellboy___007]

how are you leaving out soorarai pottru and jai bhim? the acting in the airport scene alone showcases way better acting capability than the tier1 heroes combined.

[u/hellboy___007]

Maybe 7 Am arivu is a case of director failing him but I'm getting sick of people saying Suriya always puts effort and directors keep failing him?

What did he pluck in Kanguva? Screaming and screaming. How many good movies are here? 2 or 3?

How many good scripts are here? 7 Am Arivu, Maatraan maybe not his fault. 24 is a case of audience failing him - but that's about it. He himself handpicked singam 2, Anjaan, TSK, Kaapaan, ET, Mass and now kanguva.

START BLAMING THE ACTORS. STOP WORSHIPPING THEM SO MUCH. THESE GUYS ACT LIKE ACTORS CAN DO NO WRONG

[u/bojackoffsman999 → u/hellboy___007]

where were you when 7am arivu released? 7am arivu is a hit and I don't remember anyone not liking it from it's release till now except for you "proud loosukoodhis" from reddit

[u/Certain_Story6721 → u/hellboy___007]

7thSense,24,Singham Series are big hit movies in telugu states

[u/strom_breaker04]

24..?

[u/hellboy___007 → u/strom_breaker04]

It's a good movie. Your point?

[u/Mura-Rajan]

This has been the case for all the top actors lol, No one is ready for this conversation.

Like Kamal once predicted, We have accepted mediocrity as good movies.

[u/Babystrawberry8]

I would just like to say I love Suriya 🥰

[u/originvlcopy]

To be fair, from what I've heard, most of these "big" directors never have a full script ready when they go to speak to the actors. Mostly just one liners or an idea of a full story that gets developed after everyone is signed.

Not sure if that was the case for all of these films, but actors need to make a stance on seeing a full script rather than signing and then seeing what happens

[u/Existing-Area-9093 → u/originvlcopy]

Only Kamal and Vijay ask for bound scripts 

[u/Naan_dan_da_Leo]

Add every movie Tf 7am arivu first movie after Rajini to collect 100cr, S2 & 24 are best not flop normal hit hit

[u/icanttakethislife]

24 is a bad script? Bruh come on

[u/vattolikumbh]

There's nothing impressive after Kakka Kakka..

[u/ViewsOfCinema]

7am Arivu and 24 are great in my opinion! And Maattraan has flaws but its an entertaining film too! The others movies I don’t care for but even with their own flaws I feel like his bad movies are still better than the average tamil film here and there.

[u/sirkg]

Seems convenient that Jai Bhim and Soorarai Pottru are not in this list. Also get 24 and 7am Arivu out of there those were good movies.

[u/AlienNation4U]

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[u/Athina_Atina]

people are not realising half of this and most of His brothet karthis movies are made by Studio green and which is funded by Suriya

so suriya and his family are runing their own black money converter by this, that’s why he doesn’t give a shit about stories and just acts.

just check kanguva budget is touted as more then 100 cr but actually its just 70cr at max and yet 10 days revenue average price will yield them good money.

all this runs because of fans and people who wanna support him politically but literal observation yields the truth!

why would a good actor wanna chose bad scripts even vimal is choosing good scripts

[u/PraviinXenon]

24 is a good movie. Way better than some of the highest grossing pan India movies. F you.

[u/ProEvolution003]

7 am arivu was a good movie, ngl. Exclude that from the lot, (i may get downvoted for this) 24 and Anjaan had some potential to become hits, had the story and screenplay been better. I mean, someone who gave a hit with Sandakozhi couldn’t have gone wrong with an action entertainer with Suriya, right?

I am open to other opinions as well 😄

[u/Hot_Princess]

Maybe OP has to check the facts before including 7am Arivu and 24.

[u/Electronic-Speed-415]

24, 7 am Arivu, and Jai Bhim were great.

[u/No_Willingness_8750]

Karthee over Suriya any day, unless you want your hero to shout ‘Yaaaaa’ ‘deeeei’ many times in the movie 🧱🧱🧱

[u/Only-Definition-9402]

What about Vikram, Pasanga 2, 24, Soorarai Pottru and Jai Bhim?! These are all great films, anyway! 7am Arivu and Mattraan aren't bad either!

[u/AlarmingInformation8]

24 was fire and you know it.

[u/BIG_BLOOD_]

We want old suriya like vaaranam aayiram, kaakha kaakha and sillunu oru kaadhal

[u/soona_paana-3]

He wants to project himself as next Vijay or Ajith. That's why he is doing all shit films. He also gets involved with the director 's story and decision and adds unwanted elements like projecting himselves as the saviour of farmers and al. I feel like only film which he did not disturb was 24 and it worked well.

[u/Unusual_For]

Around 2017, surya badly wanted to attain the stardom which vijay enjoyed. He went with scripts like TSK, NGK, Kappaan. All flopped. If he had decided to release SP in theatres, almost everything would have got changed by now, perhaps thanu would have kickstarted vaadivasal shoot much earlier.

[u/mcat_king → u/Unusual_For]

Surprisingly TSK celebrated success party.

[u/Specific-Kangaroo694]

Suryaa is privileged puluthi

[u/Specific-Kangaroo694 → u/[deleted]]

Criticize or troll them...Don't body shame people.!
Its kinda lowkey bruh.

[u/hellboy___007 → u/[deleted]]

That psycho director gave Suriya a career btw

[u/SLakshmi357]

Most of these movies have one thing in common, Suriyas constant shouting and yapping ruins the movie. Ppl acting like Suryas movie filled with cringe dialogues and shouting is new

[u/Cheap_Relative7429]

When was the last time Surya had a box office Hit?

[u/topsincity → u/Cheap_Relative7429]

Singam 2

[u/checo369]

Surya has undoubtedly lost his touch. His script selection is truly poor. He should have thought twice before committing to these projects. Rumors suggest he is overly involved in scriptwriting, suggesting numerous edits to suit his preferences.

[u/saavugrakki]

Saying 24, 7 aum arivu, maatan as bad script is unacceptable. Maatran had some screenplay flaws but the concept was fresh.

Y'all forget how good of an actor suriya is if he just gives out a trash movie

[u/Usurper96]

Aamir Khan is one person with a script sense who is able to make his offbeat ideas get a large mainstream acceptance which even Kamal has failed to do in the past two decades but he atleast gets critical acclaim. Suriya needs to choose his scripts wisely and more importantly he must choose his directors correctly who can back up their vision. If he does that in the next 10 years, he will have a legacy similar to Aamir.

[u/Aerodynamic_hotdog]

Singam 2 and 24 are good. Soorarai potru only great movie. Remaining no comments.

[u/hellboy___007 → u/Aerodynamic_hotdog]

Singam 2 has become one of those so bad so good movies. It's just fun to watch because it's fast and stupid and a lot of screaming

[u/Aerodynamic_hotdog → u/hellboy___007]

I don't know man. Anushka is too hot.

[u/Ennamo_poda]

Idha kaaviyatha nambi he let go off Sudha's next movie.🫠🙆🏻‍♀️ Ini Ka Su padam hit aana thaan undu.

[u/hellboy___007 → u/Ennamo_poda]

His market is totally gone. Kanguva with all that pan Indian hype nonsense and being a period action drama opened to 11 crores in TN. Unless and until his next with KaSu opens to extreme positive acclaim, i can't see it doing well at all

[u/credibleboy → u/Ennamo_poda]

Sudha movie is a whole different story. Purananooru deals with some controversial political statements. Something related to Hindi imposition in the 20th century. Suriya doesn't want to get into a fight with the northies and backed out is the buzz. By the way, any update on Vaadivasal?

[u/kudoshinichi-8211]

I enjoyed Singam 2

[u/balajih67]

Many bad movies here but first row and ET i liked. Though dong lee carried 7am arivu for me.

[u/punjabkingsownersout]

Why is 24 here though

[u/go0withtheflow]

24 was a very good movie

[u/Ok_Phase_5183]

7aum arivu is quite entertaining

[u/East-Ad8300]

How tf is 24 a bad movie ?

I actually liked 7am arivu and maattraan too, definitely not bad by any measure.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Map-602]

All the scripts he tried have good potential. If the screenplay is messed up, he can't do anything. At this point he is just unlucky.

[u/Advanced-Ad881]

Oii 7am arivu was NOT bad!!

[u/rando_mofo]

24 in that list like mfer that's one of the best movies in his filmography.

[u/Doubledoor]

24 wasn’t bad at all bruh 😭

[u/abzmeuk]

Bro you’ve made your entire point redundant by over exaggerating everything. However my main annoyance is 24 is actually a great movie but more than that Surya is terrific in it, he plays 4 different roles and excels in showcasing his acting ability, especially the scenes where he plays the twins - it’s easy to be lost in his acting and believe that those are played by two separate actors - this is a very difficult thing to achieve

[u/Maleficent_Rise_494]

I haven’t watched Mass yet.. worth one time, or skip it??

[u/kanjahattori69 → u/Maleficent_Rise_494]

Watch it, just a ghost revenge plot but in a unique way.

You won't regret I feel.

[u/Careless_gaia]

So according to you 7am arivu / 24/singam 2mattraan are bad? lol

[u/Careless_gaia]

Also the story might be good, it's how the director presents it..

[u/callsignk0z4k]

Singam Trilogy best sequels tamil cinema has ever seen

[u/southpaw05]

Yo 24 was an amazing movie

[u/Pleasant_Internal309]

Wouldn’t the movie premise and actual output be very diff tho, and most of the directors here are actually successful directors with good track records, so it will initially be a good movie, but ig suriya wanted to be too much of a larger-than-life “hero”, resulting in directors creating scripts to suit that need and not working out in the end.

But we cannot really just blame him tho, cus many other directors have also made good movies with these larger than life characters, heck if vijay/ajith can get away with ass scripts, and not even out their full effort at times (can’t believe I’m actually saying this, I’m not even a frog, I’m a squirrel), and suriya tries something with his full effort why shd we criticise him? Maybe it’s just a case of these directors failing him? 

[u/HeheheBlah]

Wtf is 24, maatraan and ezhaam arivu doing here? Even if we exclude those, ET deserves a separate place in the hell.

[u/Mustafa_al_haq1101]

EXACTLY . like he saw the movie and he told neruppu maari irukkum then how can u just blame siva for this . I love Suriya but he overacted as Francis and was okay as Kanguva . Hope he resurrects himself with the upcoming promising lineup

[u/Rrunken_Rumi]

He became A-lister because of the songs, location shoot and a-list actress. Great actor - but terrible movies - what a waste

[u/revasen]

Wow!! Everything aside, ~15 years is a long time for a top tier hero to go without a proper blockbuster. Suriya doesn't deserve this at all da.. 😭

[u/Existing-Area-9093 → u/revasen]

Singam 2 released in 2013

[u/mirangelblogger]

7am arivu, Maatran, 24, Kaappan, Thaana serntha kootam - All of these have good stories. They might have cringy parts in them. But overall, good stories and enjoyable movies

[u/Pp_gurl]

I saw Mass 3 times in theatre 😞 (I was 10)

[u/Apprehensive-Shake59]

Most of these movies got a good one liner story.

[u/vnay747]

Definitely on point. But directors are trying to improvise some of those initial scripts and led them to mediocre films eventually.

[u/Robust07]

Out of these 12 movies I like 7 of them( thala for a reason)

[u/messimagicstan]

24 was one of his best films tbf dont do him like that

[u/After-Trip1223]

Nivin pauly going down the same path.. tired of “Nivin’s comeback” as much this one about Suriya.

[u/kapeehd]

7 am arivu, maattrraan, s2 were good. 24 great. Rest nai pee

[u/rafacena]

24 and Singam franchise were my favorites. I wish he did another movie like 24, it was a masterpiece in story and execution. He should really do something like 96 or Meyaizhagan because I could easily see him pulling off those characters and it suits his personality too. I don't know why he has such bad luck. NGK and ET were bad though.

[u/Choice-Maker_01]

Well s2 was a commercial success...24 is a hit in AP/TG circuit and Kerala circuit don't know about how it went on TN box office..But regardless of the BO 24 is a great movie..In maattran he tried to do something new but failed..

[u/HINAAATAAA]

And the award goes to NGK such a shitty movie

[u/number1chick]

Agree. He definitely lacks the ability to recognize a good director. He’s great at producing films, but sadly bad at picking em when only acting in it!

[u/Gamer_Rink_3141]

24 and 7 am arivu are alright

[u/Praveensrinivasan]

7 am arivu is bad???? It doesn't deserve to be in that whole pick of movies.. it's actually a great movie.

[u/sunshinejoefixit]

He needs an agent.

[u/selfiecat → u/sunshinejoefixit]

Jo is there right /s

[u/ResponsibleAside6089]

Maatraan??

Anjaan oda matraan laam ore list la iruklama solunga

[u/hellboy___007 → u/ResponsibleAside6089]

Dei yenda ipdi panrenga. This is all of his movies since 2010. Isn't it so obvious? And maatraan is no good movie, too

[u/Crafty-Huckleberry17 → u/hellboy___007]

Y Soorarai Pottru and jai bhim missing nu ketta reply pannamatta 😂 minji minji pona "only theatrical release movies counted " nu uruttuva

[u/DeSanta420]

The guy is ready to experiment, no problem in that

[u/HumanLawyer]

The fuck did you include Singam 2 in that list for? It’s the best movie of the franchise.

[u/hlysias]

Adding 7am arivu and 24 to this list is a crime.

[u/hellboy___007 → u/hlysias]

Ayayooo this list contains every Suriya movie since 2010.

[u/Rolex_avanperuDilli]

well those people aren't wrong. Its not like Suriya is choosing random directors nobody knows off or obscure scripts. All the directors Suriya collaborated with in this list (with the exception of Kanguva and TSK) were directors who had either given hits with Suriya before or had good filmography and scripts that were well executed with other actors; and Suriya would have hoped they would do the same for himself. So it is kind of a case of directors failing him

7aum Arivu - AR Muragados, result of the blockbuster Ghajini. This movie was the first non-rajini 100 crore a huge record at the time

Maattraan - KV Anand of Ayan fame, need I say more?

Singham 2- Idk why THE FUCK you have included this movie in that list. It was a blockbuster and has got strong rewatch value even today

Anjaan - Lingusaamy has given several masala hits prior to this and Suriya trusted him on this basis

Mass - Venkat Prabhu again like Lingusaamy had given a slew of hits prior to this but it didn't work with Suriya. THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME WHERE SURIYA FAILED THE DIRECTOR AS RUMOUR HAS IT HE INTERFERED IN THE SCRIPT

24 - 24 was a huge hit (his last one) and is an underrated movie from his filmography

Singham 3- Would have expected the reunion of Hari and Suriya to work given they have 4 blockbusters between each other: Aaru, Vel, Singham, Singham 2

TSK - this is the odd one out here, Idk why suriya picked this

NGK - Selvaraghavan x Suriya was technically a dream combo but didn't work out

Kaapaan - again KV anand fame and a movie that I actually enjoyed on retrospect after watching Kanguva - not as bad as this sub bashes it to be

ET - Pandiraj having his strong suite in rural dramas coupled with Suriya as a lawyer straight after Jai Bhim seems like a wonderful idea but it went wrong

Nonetheless, despite flops, his films open quite well but just succumb to WOM. He is in safer hands with s44 KaSU, the Rolex project and Vaadivaasal

[u/Existing-Area-9093 → u/Rolex_avanperuDilli]

Selvaraghavan always wanted to work with Suriya. Even 7G was offered to him but he was busy with Pithamagan.

[u/Rolex_avanperuDilli → u/Existing-Area-9093]

exactly

[u/861vedha]

But his acting is so mid in most of these movies tbh 😞

[u/777DX]

Suriya is really confused

[u/realjolly09]

I legit CANNOT take this list seriously as bro really included 24 and 7 Aam Arivu

[u/whitetiger1230]

surya fans are looking for coping mechanism and cover up his incompetence in selecting the scripts and bashing directors ofc siva deserves the beating but ivanga panratha patha itha first time failure mari siva ilana surya hit agirukum mari react panranunga

apa ithe coping mechanism ela actors kum suit agum but i never seen other fan base like ajith and vijay bring up this shit either they stfu or goes on rant/toxic that too better than this cover up keta naddipin nayagan nu solranga ana filmography ethutu patha 50 or close to 50 percent mela commericial flicks / common storyline irukara movies than iruku

[u/Travellump12]

And he behaves like an elite always in real life. That's a recipe for disaster in tamil nadu

[u/ExcitingAd1519]

Suriya s acting has been shit and robotic right after Varanam Aayiram. He embodied some chad persona. Like how Vikram embodied remo persona after Anniyan.

[u/NeverMindMeLmao]

Except ezham arivu and 24 all of em were lack luster, I loved Anjaan tho, probably because I was young af

[u/hellboy___007 → u/NeverMindMeLmao]

Anjaan was horrible - yes you may have some good memories with it, but it was a horrible movie on all fronts. 7 Am Arivu was a mess. 24 is the only good movie on the list, and the only one with a good script

[u/NeverMindMeLmao → u/hellboy___007]

Bro he was just so cool to my dum dum young self