Suriya much awaited first release this year will be Soorarai Pottru. Directed by Irudhi Suttru fame Sudha Kongara, Suriya will feature in the role of Nedumaaran, a pilot. The movie is touted to be a biopic of the popular Air Deccan group founder Gopinath.
Interestingly, this movie has a wonderful cast ensemble of Aparna Balamurali, Dr. M Mohan Babu, Paresh Rawal, Urvashi, Karunas, Vivek Prasanna, Krishna Kumar and Kaali Venkat amongst others. The struggle Nedumaaran undergoes to finally establish a successful aviation industry is a very small gist of this intense movie.
Along with the story and direction, Sudha Kongara had also taken up the screenplay along with Shalini Usha Devi. GV Prakash Kumar has tuned the songs for this movie, Niketh Bommi and Sathish Suriya handle the cinematography and editing departments respectively.
Soorarai Pottru’s theatrical rights in Tamil Nadu had been bagged by Sakthi Film Factory, which has earlier bagged the rights of biggies such as Comali, Sillu karupatti, amongst others. Now the latest update is regarding the movie’s Kerala theatrical rights. This has been taken over by Spark Pictures. Incidentally, Soorarai Pottru also releases in Telugu as Aakaasam Nee Haddhu Ra.