Suriya 44

Suriya 44
Announcement poster
Directed by	Karthik Subbaraj
Written by	Karthik Subbaraj
Produced by	Karthik Subbaraj Karthekeyan Santhanam Kalyan Subramaniam Suriya Jyothika
Starring	Suriya Pooja Hegde
Cinematography	Shreyaas Krishna
Edited by	Shafique Mohamed Ali
Music by	Santhosh Narayanan
Production companies	Stone Bench Films 2D Entertainment
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Suriya 44 is the working title of an upcoming Indian Tamil-language film written, directed, and co-produced by Karthik Subbaraj. The film stars Suriya and Pooja Hegde, with Jayaram, Karunakaran and Joju George in supporting roles.

The film was officially announced in March 2023 under the tentative title Suriya 44, as it is the actor's 44th film as the lead actor, along with the tagline Love, Laughter and War. Principal photography commenced in June 2024 in Port Blair. The film will have music composed by Santhosh Narayanan, cinematography handled by Shreyaas Krishna and editing by Shafique Mohamed Ali.

Cast

• Suriya
• Pooja Hegde
• Jayaram
• Karunakaran
• Joju George

Production

Development

In late 2021, director Karthik Subbaraj and actor Suriya began having a discussion for a potential collaboration between the two in the future. Although they had finalised to collaborate back then, both's respective prior commitments delayed the beginning of the project's production process. Following two-and-a-half years later, on 28 March 2024, Karthik announced through his social media accounts that he would join hands with Suriya for his directorial venture after Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023). The project would be jointly funded by their respective headed production houses, Stone Bench Creations and 2D Entertainment. Announced under the working title Suriya 44 with the tagline Love, Laughter and War, the production process was set to begin after the actor completes his commitments to his film with Sudha Kongara, also known as Suriya 43 and Puranaanooru.

Few days later, it was reported that since the start of Sudha Kongara's film will take a few more months, they are planning to complete the shooting of the project by then. In May 2024, the team shot the promotional video for the film for nearly three days. Santhosh Narayanan and Tirru were reported in late April to handle the film's score and cinematography respectively, in their respective eighth and third collaboration with Karthik. On the occasion of his birthday (15 May), Narayanan was announced to be a part of the film by the production house. Instead of Tirru, Shreyaas Krishna was revealed to handle the cinematographer on 29 May, in his third collaboration with Subbaraj after Jagame Thandhiram (2021) and Mahaan (2022). In addition to Krishna, the technical crew of art director Jacki, editor Shafique Mohamed Ali, stunt choreographer Kecha Khamhpakdee, and costume designer Praveen Raja were announced the same day.

Casting

Pooja Hegde was reported to have been cast for the lead actress role, pairing opposite Suriya, in her first film with the latter and Subbaraj. Her inclusion was announced on 1 June by the production house. In her third Tamil film after Mugamoodi (2012) and Beast (2022), she would reportedly recieve ₹4 crore (US$500,000) aa remuneration. Vijay Kumar and Jayaram were also reported being part of the cast, with the former reportedly playing the main antagonist role. The latter was confirmed being part of the cast during his arrival for the film's shooting. Karunakaran and Joju George would play prominent roles.

Filming

Principal photography began on 2 June 2024 at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with an action sequence featuring Suriya.

Music

The music and background score is composed by Santhosh Narayanan, in his first collaboration with Suriya; eighth with Subbaraj.

External links

• Suriya 44 at IMDb