Soorarai Pottru (transl. Praise the Brave) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Sudha Kongara, who wrote the screenplay with Shalini Usha Nair. The film, co-produced by Suriya, Jyothika and Guneet Monga, stars Suriya, Aparna Balamurali and Paresh Rawal, while Mohan Babu, Urvashi and Karunas appear in supporting roles.
The film was inspired by events from the life of G. R. Gopinath, founder of Indian low-cost airline Simplifly Deccan, as described in his memoir Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey. The project was announced in mid-2018 under the working title Suriya 38 and the official title was announced in April 2019. Principal photography began the same month and ended that September, and filming took place in Madurai, Chennai, and Raigarh. G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the film's music while Niketh Bommireddy was the cinematographer and Sathish Suriya edited the film.
The theatrical release of the film was affected by post-production delays and the COVID-19 pandemic; it was released through Amazon Prime Video on 12 November 2020, the eve of the Diwali festival, and received critical acclaim. It was selected as one of ten Indian films to be screened in the Best Foreign Film category at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. The film also entered the Panorama Section of the Shanghai International Film Festival. It won five awards at the 68th National Film Awards: Best Feature Film, Best Actor (Suriya), Best Actress (Aparna), Best Screenplay (Kongara and Nair) and Best Background Score (Prakash Kumar). A Hindi remake titled Sarfira, again directed by Kongara, is scheduled to release in theatres in 2024.
SooraraiPottru (transl. Praise the Brave) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Sudha Kongara, who wrote the screenplay with Shalini...
in the acclaimed direct-to-streaming films SooraraiPottru (2020) and Jai Bhim (2021). For SooraraiPottru, Suriya won the National Film Award for Best...
(2016) and then went on to work in critically acclaimed films like SooraraiPottru (2020) and Jai Bhim (2021), the former of which earned him the National...
Radhika Madan and Seema Biswas. It is a remake of Sudha's Tamil film SooraraiPottru (2020), which itself is an adaptation of G. R. Gopinath's memoir Simply...
SooraraiPottru (transl. Hail the brave) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language Drama Film directed by Sudha Kongara and produced by Suriya and Guneet Monga...
roles in Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), Sunday Holiday (2017) and SooraraiPottru (2020). For her performance in the last of these, she won the National...
scripted, and directed SooraraiPottru which was nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the 78th Golden Globe Awards. SooraraiPottru was featured in the...
2022. She completed shooting for the untitled remake of Tamil film SooraraiPottru alongside Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal, it will be releasing on 1...
Suriya's SooraraiPottru wins big". 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022. "68th National Film Awards | Soorarai Pottru...
Foundation. He won his first National Film Award, for Best Actor, for SooraraiPottru in 2022. The Tamil Nadu State Film Awards are the most notable film...
Retrieved 13 April 2024. "'Sarfira': Akshay Kumar-Radhika Madan's 'SooraraiPottru' remake title announced". India Today. 13 February 2024. Retrieved...
(2018), Comali (2019), Game Over (2019), Ponmagal Vandhal (2020) and SooraraiPottru (2020), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023). Vinodhini...
2020 Tamil-language song featured in the soundtrack of the Tamil film SooraraiPottru. Directed by Sudha Kongara, and produced by Suriya under his 2D Entertainment...
2021. Production was scheduled to start after Suriya had wrapped up SooraraiPottru (2020). However, it was delayed after Siva got to direct Annaatthe...
in the film SooraraiPottru (2020). South Indian International Movie Awards: 2021– Best Playback Singer (Male) (Tamil) – SooraraiPottru – "Veyyon Silli"...
is the 2020 Tamil song featured in the soundtrack of the Tamil film SooraraiPottru, directed by Sudha Kongara. Composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, written...
26 July 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2020. "National Film Awards 2022: 'SooraraiPottru' Wins Big, Suriya, Ajay Devgn Are Best Actors". news.abplive.com. 22...
Venmurasu". Solvanam.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 16 November 2021. "SooraraiPottru and Asuran wins big at SIIMA 2020 and 2021!". Sify. 21 September 2021...
January 2022. "67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022: Suriya starrer 'SooraraiPottru' dominates by bagging awards under 8 categories". The Times of India...
An easily forgettable snooze fest". Cinema Express. "SooraraiPottru Movie Review: SooraraiPottru is an inspiring tale with a robust performance from...
Trivikram Srinivas and Allu Arjun" – via www.thehindu.com. "SIIMA: SooraraiPottru, Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo win big, K Viswanath honoured with Lifetime...
Awards 2018 Winners – Sun Kudumbam Virudhugal". 27 September 2018. "SooraraiPottru and Asuran wins big at SIIMA 2020 and 2021!". Sify. 21 September 2021...
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