Tamil actor Suriya thanks Indian Film Festival of Melbourne for the awards

Tamil actor Suriya’s 2020 film ‘Soorarai Pottru’ has won the Best Film Award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. The film ‘SooraraiPottru’ is directed by Sudha Kongara. It won the Best Performance Male and Best film at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2021. The actor Suriya also won the Best Performance Male award for his performance in the film. It is officially announced through the official Twitter handle of the festival. They wrote: “Best Performance Male (feature) congratulations to Suriya Sivakumar for Soorarai Pottru.”

The movie is based on the biography of Capt Gopinath, founder of the low-cost airline, Air Deccan had Aparna Balamurali playing the female lead with a music score by GV Prakash. The movie is produced by Suriya’s home banner 2D Entertainment, Soorarai Pottru has won the Best film award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.’Soorarai Pottru’ also had an ensemble cast of including Paresh Rawal, Urvashi, Mohan Babu, and Karunas. The film was released on Amazon Prime due to the COVID-19 lockdown on November 12, 2020. This film received a huge response and turned into a small screen blockbuster garnering millions of views in a short period on the OTT platform. Soorarai Pottru is now the third highest-rated movie on IMDb with a 9.1 rating, of all time. It has effectively become the highest-rated Indian movie on IMDb. The Tamil actor Suriya has expressed his gratitude on social media for honoring him with awards.

Interestingly, the winner of the Best Film wins a URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 from Black Magic Design and a nomination in the Best Asian Film category in the prestigious Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA Awards).