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{{Infobox film
| name = Surya Vamsam
| image = Surya Vamsam 1997 poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Vikraman]]
| writer = Vikraman
| producer = [[R. B. Choudary]]
| starring = [[R. Sarathkumar]]<br />[[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]
| cinematography = [[S. Saravanan]]
| editing = V. Jaishankar
| music = [[S. A. Rajkumar]]
| studio = [[Super Good Films]]
| released = {{film date|1997|6|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 156 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Surya Vamsam''''' ({{translation|[[Solar dynasty]]}}) is a 1997 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Vikraman]]. The film stars [[R. Sarathkumar]] and [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]], with [[Radhika Sarathkumar|Radhika]], [[Manivannan]], [[Priya Raman]], [[Nizhalgal Ravi]], Tharini, [[Ajay Rathnam|Ajay Ratnam]], [[Jai Ganesh]], Shiva and [[Anandaraj]] in supporting roles. It revolves around a traditional father and his son, following their tense relationship and shows how the strict patriarchy causes a drift between them.

''Surya Vamsam'' was released on 27 June 1997 and emerged one of the most successful Tamil films of the year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. |date=2 January 1998 |title=Dispute affects production |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QvxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-BQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5522%2C620572 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610065321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QvxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-BQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5522%2C620572 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |pages=Arts 3 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> The film won six [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]], including [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]], [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]] (Vikraman) and [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Devayani), while Sarathkumar won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil]]. It was remade into [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Suryavamsam (1998 film)|Suryavamsam]]'' (1998), in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Sooryavansham]]'' (1999), in [[Kannada]] as [[Suryavamsha (film)|''Suryavamsha'']] (1999) and in [[Bhojpuri cinema|Bhojpuri]] as ''[[Dulha Milal Dildar]]'' (2005).

== Plot ==
Sakthivel Gounder is a rich, influential, and one of the most educated men in his village near [[Pollachi]]. He has a wife, Latha, three sons, and a daughter. Sakthivel hates his youngest son, Chinnarasu. Sakthivel's daughter's wedding is fixed, and Nandini is the groom's sister. She meets Chinnarasu during her brother's wedding and wonders why Sakthivel dislikes him. Chinnarasu's sidekick, Rasappa, tells a flashback to Nandini.

Chinnarasu was weak in studies since childhood. He was in love with his relative Gowri, and the elders decided to get them married. However, Gowri is educated, and she attempts suicide, thinking that Chinnarasu is not a perfect match for her, as he is uneducated and illiterate. Chinnarasu saves Gowri and cancels the marriage proposal, but blames himself and does not reveal the truth. This angers Sakthivel, thinking that Chinnarasu did not respect his words and stopped talking to him.

Nandini gets impressed by understanding Chinnarasu's kind heart and develops an affection towards him. Nandini proposes to Chinnarasu, for which he does not agree. Later, he too understands her true love and accepts. Both get their marriage registered, but Sakthivel gets angry knowing about this and asks the couple to vacate the home. Chinnarasu and Nandini move to a small house on the outskirts, and he secures a job in a bus transport company. With the help of Nandini's uncle, Chinnarasu purchases a bus and starts a transport company. Over time, he develops his business and becomes a rich man. Also, Nandini clears the civil services and gets posted as the [[Coimbatore district]] collector.

Sakthivel gets surprised seeing his son and daughter-in-law's growth in life. Gowri's husband suffers losses in his business, which is later closed down, and she comes to meet Chinnarasu, requesting him to provide the job of Marketing Manager in his sugar factory, for which he accepts. Sakthivel meets Chinnarasu's son, Sakthivel Jr., at school and develops a bond with him. Chinnarasu gets to know this and feels happy. Sakthivel realises his mistake of not understanding his son. Meanwhile, Dharmalingam Gounder has a rivalry with Sakthivel, as the latter punished Dharmalingam for misbehaving with a woman in the past, and plans to kill him and blame Chinnarasu. Dharmalingam adds poison to the sweet given to Sakthivel by Chinnarasu, but Sakthivel is saved after getting rushed to the hospital, and Dharmalingam gets beaten up by the people. In the end, everyone gets united and lives as a joint family.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
* [[R. Sarathkumar]] as Sakthivel Gounder and Chinnarasu Gounder
* [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] as Nandhini [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
* [[Radhika Sarathkumar]] as Latha Gounder
* [[Priya Raman]] as Gowri
* [[Hemalatha]] as Shaktivel Gounder Jr.
* [[Manivannan]] as Rasappa
* [[Anandaraj]] as Dharamalingam
* [[R. Sundarrajan]] as Sadhasivam
* [[Jai Ganesh]] as Ranganathan
* [[Sathyapriya]] as Subbulakshmi
* [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Thangarasu
* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as Rajalingam
* [[Singamuthu]] as Sundaram
* [[Neelu]] as Doctor
* [[Ramesh Khanna]] as Kathiresan
* [[Sindhu (actress)|Sindhu]] as Shenbagam
* [[S. N. Vasanth]] as Chandran
* Siva as Sivakumar
* Kumaresan as Marimuthu
* Tharani as Vasantha
* [[Sheela Kaur]] as Vasantha's daughter
* [[Lavanya (actress)|Lavanya]] as Swapna
* Annuja as Sundari, a bus conductor
* [[Rajakumaran (director)|Rajakumaran]] as bus passenger
}}

== Production ==

The story of ''Surya Vamsam'' was written by director [[Vikraman]] in 1988 planning to cast actor [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] and [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] in lead roles, but after 10 years the film got its venture.<ref name="newindianexpress">{{Cite web |last=Darshan |first=Navein |date=23 October 2019 |title=Sense of a scene: The son's speech in Suryavamsam |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/oct/23/watch--sense-of-a-scene-the-sons-speech-in-suryavamsam-2051492.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024121535/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/oct/23/watch--sense-of-a-scene-the-sons-speech-in-suryavamsam-2051492.html |archive-date=24 October 2019 |access-date=24 October 2019 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> In 1996, following the success of ''[[Poove Unakkaga (film)|Poove Unakkaga]]'', producer [[R. B. Choudary]] asked Vikraman to direct once again under his [[Super Good Films]] banner. This time Vikraman came with a relationship between elder brother and younger brother which later became ''[[Vaanathaippola]]'' (2000). After writing the story, he immediately narrated the story to Choudary. He was so inspired by story and he decided to produce the film, but he had put one demand to Vikraman to direct this story with [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]] and give dual role for the character of Vellaichamy and Muthu like twin brothers but Vikraman did not accept to make this character with Sarathkumar because he thought of [[Janagaraj]] for Vellaichamy character and [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] for Muthu character. After many arguments, Vikraman decided to make the film with Sarathkumar with a different story and Choudary did not accept this at first but later he was convinced with half heart to accept ''Surya Vamsam'' which Vikraman had scripted.<ref name="newindianexpress" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mQIINj8xZE |title=அடுத்தவரை குறை சொல்லாதவர் அஜீத் /CHAI WITH CHITHRA -VIKRAMAN INTERVIEW PART 2 |date=5 October 2019 |language=ta |publisher=Touring Talkies |access-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325065346/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mQIINj8xZE |archive-date=25 March 2023 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack is composed by [[S. A. Rajkumar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suryavamsam (1997) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/suryavamsam-songs-T0000493 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230325064330/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/suryavamsam-songs-T0000493 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |access-date=24 October 2019 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Rosappu Chinna Rosappu
| extra1 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
| lyrics1 = Ra. Ravishankar
| note1 = male
| length1 = 4:12
| title2 = Kadhala Kadhala
| extra2 = Hariharan, [[Swarnalatha]]
| lyrics2 = [[Palani Bharathi]]
| length2 = 4:35
| title3 = Chalakku Chalakku
| extra3 = [[Arunmozhi]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
| lyrics3 = Ra. Ravishankar
| length3 = 4:04
| title4 = Rosappu Chinna Rosappu
| extra4 = Sujatha
| lyrics4 = Ra. Ravishankar
| note4 = female
| length4 = 3:58
| title5 = Natchathira Jannalil
| extra5 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Sunanda (singer)|Sunandha]]
| lyrics5 = [[Mu. Metha]]
| length5 = 4:56
| title6 = Thirunalu Thaerazhaga
| extra6 = [[S. A. Rajkumar]], Sujatha
| lyrics6 = Kalaikumar
| length6 = 3:21
| total_length = 25:06 
}}

== Release and reception ==
''Surya Vamsam'' was released on 27 June 1997.{{sfn|Dhananjayan|2011|p=199}} Ji of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' called it a truly decent, well-structured story with unprompted dialogues while praising the performances of Sarathkumar in dual roles, Devayani and Priyaraman but called the climax as logical loophole and concluded if only the tempo in the second half had been sufficient, there would have been no objection to call it a super good film.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜி |date=27 July 1997 |title=சூர்யவம்சம் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1997-07-27/page/n81/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230211055008/https://archive.org/details/kalki1997-07-27/page/n81/mode/2up |archive-date=11 February 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=80 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> K. N. Vijiyan of ''[[New Straits Times]]'' wrote, "The story seems common enough and not that interesting. But under Vikraman's direction, it has been turned into an entertaining movie".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. N. |date=5 July 1997 |title=Plenty of moral values in this winner |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ImkWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LRUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3939%2C2337151 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611041107/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ImkWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LRUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3939%2C2337151 |archive-date=11 June 2024 |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |pages=Arts 4 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! Category
! Recipient
! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Awards South]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil|Best Actor – Tamil]]
| [[R. Sarathkumar]]
| style="text-align: center;" | {{sfn|Dhananjayan|2011|p=201}}<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 1998 |title=Latest General Knowledge |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MOgDAAAAMBAJ&q=Filmfare |magazine=Competition Science Vision |publisher=Pratiyogita Darpan |page=791 |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[Cinema Express Awards]]
| [[Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil|Best Film – Tamil]]
| ''Surya Vamsam''
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=24 August 1998 |title=Cinema Express Awards: Sree Devi Gave Away Best Actor Award For Sarath Kumar |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/24-08-98/express.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990203185354/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/24-08-98/express.htm |archive-date=3 February 1999 |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=[[Dinakaran]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 August 1998 |title=''Cinema Express'' awards presented |url=http://indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980824/23650774.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012164116/http://indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980824/23650774.html |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Cinema Express Award for Best Director – Tamil|Best Director – Tamil]]
|[[Vikraman]]
|-
|[[Cinema Express Award for Best Actor – Tamil|Best Actor – Tamil]]
|R. Sarathkumar
|-
|Best Female Playback Singer
| [[Sujatha Mohan]]
|-
|Best Music Director – Tamil
|[[S. A. Rajkumar]]
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]]
| [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| ''Surya Vamsam''{{efn|Shared with ''[[Arunachalam (film)|Arunachalam]]''.}}
| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 1998 |title=Awards Tamilnadu Government Cinema Awards For 1997 Announced: Best Film Award For "Arunachalam", "Surya Vamsam" |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/27-11-98/g_award.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990203194036/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/27-11-98/g_award.htm |archive-date=3 February 1999 |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=[[Dinakaran]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Devayani]]
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|Vikraman
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|S. A. Rajkumar
|-
|Best Sound Recordist
|Iyappan
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain|Best Villain]]
|[[Anandaraj]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |Dinakaran Cinema Awards
| Best Film
| ''Surya Vamsam''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=DINAKARAN CINEMA AWARD – 1997 |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/dkn1997/1997dkn.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980615070355/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/dkn1997/1997dkn.htm |archive-date=15 June 1998 |access-date=5 October 2023 |website=[[Dinakaran]]}}</ref>
|-
| Best Actor
| R. Sarathkumar
|-
| Best Actress
| Devayani
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Screen Awards]]
| Best Director
| Vikraman
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=And the winners are... |url=http://expressindia.com/screen/apr17/cover2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980513013559/http://expressindia.com/screen/apr17/cover2.htm |archive-date=1998-05-13 |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=[[The Indian Express|Express India]]}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 1998 |title=Suhasini, Ramesh walk away with Screen awards |url=https://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/4FA0E939CCB52BC965256940004D0D71?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214150943/https://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/4FA0E939CCB52BC965256940004D0D71?OpenDocument |archive-date=2008-02-14 |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>
|-
|Best Actor
|R. Sarathkumar
|}

== Remakes ==
''Surya Vamsam'' was remade into [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Suryavamsam (1998 film)|Suryavamsam]]'' (1998),<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2012 |title=A victorious innings |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/288204/a-victorious-innings.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104170000/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/288204/a-victorious-innings.html |archive-date=4 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref> in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Sooryavansham]]'' (1999),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chauhan |first=Gaurang |date=21 May 2018 |title=19 years of Sooryavansham: Did you know Rekha dubbed for the lead actress of Amitabh Bachchan's cult classic? |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/19-years-of-sooryavansham-did-you-know-rekha-dubbed-for-the-hindi-version-of-amitabh-bachchans-cult-classic/230342 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125936/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/19-years-of-sooryavansham-did-you-know-rekha-dubbed-for-the-hindi-version-of-amitabh-bachchans-cult-classic/230342 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |website=[[Times Now]]}}</ref> in [[Kannada]] as ''[[Suryavamsha (film)|Suryavamsha]]'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-15 |title=This Day 21 Years Back:Shooting for Sahasa Simha Vishnuvardhan-starrer 'Surya Vamsha' began in the year 1999 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/this-day-21-years-backshooting-for-sahasa-simha-vishnuvardhan-starrer-surya-vamsha-began-in-the-year-1999/articleshow/76385289.cms |url-status=live |access-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230710070946/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/this-day-21-years-backshooting-for-sahasa-simha-vishnuvardhan-starrer-surya-vamsha-began-in-the-year-1999/articleshow/76385289.cms |archive-date=10 July 2023}}</ref> and in [[Bhojpuri cinema|Bhojpuri]] as ''[[Dulha Milal Dildar]]'' (2005).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghatnekar |first=Aniket |date=2025-07-17 |title=Happy 56th Birthday To Ravi Kishan: Profiling His Must-Watch Bhojpuri Films |url=https://www.digitalstudioindia.com/production/cinema/ravi-kishan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251205101409/https://www.digitalstudioindia.com/production/cinema/ravi-kishan |archive-date=5 December 2025 |access-date=2025-09-22 |website=Digital Studio India |language=en}}</ref>

== Potential sequel ==
In 2022, Sarathkumar announced a sequel to the project, titled ''Surya Vamsam 2''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2022 |title=Sarathkumar confirms Suryavamsam 2 |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2022/sep/28/sarathkumar-confirms-suryavamsam-2-35116.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731103345/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/tamil/news/2022/sep/28/sarathkumar-confirms-suryavamsam-2-35116.html |archive-date=31 July 2023 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref> In 2023, he reiterated that the project was still in development.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2023 |title=Sarathkumar's Surya Vamsam to get a sequel 26 years after release |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/sarathkumar-surya-vamsam-sequel-26-years-after-release-actor-thanks-fans-8690140/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731104847/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/sarathkumar-surya-vamsam-sequel-26-years-after-release-actor-thanks-fans-8690140/ |archive-date=31 July 2023 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2023 |title=Sarath Kumar pens a thank you note on 26 years of 'Suryavamsam'; confirms sequel |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sarath-kumar-pens-a-thank-you-note-on-26-years-of-suryavamsam-confirms-sequel/article67019718.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731103345/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sarath-kumar-pens-a-thank-you-note-on-26-years-of-suryavamsam-confirms-sequel/article67019718.ece |archive-date=31 July 2023 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Dhananjayan |first=G. |title=The Best of Tamil Cinema, 1931 to 2010: 1977–2010 |publisher=Galatta Media |year=2011 |oclc=733724281 |author-link=G. Dhananjayan}}

== External links ==
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