Jyothika had Akshay Kumar’s poster as a teenager and now she is a proud producer: Suriya

Sarfira starring Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar released in theatres across India on July 12th. The film is a remake of Kollywood actor Suriya-starrer ‘Soorarai Pottru’ that won him a national award. 

Interestingly, Suriya and his wife Tollywood actress Jyothika are also co-producers of ‘Sarfira.’ Suriya congratulated the team on the day of its theatrical release. Sarfira will always be an important film for all of us! “Akshay Kumar Sir, Thank you for choosing Sarfira as your 150th film & you’ve made Veer come alive so beautifully. Sudha Kongara you’ve lived this dream for so many years, happy our film is in theatres now. Radhika Madan is superb as Rani. Paresh Rawal is just brilliant. Thank you Vikram Malhotra, Rajsekar Pandian, 2D Entertainment, we now have beautiful lifetime memories! Jyothika had Akshay sir’s poster as a teenager & now she’s a proud producer..! Love & Respect to Captain Gopinath. Here’s wishing the cast & crew of our Sarfira a soaring success! (GV Prakash),  Sarfira in cinemas from today (sic),” Suriya said in a post on Instagram. 

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The film is inspired by the real life story of Captain Gopinath who was successful in building his own private airline. The director for both the Tamil as well as the Hindi version of the movie is Sudha Kongara.

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