Daijiworld Media Network - Chennai

Chennai, Feb 14: Veteran actor Sivakumar has revealed that he was initially against his son Suriya’s relationship with actress Jyotika, but later gave his consent after much thought.

In a recent interaction with Galatta, Sivakumar shared that he did not approve of their love story in the beginning. However, Suriya remained firm in his decision. “Initially, I didn’t accept his love. However, he was very adamant and said that he would only live with her; otherwise, he would remain single for life. Then I thought about how, over the course of my career, I acted in around 150 films, and most of them had the concept of love marriages. So I finally agreed,” he said.

Sivakumar also described Suriya as shy during that phase of his life. He added that it was actress Radikaa Sarathkumar who encouraged Suriya to initiate a conversation with Jyotika, which eventually blossomed into a relationship.

“He was simply living on his own, and now he is a father of two children,” Sivakumar remarked humorously.

Suriya and Jyotika met while working together on the film Poovellam Kettuppar. Their professional association gradually turned into love, and the couple tied the knot in 2006. They are parents to daughter Diya and son Dev.

On the professional front, Suriya will next be seen in the fantasy action drama Karuppu, directed by RJ Balaji and co-starring Trisha Krishnan. The film is expected to hit theatres this summer.

He is also working on a cop action-comedy tentatively titled Suriya47, helmed by Jithu Madhavan, which features Nazriya Nazim Fahadh in a key role.