Jyotika elaborated how after their marriage, they were no longer seen as a screen couple. “In the course of 25 years, there hasn’t been anyone who’s approached us with a film. Off-screen, people love us and we have some amazing love from the fans. But on-screen, I think post-marriage, it was like a cut…”
Suriya joked that a collaboration might have to wait until their 20th wedding anniversary in September.
The two actors have appeared on screen together before their marriage in 2006, in various films, including Poovellam Kettuppar (1999), Kaakha Kaakha (2003), and Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (2006).
In the years since their marriage, the actors have worked on landmark productions — Suriya across action and drama with films like Ghajini (2005), Soorarai Pottru (2020) and Vaaranam Aayiram (2008) and Jyotika with notable performances in films like Mozhi (2007), 36 Vayadhinile (2015), and Kaathal – The Core (2023) — but none together.
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