A landmark year: three 200-crore films for one actor in a single year

Suriya is set to become the first Tamil film actor to deliver three films collecting 200 crore rupees in a single year, after his new release Scene crossed 145 crore rupees at the worldwide box office in three days.

The comedy crime thriller, the actor's 47th film, is directed by Jithu Madhavan, known for Romancham and Aavesham, and stars Nazriya, Lal and Rajpriyan among others. The film was released on November 6 and has been running to packed halls through the Deepavali holiday period, with producers expecting collections to rise further in the coming days.

Two of the actor's other films released this year, Karuppu and Vishwanath & Sons, have each already earned more than 200 crore rupees. If Scene crosses the mark, as trade trackers expect, the actor will have three 200-crore films in one year.

That is a record neither Rajinikanth nor Vijay has set. Vijay has delivered three consecutive years of 250-crore films and twice managed two 200-crore films in a single year, while Rajinikanth has had two 200-crore films in one year at most.

Scene is produced by the actor's own 2D Entertainment together with Zhagaram Studios, with music by Sushin Shyam. The producers announced the 145-crore figure officially today.