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After Amaran, Thuppakki gets heavier as Sivakarthikeyan’s SK23 with AR Murugadoss grows expectations

The success of Amaran proved Sivakarthikeyan's versatility and acting prowess, paving his way into superstardom

Anusha Sundar

Nov 01, 2024

Amaran; Sivakarthikeyan with AR Murugadoss

Only some weeks back, we had seen Sivakarthikeyan play a cameo in Vijay’s The GOAT. The scene was not just any other normal special appearance, whose only purpose was to come together to bid farewell to a superstar who quitting cinema for a larger purpose. It was one where Vijay thematically handed over his baton to Sivakarthikeyan. When at a crucial juncture of climax, Vijay uttered the words, “thuppakki pudinga, Siva,” theatres erupted. The scene had sublime meaning, given the legacy of Vijay’s Thuppaki film which catapulted him to further superstardom, and how handling over the thuppakki stands more than its literal sense.

Thuppakki gets heavier

It is no coincidence, that Sivakarthikeyan’s immediate release after The GOAT, is Amaran, a film, which literally made him take up guns and rifles, to become Major Mukund Varadarajan onscreen. In one of the earliest interviews about the film, Sivakarthikeyan was asked about the weight of thuppakki, to which he replied it was indeed heavy. The actor, embodied a real personality, to be a soldier for Amaran. Subsequently, the efforts paid off, and Amaran was received well.

Also read: Amaran Movie Review: Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi champion a film on Major Mukund Varadarajan, with subtle performances and clean writing

Amaran is a film that not only proved the acting prowess of Sivakarthikeyan but made him do the final shedding of being branded as an actor who can only pull of comic roles. Of course, his works in Doctor and Don cemented that him as a bonafide actor, enough to guarantee crores of opening. But with experimental films like Maaveeran and Ayalaan, Sivakarthikeyan zoomed past the phase of a novice star. And with Amaran, Sivakarthikeyan further went on to establish his entry into superstardom with his restrained acting and the ability to shoulder a biopic that comes with immense responsibility and respect.

Also read: Amaran: How Sivakarthikeyan’s restrained acting and Rajkumar Periasamy's writing made the endearing biopic more than just a war film

All eyes on SK 23

If that is not enough, Sivakarthikeyan has already begun working with filmmaker AR Murugadoss, the man who helmed Thuppakki. With the actor upping his game, all eyes are on SK 23, the film is one of Sivakarthikeyan’s firsts to work with a big-league director, or in this case, a star-maker, who gave Ajith, Vijay and Suriya their hits. Not much is known about SK 23, but enough can be guessed about how the project will eventually become one of the important points in Sivakarthikeyan’s career.