New Delhi: Film industries of North and South India are quite different from each other. Everything from cinematography to editing has distinguished set of aesthetical values. While the South Indian fans don't care much about the weight of their actors, typical North Indian audiences can't tolerate even one inch of extra flab on the waistline.
The choice of heroines also describes the diversities in the mindsets. The tradition has started to change lately but so far the South Indian film industry has given more chances to fair looking voluptuous heroines while the Hindi film industry has focussed more on trendy and slim actresses.
However there are actors who can easily do transitions from one industry to the other due to the similarities between them and some other prominent actor of another industry. Hrithik Roshan and Suriya is one such pair who can replace each other in their domains.
With an age difference of five months, Hrithik Roshan and Saravanan Sivakumar aka Suriya have a lot in common. Apart from six pack abs, both of them can boast of good acting skills.
Both the actors are born to screen heroes and are happily married. Not only this, Hrithik and Suriya are seen as the next superstars of their respective industries.
Suriya came to films in 1997 with 'Nerrukku Ner' but his career's turning point arrived with 'Nandha'. On the other hand, Hrithik had a little late entry as 'Kaho Na Pyaar Hai' released in 2000.
Although Hrithik had an impressive debut at the box office, the road to success became difficult for him after the first film. It took him eight films to again receive a warm welcome at the ticket window with 'Koi Mil Gaya'.
Suriya did not have to struggle much as his work in films such as 'Friends' and 'Unnai Ninaithu' got appreciated. The success of 'Kakha Kakha' in 2003 made him one of the actors to watch out for in future.
This was more or less the same time when film critics were having a glimpse of Hrithik Roshan's latent talent in films like 'Lakshya' and 'Krrish'.
Suriya stamped his authority in emotional roles with 'Perazhagan' where he had played two challenging roles of an aggressive boxer and a physically challenged man.
He emerged as a capable student leader in Mani Rathnam's 'Aayutha Ezhuthu'. Later he excelled more in commercially successful films like 'Ghazini' and 'Aaru'.
'Vaaranam Aayiram', 'Singam', and 'Rakta Charitra' established Suriya as a bankable actor who was developing his own niche audience base despite the presence of stalwarts in Tamil films.
'Ayan' and recently released '7Aum Arivu' have also met with huge success and currently Suriya has reached to a position where he can challenge the existing champions of the number game.
Hrithik has not reached to a position like Suriya but slowly and steadily, he is inching towards the Numero Uno spot. It's true that Hrithik has not given enough hits to claim a position on the podium which is dominated by Khans but his mannerism and body language reflect the kind of hard work he puts into his characters.
The audiences have seen Roshan evolving as a performer in 'Jodhaa Akbar' and 'Guzaarish', and eagerly awaited 'Agneepath' is expected to get him closer to the superstars of Hindi films.
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