Ramalakshmanan Muthuchamy, professionally known as Soori, is an Indian actor and comedian who predominantly appears in Tamil film industry.
1996
Soori moved from Madurai to Chennai in 1996 with the intention of becoming an actor in the Tamil film industry.
After failing to get any roles, he took up work in the city as a cleaner to fund his acting ambitions.
2003
He made occasional uncredited roles in films portraying a junior artiste who would appear in comedy scenes, appearing in films such as Winner (2003).
2009
Soori appeared in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (2009).
He got the suffix "Parotta" to his name because of the 'parotta competition' scene in which he stuns the hotelier by eating 50 parottas and getting ready to eat the same number once again.
2012
He has appeared in Sundarapandian (2012), Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013), Pandiya Naadu (2013) and Jilla (2014).
2016
He acted in Rajini Murugan (2016) Idhu Namma Aalu (2016), Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran (2016) and Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae (2017).
2018
He was seen in Sivakarthikeyan's Seema Raja (2018) and Vikram's Saamy Square (2018).
However, his performances in these two films were brutally criticised.
2019
Soori had back-to-back releases with Namma Veettu Pillai (2019) and Sangathamizhan (2019).
Soori played the main protagonist in director Vetrimaaran's period crime thriller Viduthalai Part 1 (2023).
His performance garnered highly positive appreciation by critics as well as audiences.
