Staying at a friend’s house, with no money for treatment, ‘Pithamakan’ producer, Suriya with help

The present condition of Durai, the producer of one time superhit films, was captured on video by a friend and posted on social media. Noticing this, Surya came to him with financial assistance

V.A. Durai, Surya | Photo: Screengrab, VP Praveenkumar Matrubhumi

ThVA is a producer who has produced a handful of superhit films in Mizhi. Durai. A video of him that surfaced was the talk of the town on Monday. He said in the video that he is suffering from diseases and has no money for treatment. Now actor Surya has come to the scene with financial support for Durai.

Durai’s life was going through very bad living conditions. He has even lost his own bed and is staying at a friend’s house. He was also paralyzed by a wound on his leg. The present condition of Durai, the producer of one time superhit films, was captured on video by a friend and posted on social media. Noticing this, Surya came to him with financial assistance.

Two lakh rupees were given for the treatment of Surya Durai. Durai is the producer of Pithamakan, which has Suriya in an important role. Vikram won the National Award for his performance in the mega hit film. Following the success of the film, Durai had given director Bala an advance of Rs 25 lakhs to make a new film in 2003. But this film did not happen. Bala did not return the amount purchased as advance.

In 2022, Durai went to Bala’s office and protested to demand the money back and was in the news. Durai was earlier an assistant to producer AM Ratnam. Durai was behind Rajinikanth’s films including Baba. Durai was the executive producer of Baba. Later he started a film production company called Evergreen International. He produced films like Ennamma Kann, Loot, Pitamakan, Gajendra and Naikkutty under the banner of this company.

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