2 min readNew DelhiFeb 13, 2026 09:12 PM IST
Actor couple Suriya and his wife Jyotika’s love story has always been the centre of attention. The duo makes sure to stay candid while speaking about their relationship during various interviews. Now, the in a recent interview, Suriya’s father, Sivakumar, has revealed how he was initially against his son’s relationship with Jyotika. However, the Retro actor convinced him by saying that he would otherwise stay single forever.
During a recent interview with Galatta, Sivakumar shared, “Initially, I didn’t accept his love. However, he was very adamant and said that he would only live with her; otherwise, he would remain single for life. Then I thought about how, over the course of my career, I acted in around 150 films, and most of them had the concept of love marriages. So I finally agreed.”
During the same conversation, Sivakumar also revealed that Suriya had a shy personality back then, and it was Radikaa Sarathkumar who made him agree to talk to Jyotika, which then turned into a love story. “He was simply living on his own, and now he is a father of two children,” the former actor joked.
For the unknown, Suriya and Jyotika tied the knot with each other in 2006. The couple fell in love on the sets of their film Poovellam Kettuppar and were in a relationship for a period of time. After getting married, they welcomed two children – daughter Diya and son Dev.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Suriya will next be seen in the fantasy action drama Karuppu. Directed by RJB (RJ Balaji), the film also features Trisha Krishnan as the female lead. It is expected to hit the theatres in summer, this year. The actor is also working on a cop action-comedy, tentatively titled Suriya47. Helmed by Jithu Madhavan, the movie also stars Nazriya Nazim Fahadh.
