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- By Tapapriya Dutta
- Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:16 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Vijay Sethupathi’s son Surya, who made his acting debut with Phoenix, recently opened up about the ‘nepo-kid’ tag and does not find it in a negative way. The actor thinks that there is nothing wrong with being called a nepo kid. He asserted that nepo-kid means the father had some legacy. When his movie Phoenix was announced, the internet was quite unhappy with him. Now, he explained his thought process about the nepotism tag. Here is what he said.
In an interview with News18, Surya Sethupathi said, “There’s nothing wrong with calling someone a nepo kid. It means your father had some legacy, right? You are going to start something new. As a nepo kid, the one thing you have to do is work harder than your dad. You have a big barrier before you that you need to break. There will be a lot of struggles, but they will teach you many lessons.”
The new actor added, “I don’t want to win in cinema. There’s nothing to win in cinema. I just want to do a lot of action movies and try different stunts. My goal is not very big; I just want to enjoy my art form.”
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Surya also talked about being part of Phoenix and said, “I’ve done a lot of stunts off-screen, and I wanted to do something in the action genre. So, when Master came up with an MMA-based story like this, I was immediately interested. I practised MMA for more than a year.”
During the announcement of the movie, the actor said, “I have come to this place because of hardship since my childhood. My father gives me 500 rupees daily for expenses. That’s why I have come to win in cinema.”
Phoenix also features Abi Nakshathra, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Devadarshini, Sampath Raj, Varsha Viswanath, Varsha and J. Vignesh in prominent roles. It has been directed by Anal Arasu and produced by Rajalakshmi Arasakumar. The movie has a runtime of 2 hours.
