6 films Suriya rejected, including S.S Rajamouli's pan-India blockbuster

Here's the list of movies Suriya rejected

The much-delayed action film was originally considered with Suriya, but he rejected the film and Vikram replaced him

Dhruva Natchathiram (2024)

Before Thalapathy Vijay, Suriya was approached for AR Murgadoss' directorial. But the actor rejected the project

Thuppakki (2012)

Suriya was considered with his brother Karthi for Linguswamy's blockbuster directorial. However, the actor couldn't manage to the film and Karthi did the film with Tamannaah in lead role

Paiyaa (2010)

After Suriya's Mounam Pesiyadhe underperformed, he decided to take a break from romantic drama. Thus, he rejected SP Jananathan's drama which performed well at the box office

Iyarkai (2003)

Before Suriya made his debut Nerukku Ner (1997), he was approached to play the lead in director Vasanth's Aasai. However, the actor felt he was too young, thus he was replaced by Suriya

Aasai (1995)

In several interviews, Suriya admitted that he was offered a part in SS Rajamouli's Baahubali, but he rejected it as he was not convinced with the role

Baahubali (2015) 

On the work front, Suriya will next be seen in Kanguva

Kanguva also stars Bobby Deol as the main antogonist