Suriya was last seen in director Sudha Kongara Prasad's Soorarai Pottru, which was released directly on Amazon Prime Video. Almost a year later, his second film Jai Bhim, will premiere on the OTT platform. Jai Bhim, directed by Tha Se Gnanavel, is a film based on real-life incidents that happened in the 90s. Suriya plays the role of lawyer Chandru in the film. Chandru is a real-life person, an advocate who fought for the justice of the Irular community.
In a statement, actor Suriya opened up about playing the role of lawyer Chandru in the film. He said, "I got to meet Justice Chandru sir, much before the film through Tha.Se. Gnanavel. We were told he’s a disruptor, he's a change-maker and we had heard a lot of inspirational stories about him. We also got to know that he never charges any money for human rights cases. Knowing Chandru sir more and reading about his books and him in his younger days, we all thought that his story has to reach every corner of the world. People like Justice Chandru Sir are unsung heroes and we thought we must share his story and ignite younger minds, and this case was a remarkable one. Another interesting fact about ‘Jai Bhim’ is that a High Court setting has not been done before, at least in the recent Tamil films. So, all of these things highly motivated me to choose ‘Jai Bhim’ as the project where I want to play a lawyer for the first time (sic)."
