Suriya celebrates Santosh Sivan’s Padma Shri Award through a surprise party

Padma Shri awardee cinematographer Santosh Sivan had no clue that he is going to enjoy at his best, celebrating the news of his selection for the venerable civilian award, at a surprise bash which was arranged by Tamil superstar Suriya.

Sources say Santosh was clueless about the party until he landed at the event which was attended by top celebrities from the film fraternity like Shruti Haasan, R. Madhavan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Prabhu Deva, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and the entire team of Anjaan. Santosh was quite excited about the surprise celebrations, "After we wrapped up the day's shoot, the team called me to hunt for a few locations for the film's next schedule. I told them that I was tired and would look into it later. But, they compelled me to take a look for a couple of spots and so I went with them. First, we saw a place and director Lingusamy said that he didn't like it. At that juncture, I had no clue about what they'd planned. Then they took me to a hotel where I saw Suriya and the entire crew waiting for me. The best part of the party was the surprise element - I really didn't know how and when Suriya planned it, as I was very much around him during the shoot. That was just cool!" To add to the entertainment factor a dance show was also organized by the actor. Santosh added, "They performed some of the hit songs from my films and I enjoyed all of them, especially Chaiya Chaiya. I can't thank Suriya enough for this surprise."