Popular comedian Soori became a household name after starring in director Suseenthiran’s smash hit 2009 film, Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, alongside Vishnu Vishal. The scene where he takes on a parotta eating challenge eventually earned him the nickname, ‘Parotta’ Soori and continues to be his most memorable role till date. Since then, Soori has gone on to star alongside some of the biggest superstars in Tamil cinema while also excelling as a performer in several films including last year’s blockbuster, Kadaikutty Singam, starring Karthi, in which he excelled a performer as well as proving his skills yet again in comedy. That said, Soori had earlier today taken to his Twitter page to share a short video clipping from director Sundar. C’s 2001 hit, Kannan Varuvan, that had Karthik, Manthra and Divya Unni in the lead roles. In the video, we see Soori with Tamil cinema comedy legend Goundamani, which he has now revealed is his first ever speaking role. Check out the video in the tweet below:

Parotta Soori comedy

As for his upcoming projects, Soori will next be seen in the highly anticipated Sivakarthikeyan starrer, Namma Veettu Pillai, hitting screens on September 27 followed by ‘Makkal Selvan’ Vijay Sethupathi’s commercial action entertainer, Sanga Thamizhan, coming out in theatres in October. The actor had also a while back announced that he would be making his debut as a hero in National Award-winning director Vetrimaaran's next film, which will most likely roll into production later this year or early 2020. 

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