m, the biographical drama Soorarai Pottru, was based on the life of Air Deccan founder Captain G. R. Gopinath.

It was directed by Sudha Kongara,

produced by Suriya's 2D Entertainment and co-produced by Guneet Monga under Sikhya Entertainment.[84] He sang "Maara Theme" and
its Telugu version "Maha Theme" for the film, which was released directly on Amazon Prime Video on 12 November 2020. The film received
widespread critical acclaim and won Suriya his first National Film Award for Best Actor, in addition to his third Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.
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The film became the most-watched regional language film in the history of Amazon Prime in India.[85][86][87]

His next work Navarasa, a Netflix anthology series produced by Mani Ratnam, was released on 6 August 2021. He acted in the 9th episode
titled Guitar Kambi Mele Nindru, directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The artists, technicians and directors of the series contributed towards the film
without remuneration, with only the costs of production being associated. The profits earned from the project were donated to the members of the Film
Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI), who were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.[88]

He then played Justice K. Chandru in T. J. Gnanavel's legal drama Jai Bhim. The film, which was his own production, was distributed by Amazon
Prime Video on 2 November 2021. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised the story, performances, direction and social message, and
several publications listed the film as "one of the best Tamil and Indian films of 2021".[89] The film was shortlisted among the 276 films eligible for
nomination at the 94th Academy Awards,[90] but failed to make the final list of nominations.[91] Jai Bhim also became the first Indian film to be featured on
the Oscars' YouTube channel.[92][87] Suriya won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil as producer of the film, and received his fourteenth nomination
for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for his performance in the film, but lost the award to his performance in Soorarai Pottru. The same year,
he produced two films, Raame Aandalum Raavane Aandalum and Udanpirappe.

Suriya's next film Etharkkum Thunindhavan, also known under the initialism ET, directed by Pandiraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun
Pictures released in theatres on 10 March 2022 to mixed reviews. He also dubbed for himself in Telugu.[93] Following that film, he appeared in a cameo
as Rolex in Lokesh Kanagaraj's Vikram starring Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi and Fahadh Faasil. The film is part of the Lokesh Cinematic Universe.
He also appeared as himself in R. Madhavan's Rocketry: The Nambi Effect. Suriya also confirmed that he would have a cameo in the Hindi remake
of Soorarai Pottru, an own production with Akshay Kumar in the lead.[6] The same year, Suriya became the first South Indian actor to be invited to join
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was among 397 eminent film personalities invited to join the Academy for the 95th Academy
Awards.[94][95]

After the release of Etharkkum Thunindhavan, Suriya starte