Suriya’s Diwali release Scene has opened to a roaring first weekend, crossing ₹116 crore worldwide in just three days. The Tamil action-comedy, which arrived in cinemas on November 6, pairs the star with director Jithu Madhavan for a quirky cop story that is holding remarkably well into its first Monday. Here are five things to know about the film that has become the season’s surprise South Indian hit.
1. Suriya plays DSP Inbaraj, a laid-back cop who resigns at the peak of his career — only to be pulled back in to investigate a cold-blooded killer named Eeswaran. The 2-minute-40-second trailer leans into the character’s unruly, unbothered charm before the case turns serious, setting up a cat-and-mouse game that drives the film.
2. It is Jithu Madhavan’s Tamil directorial debut. The filmmaker shot to fame with the Malayalam hits Romancham and Aavesham, and Scene marks his first film in Tamil, which he also wrote, with dialogues by Dravid Selvam. His comic timing and stylised action have been singled out as the film’s calling cards.
3. The cast pairs Suriya with Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, who makes his Tamil debut, alongside veteran actor Lal. The film is produced by Suriya and Jyothika under their home banner 2D Entertainment together with their newly launched Zhagaram Studios, with music by Sushin Shyam on Sony Music India.
4. The numbers are strong and climbing. Scene collected ₹19.15 crore net in India on day one, ₹20.35 crore on Saturday and ₹23.25 crore on Sunday — its biggest day, up 14.3 per cent on Saturday — for a three-day India net of ₹62.75 crore. The worldwide gross stands at ₹116.65 crore, with the Tamil version contributing ₹51.90 crore net and the Telugu version ₹10.85 crore.
5. It is Suriya’s third release of 2026, after Karuppu and Vishwanath & Sons, and already his second-biggest weekend opener after Karuppu. Early Monday tracking shows the film holding close to its Sunday pace, and Kerala has emerged as a surprise stronghold with ₹10.50 crore gross in the first two days alone. If the hold continues through the Diwali holiday week, Scene is on course to become one of the biggest Tamil hits of the year.
