[Lillie_Steins]

Surya is perhaps the only hero who could be seen as a complete package.

romance,comedy,action,sentiment and tolerable even in masala movies.

And he can be funny and romantic both like sanjay ramaswamy and sakthi or balayya - some of them could have done sanjay ramaswamy even better but they could never have did sakthi or balayya like surya IMO.

And Mounam pesiyadhe and nandha - quite unromantic,unchocolatey and angry young man roles .

He could be charming and chocolatey like varanam aayiram (young surya)

Can do eccentric roles like gajni without making the audience squirm n the chair.

Regarding surya not coming out of comfort zone

There are lots of comfort zones for him as I have mentioned above - so its hard for people to expect him to come ou of the comfort zone which he did in varanam aayiram - the only guy who had the guts to do an oldie.

And whenever he came out of his comfort zone in his career - people dint have the feeling that he was actually out of his comfort zone as he pulled it off quite convincingly.