MJ Suren

On December 15, 2010, in Featured, MJ Impersonator, Professional Dancers, Impersonators & Bands, Services, by MCDave@SoundKontrols

MJ SUREN

On 17th June a huge fan of Michael Jackson, S. Surendran was born in Kuala Lumpur. Music played a large part in his life and no artist more so than the “King” himself Michael Jackson. Since the tender age of 5 Suren began to emulate the “King of pop” displaying an incredible natural ability to perform MJ’s signature moves. He learned to reproduce every move and vocal vibration of the icon as he was a hardcore fan. He began to perform to Jackson’s songs from his childhood throughout his adolescence.

His talent caught entertainment & talent companies’ attention and they approached his parents, which were turned down by his responsible parents quoting “first he should concentrate and finish his education for the benefit of his future”. His parents were very supportive of his dream, but they did not encourage him to engage in an entertainment life full time during his education period. In this era of his teens Suren balanced his performance and studies through keeping his performance as part time, consequently satisfying his parents. He danced his heart out in every show opportunity and practiced even harder to recreate the MJ experience.

This sparked the enthusiasm in Suren to be an all round professional entertainer like his idol. While completing his education during his youth Suren won numerous competitions e.g. Look Like a Star in Hankyu Jaya, Taman Maluri MIC youth talent show, Church of Christ Talent Show, The MJ Dance Competition in Plaza Ampang City and etc.(Earning him the title MJ Suren or Suren Jackson)

Once Suren completed his education and ventured into his adulthood he began impersonating MJ professionally and became a true Michael Jackson tribute artist. MJ Suren a devoted fan blessed with the same height 5 ft. 10” and innate inexplicable physical similarities as the “King of Pop” himself. He utilizes these attributes in concurrence with up to date makeup, perfect costume replication, exact MJ attitude and ground breaking dance movements to reproduce the “King of pop” experience. “The stage has been the most comfortable place to reinvent my passion and the best way I could express my feelings” according to MJ Suren. Prior to Michael Jackson’s untimely death, MJ Suren has performed as a Michael Jackson tribute artist for more than 12 years professionally. He has performed all over Malaysia including Sabah & Sarawak for uncountable events from weddings to birthdays, night clubs to hotels, corporate dinner to open air shows. He was booked for multiple road shows by Telekom Malaysia for more than 2 months each time. MJ Suren is one of the 3 MJ impersonators hired by Astro to do a tribute on Michael Jackson’s 25th Anniversary of Thriller which aired in Astro. He was also covered by the local newspaper “The Star” for his performance on a New Year’s Eve at Bangsar village. He even performed alongside Malaysia’s well known artist’s Francisca Peters, One Nation MC, Fabulous Cat, Darkey from “The keys” and so many others. MJ Suren won numerous competitions as a MJ tribute artist e.g. Be a Star Competition in Summit, Michael Jackson Tribute Competition in Brem Mall, Michael Jackson Dance Competition in KL Central. He undertakes charity shows each year for different types of organizations and performs for underprivileged children with the intention of seeing a smile on their faces.

Since Michael Jackson’s tragic passing, MJ Suren has become one of the most respected and sought after Michael Jackson tribute artist in Malaysia, performing several memorial shows throughout the country. Even though there has been quite a number of shows flowing in, MJ Suren and his management team makes sure each show is designed to cater the expectation of the client and is performed as perfectly as possible. MJ Suren is a perfectionist trying to do justice to Michael Jackson and his performance. The goal of MJ Suren is to accurately portray Michael Jackson from his “he he” right down to his moonwalk.