Surya Prakash is an

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film director who has worked on Tamil and Telugu language films. He made his directorial debut with ''

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'' (1996), before making the action films, ''

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'' (2000) and '' Diwan'' (2003).

Career

Surya Prakash began his career by directing ''

'' (1996) featuring

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, before working on the unreleased ''Pen Ondru Kanden'' featuring

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in the lead role during 1998. He later returned to make two action films featuring Sarathkumar in the early 2000s, ''

'' (2000) and '' Diwan'' (2003). He also worked on ''Bharata Simha Reddy'' (2002), a Telugu film, which fetched negative reviews. Surya Prakash subsequently failed to garner offers to helm big-budget films and worked on the village centric romance film ''Varusanadu'' in the early 2010s. He revealed that the film was based on the real life romance of his cousin and the film featured newcomers Kumaran and Srushti Dange. The film is yet to have a theatrical release. In 2014, he also began work on ''

Adhibar ''Adhibar'' ( Proprietor) is a 2015 Tamil-language action film directed by Surya Prakash. The film stars Jeevan and Vidya Pradeep with Nandha, Samuthirakani, Richard Rishi, and Ranjith playing supporting roles. The film was produced by T. Siv ...

'' (2015), an action thriller, featuring Jeevan in the lead role.

Filmography

References

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