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{{Short description|Indian director (1974–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
{{infobox person
| name = Surya Kiran
| birth_name = Suresh
| birth_date = {{birth date|1974|09|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| other_names = Master Suresh
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|03|11|1974|09|06|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = Film director, actor
| spouse = [[Kaveri (actress)|Kalyani]] (divorced)
| yearsactive = 1978{{Dash}}2020
| relatives = [[Sujitha]] (sister)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/child-actor-in-my-dear-kuttichathan-passes-away-1.9397354|title='My Dear Kuttichathan' child artist Surya Kiran dies|publisher=Mathrubhumi }}</ref>
}}

'''Surya Kiran''' (6 September 1974 – 11 March 2024) was an Indian director and actor who worked in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Tamil cinema|Tamil-language films]]. He was known for directing ''[[Satyam (2003 film)|Satyam]]''. He died on 11 March 2024 due to [[jaundice]] and other complications.<ref name="thehansindia.com">{{Cite web |date=13 September 2020 |title=Bigg Boss fame Suryakiran: Unknown facts about the director |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/bigg-boss-fame-suryakiran-unknown-facts-about-the-director-645318 |website=thehansindia.com |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822064112/https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/tollywood/bigg-boss-fame-suryakiran-unknown-facts-about-the-director-645318 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2020 |title=Director Surya Kiran eliminated from 'Bigg Boss' Telugu |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/director-surya-kiran-eliminated-bigg-boss-telugu-132989 |website=The News Minute |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822063904/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/director-surya-kiran-eliminated-bigg-boss-telugu-132989 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Career ==
Kiran worked as a child actor in 200 films under the stage name Master Suresh.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Sep 2020 |title=Bigg Boss Telugu 4 contestant Surya Kiran: From 'Master Suresh' to 'Satyam' Surya Kiran, everything you need to know about the director |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/bigg-boss-telugu-4-contestant-surya-kiran-from-master-suresh-to-satyam-surya-kiran-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-director/articleshow/77933511.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822063902/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/bigg-boss-telugu-4-contestant-surya-kiran-from-master-suresh-to-satyam-surya-kiran-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-director/articleshow/77933511.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Surya Kiran made his directorial debut with the successful ''[[Satyam (2003 film)|Satyam]]'' (2003) and went on to direct other Telugu-language films.<ref name="D">{{Cite web |last=Jonnalagedda |first=Pranita |date=3 April 2017 |title=Satyam director set for comeback |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/030417/satyam-director-set-for-comeback.html |website=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=23 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823050822/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/030417/satyam-director-set-for-comeback.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a review of ''Satyam'', one critic praised his direction and called it a highlight of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Satyam |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/satyam-review-telugu-pclvyrgfhcjge.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519060854/http://www.sify.com/movies/satyam-review-telugu-pclvyrgfhcjge.html |archive-date=19 May 2015 |website=Sify |access-date=16 September 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Movie review - Sathyam |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-satyam.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314001244/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-satyam.html |archive-date=2019-03-14 |access-date=2020-09-16 |website=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref> He participated in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] reality show [[Bigg Boss Telugu|''Bigg Boss 4'']] and was the first contestant to get eliminated.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 September 2020 |title=Bigg Boss Telugu 4's first evicted contestant Surya Kiran: I couldn't survive because the rest were doing anything to grab footage |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/bigg-boss-telugu-4s-first-evicted-contestant-surya-kiran-i-couldnt-survive-because-the-rest-were-doing-anything-to-grab-footage/photostory/78111076.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=16 September 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926033948/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/bigg-boss-telugu-4s-first-evicted-contestant-surya-kiran-i-couldnt-survive-because-the-rest-were-doing-anything-to-grab-footage/photostory/78111076.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2020 |title=Bigg Boss Telugu 4 teaser: Surya Kiran and Amma Rajasekhar pull Karate Kalyani's leg; say 'she shooed away rats in the house with her catwalk' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/bigg-boss-telugu-4-teaser-surya-kiran-and-amma-rajasekhar-pull-karate-kalyanis-leg-say-she-shooed-away-rats-in-the-house-with-her-catwalk/articleshow/77978287.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101170059/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/bigg-boss-telugu-4-teaser-surya-kiran-and-amma-rajasekhar-pull-karate-kalyanis-leg-say-she-shooed-away-rats-in-the-house-with-her-catwalk/articleshow/77978287.cms |archive-date=1 January 2021 |access-date=16 September 2020 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> He planned to make a comeback as a director in 2017, but the film was stuck in development limbo.<ref name="D" />

== Personal life ==
Surya Kiran was born to father T. S. Mani and mother Radha at [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. His family is from [[Trivandrum]], Kerala. His younger sister [[Sujitha]] Dhanush is also an actress.
Kiran was briefly married to [[Kaveri (actress)|Kalyani]] before they divorced.<ref name="thehansindia.com" />

==Death==
He died from [[jaundice]] at a hospital in Chennai, on 11 March 2024 at 9:30am, at the age of 49.<ref name="Telugu film director Surya Kiran dies at 48 due to ill-health">{{cite news |last1=India Today |title=Telugu film director Surya Kiran dies at 48 due to ill-health |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/telugu-film-director-surya-kiran-dies-due-to-jaundice-2513357-2024-03-11 |access-date=11 March 2024 |date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311164914/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/telugu-film-director-surya-kiran-dies-due-to-jaundice-2513357-2024-03-11 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Surya Kiran: ‘సత్యం’ దర్శకుడు సూర్యకిరణ్‌ కన్నుమూత |url=https://www.eenadu.net/telugu-news/movies/satyam-movie-director-surya-kiran-passed-away/0210/124048551 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=EENADU |language=te}}</ref>

== Partial filmography ==
; As an actor
{{Colbegin}}
*''[[Snehikkan Oru Pennu]]'' (1978) (Malayalam)
*''[[Kallukkul Eeram]]'' (1980) (Tamil)
*''[[Savithiri (1980 film)|Savithiri]]'' (1980) (Tamil)
*''[[Thee (1981 film)|Thee]]'' (1981) (Tamil) (uncredited)
*''[[Mouna Geethangal]]'' (1981) (Tamil)
*''Sathyabhama'' (1981) (Telugu)
*''[[Kadal Meengal]]'' (1981) (Tamil) (uncredited)
*''[[Ranga (1982 film)|Ranga]]'' (1982) (Tamil)
*''[[Nandri Meendum Varuga]]'' (1982) (Tamil)
*''[[Darling, Darling, Darling]]'' (1982) (Tamil)
*''[[Mundhanai Mudichu]]'' (1983) (Tamil)
*''[[My Dear Kuttichathan]]'' (1984) (Malayalam)
*''[[Nallavanukku Nallavan]]'' (1984) (Tamil)
*''[[Deivapiravi (1985 film)|Deivapiravi]]'' (1985) (Tamil)
*''[[Geraftaar]]'' (1985) (Hindi)
*''[[Neethiyin Marupakkam]]'' (1985) (Tamil)
*''[[Mangamma Sabadham (1985 film)|Mangamma Sabadham]]'' (1985) (Tamil)
*''[[Babu (1985 film)|Babu]]'' (1985) (Hindi)
*''[[Padikkadavan (1985 film)|Padikkadavan]]'' (1985) (Tamil)
*''[[Dosti Dushmani]]'' (1986) (Hindi)
*''[[Rakshasudu (1986 film)|Rakshasudu]]'' (1986) (Telugu)
*''[[Manithan (1987 film)|Manithan]]'' (1987) (Tamil)
*''[[Donga Mogudu]]'' (1987) (Telugu)
*''[[Swayam Krushi]]'' (1987) (Telugu)
*''[[Velaikkaran (1987 film)|Velaikkaran]]'' (1987) (Tamil)
*''[[Sankeertana]]'' (1987) (Telugu)
*''[[Khaidi No. 786]]'' (1988) (Telugu)
*''Veguchukka Pagatichukka'' (1988) (Telugu)
*''[[Mappillai Sir]]'' (1988) (Tamil)
*''[[Sonthakkaran]]'' (1989) (Tamil)
*''[[Kondaveeti Donga]]'' (1990) (Telugu)
{{Colend}}

; As a director
*''[[Satyam (2003 film)|Satyam]]'' (2003) (Telugu)
*''[[Dhana 51]]'' (2005) (Telugu)
*''[[Brahmastram]]'' (2006) (Telugu)
*''[[Raju Bhai]]'' (2007) (Telugu)
*''Chapter 6'' (2010) (Telugu)

; Television
*''[[Bigg Boss (Telugu season 4)]]'' (2020)

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian male child actors]]
[[Category:Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Telugu film directors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:Deaths from liver disease]]
[[Category:Male actors from Chennai]]
[[Category:Film directors from Chennai]]

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