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'''Surya Prakash''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] film director who has worked on Tamil and Telugu language films. He made his directorial debut with ''[[Manikkam]]'' (1996), before making the action films, ''[[Maayi]]'' (2000) and ''[[Diwan (film)|Diwan]]'' (2003).

==Career==
Surya Prakash began his career by directing ''[[Manikkam]]'' (1996) featuring [[Rajkiran]], before working on the unreleased ''Pen Ondru Kanden'' featuring [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] in the lead role during 1998.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030804195543/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/cinenews/06-04-98/prabu.htm</ref> He later returned to make two action films featuring [[Sarathkumar]] in the early 2000s, ''[[Maayi]]'' (2000) and ''[[Diwan (film)|Diwan]]'' (2003).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-varsanadu-nostalgic-notes/article4840582.ece|title = Audio beat: Varsanadu - Nostalgic notes|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 22 June 2013|last1 = Kumar|first1 = S. R. Ashok}}</ref> He also worked on ''Bharata Simha Reddy'' (2002), a Telugu film, which fetched negative reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-bharatasimhareddy.html|title = Telugu Cinema - Review - Bharata Simha Reddy - Raja Sekhar, Gajala, Meena, Ravali - SA Raj Kumar}}</ref>

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.<ref>http://www.tamilstar.com/news-id-director-surya-prakashs-varusanadu-out-of-his-brothers-romance-varusanadu-brother-love-story-tamil-cinema-news-tamil-movies-08-06-134987.htm</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Varusanadu-a-sweet-sour-and-poignant-saga/2013/06/11/article1629011.ece|title=Varusanadu, a sweet-sour and poignant saga}}</ref> In 2014, he also began work on ''[[Adhibar]]'' (2015), an action thriller, featuring [[Jeevan (Tamil actor)|Jeevan]] in the lead role.

==Filmography==
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| 1996 || ''[[Manikkam]]'' ||
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| 2000 || ''[[Maayi]]'' ||
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| 2002 || ''[[Bharata Simha Reddy]]'' || Telugu film
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| 2003 || ''[[Diwan (film)|Diwan]]'' ||
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| 2015 || ''[[Adhibar]]'' ||
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| 2015 || ''Varusanadu'' || Delayed
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