He made his directorial debut with Manikkam (1996), before making the action films, Maayi (2000) and Diwan (2003).
[1] Surya Prakash began his career by directing Manikkam (1996) featuring Rajkiran, before working on the unreleased Pen Ondru Kanden featuring Prabhu in the lead role during 1998.
[2] He later returned to make two action films featuring Sarathkumar in the early 2000s, Maayi (2000) and Diwan (2003).
[3] He also worked on Bharata Simha Reddy (2002), a Telugu film, which fetched negative reviews.
[5][6] In 2014, he directed Adhibar (2015), an action thriller, featuring Jeevan in the lead role.