 Surya made his directorial debut with "Vaali" in 1999 whose success catapulted him to stardom.His other notable films include "Kushi" (2000), "New" (2004), "Anbe Aaruyire" (2005) and "Isai" (2015).He made his acting debut with "New" and went on to act in films like "Kalvanin Kadhali" (2006), "Thirumagan" (2007), "Vyabari" (2007) and has also worked as Antagonist in "Spyder" (2017) and "Mersal" (2017).