Surender Reddy

Biography

Surender Reddy is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut with Athanokkade (2005), which won him the Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director.

He later directed films such as Ashok (2006), Kick (2009), Oosaravelli (2011), Race Gurram (2014), Dhruva (2016), and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019). He won the SIIMA Award for Best Director – Telugu for Race Gurram.

Initially, he worked as an assistant director for the movie Preminchedi Endukamma (1999). He made his directorial debut with Athanokkade featuring Nandamuri Kalyan Ram. He next directed Ashok (2006), starring Jr NTR and Sameera Reddy.

His noted films are Kick starring Ravi Teja & Ileana D'Cruz and Race Gurram starring Allu Arjun and Shruti Haasan. All the films he directed except for Athanokkade are stories written by Vakkantham Vamsi.

In 2015, Reddy directed Kick 2 re-uniting with Teja for the sequel of Kick. The film grossed over ₹6 crore on its opening day, the highest for Teja