Career
He worked with top stars of Tollywood like Ravi Teja, Allu Arjun, Mahesh Babu and Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. He made his directorial debut, Athanokkade with Nandamuri Kalyan Ram. His noted films are Kick starring Ravi Teja, Ileana Doctorate"Cruz and Race Gurram starring Allu Arjun and Shruti Haasan.
All the films he directed except for Athanokkade are the stories written by Vakkantham Vamsi.
Surender"s films are known for bold storylines and his unique depiction style of the protagonist. His recent movie Kick 2 was released in August 2015 with star hero Ravi Teja lieutenant was one of the most anticipated movies in the career of Ravi Teja owing to the popularity of Kick.
lieutenant collected an estimate of Rs.6.25 crores (943,000 United States dollar) on its first day, the highest for a Ravi Teja movie crossing Power.