Surya Pratap was born in 11 January 1978. He is a protege of Sukumar, made his debut with Current (2009), Later, He worked as Screenwriter for 1:Nenokkadine movie which was directed by Sukumar and which featured Mahesh Babu in lead. In 2015, he made his second movie Kumari 21F whose success has catapulted him to new league.