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Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Born
Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Film producer
Film director
Years active1985–present
SpouseKala
ChildrenDhanu Paranthaman
Kala Prabhu

Kalaipuli S. Thanu is an Indian film producer and distributor, known for his films produced in Tamil cinema. He made several films through his two production companies, V Creations and Kalaipuli Films International. His net worth as of 2016 is approximately $65 million. Many of his films have been commercially successful, three of which are among the top-ten highest grossing Tamil films of all time.

Personal life

His son Kalaprabhu is a director who made his directorial debut with Sakkarakatti (2008).

Career

S. Thanu began his career as a film financier and distributor, before becoming a producer and a partner at Kalaipuli Films with S. Thanu and Soori with Yaar? (1985), being their debut film as producers.[1] He initially was a publicity designer being responsible for christening Rajinikanth as "Superstar" and creating 35 feet cutout of him in a theatre.[2] He started his own company V. Creations and went on to produce commercially successful films like Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992), Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Thuppakki (2012), Theri (2016), Kabali (2016) and Asuran (2019).

Filmography

Actor

Year Film Role
1994 Magalir Mattum Cameo appearance

Production

No Year Film Cast Director(s) Notes Ref.
1 1985 Yaar? Arjun, Nalini, Jaishankar, J. V. Somayajulu Sakthi-Kannan [3]
2 1987 Cooliekkaran Vijayakanth, Rupini Rajasekhar
3 1988 Nallavan Vijayakanth, Raadhika S. P. Muthuraman [4]
4 1990 Pudhu Padagan Vijayakanth, R. Sarathkumar, Amala Akkineni S. Thanu Director and Composer [5]
5 1991 Thaiyalkaran R. Parthiepan, Aishwarya, Saikumar Pudipeddi, Sreeja, Charmila S. P. Muthuraman [6]
6 1992 Vanna Vanna Pookkal Prashanth, Mounika, Vinodhini Balu Mahendra [7]
7 1993 Kizhakku Cheemayile Vijayakumar, Raadhika Bharathiraja
8 1997 V. I. P. Prabhu Deva, Abbas, Simran, Rambha Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy [8]
9 1999 Mannavaru Chinnavaru Sivaji Ganesan, Arjun, Soundarya, Maheswari P. N. Ramachandra Rao
10 1999 Mugam Nassar, Roja, Manivannan Gnana Rajasekaran
11 2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain Mammootty, Ajith Kumar, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai, Abbas Rajiv Menon [9]
12 2001 Aalavandhan Kamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala Suresh Krissna [10]
13 2003 Punnagai Poove Nandha, Rekha Vedavyas, Kaveri Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy
14 2003 Kaakha Kaakha Suriya, Jyothika Gautham Vasudev Menon
15 2005 Maayavi Suriya, Jyothika Singampuli
16 2005 Sachein Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, Bipasha Basu John Mahendran [11]
17 2005 Thotti Jaya Silambarasan, Gopika V. Z. Durai
18 2006 Chennai Kadhal Bharath, Genelia D'Souza Vikraman [12]
19 2007 Thirumagan S. J. Suryah, Meera Jasmine, Malavika, Lakshana, Preethi Varma M. Rathnakumar
20 2008 Sakkarakatti Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, Ishita Sharma, Vedhika Kala Prabhu
21 2009 Kanthaswamy Vikram, Prabhu, Krishna, Shriya Saran Susi Ganesan [13]
22 2012 Thuppakki Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal, Vidyut Jammwal AR Murugadoss [14]
23 2014 Arima Nambi Vikram Prabhu, Priya Anand, J. D. Chakravarthy Anand Shankar [15]
24 2016 Kanithan Atharvaa, Catherine Tresa, Tarun Arora T. N. Santosh [16]
25 2016 Theri Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Amy Jackson Atlee Kumar [17]
26 2016 Kabali Rajinikanth, Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika Pa. Ranjith [18]
27 2017 Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 Dhanush, Kajol, Amala Paul, Vivek, Hrishikesh, Samuthirakani Soundarya Rajinikanth [19]
28 2017 Indrajith Gautham Karthik, Ashrita Shetty, Sonarika Bhadoria Kala Prabhu [20]
29 2018 Sketch Vikram, Tamannaah Bhatia Vijay Chandar [21]
30 2018 60 Vayadu Maaniram Prakash Raj, Vikram Prabhu, Samuthirakani, Indhuja Ravichandran Radha Mohan [22]
31 2018 Thuppakki Munai Vikram Prabhu, Hansika Motwani Dinesh Selvaraj [23]
32 2019 Hippi Kartikeya, Digangana Suryavanshi, J. D. Chakravarthy Krishna Telugu Movie [24]
33 2019 Asuran Dhanush, Manju Warrier Vetrimaaran [25]
34 2020 Naarappa Venkatesh, Priyamani, Prakash Raj, Murali Sharma, Sampath Raj Srikanth Addala Telugu Movie [26]
35 2020 Karnan Dhanush, Rajisha Vijayan Mari Selvaraj [27]

Distribution

Awards and honours

National Film Awards
Cinema Express Awards
Filmfare Awards South
South Indian International Movie Awards
Vijay Awards
Edison Awards
Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards
IIFA Utsavam

References

  1. ^ Nettv4u Tamil (30 November 2015). "Interview with Kalaipuli G Sekaran - I took a movie for 600Rs - Nettv4u". Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (4 June 2016). "The bigger, the better". Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "Yaar (1985)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  4. ^ "Nallavan (1988)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  5. ^ "Puthuppadagan (1990)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  6. ^ "Thaiyalkaran (1991)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  7. ^ "Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  8. ^ "V.I.P (1997)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  9. ^ "Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  10. ^ "Aalavandaan (2001)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  11. ^ "Sachein (2005)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  12. ^ "Chennai Kadhal (2006)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  13. ^ "Kanthasamy (2009)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  14. ^ "Thuppakki (2012)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  15. ^ "Arima Nambi (2014)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  16. ^ "Kanithan (2016)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  17. ^ "Theri (2016)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  18. ^ "Kabali (2016)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  19. ^ "Vellai Illa Pattathari 2 (2017)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  20. ^ "Indrajith (2017)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  21. ^ "Sketch (2018)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  22. ^ "60 Vayathu Maaniram (2018)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  23. ^ "Thuppakki Munai (2018)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  24. ^ "Hippi (2019)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  25. ^ "Asuran (2019)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  26. ^ Desk, The Hindu Net (2020-01-22). "Telugu remake of 'Asuran' titled 'Naarappa' starring Venkatesh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-04-15. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  27. ^ https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/dhanush-s-film-with-mari-selvaraj-is-titled-karnan-sivaji-ganesan-s-fans-are-not-happy-1635217-2020-01-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  28. ^ "Producer Kalaipuli Thanu will release Vikranth's next film Thaakka Thaakka". behindwoods.com. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  29. ^ "Thanu procures world distribution rights of 'Ner Ethir'". sify.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  30. ^ "Kalaipuli Thanu to release Pathinaru!". sify.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  31. ^ http://edisonawards.in/pages/pompous-occasion-details.php?id=32
  32. ^ https://www.vikatan.com/news/english/78546-ananda-vikatan-cinema-awards---2016.html
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