Kalaipuli S. Thanu

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.

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

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
1994Magalir MattumCameo appearance

Production
No Year Film Cast Director(s) Notes Ref.
11985Yaar?Arjun, Nalini, Jaishankar, J. V. SomayajuluSakthi-Kannan[3]
21987CooliekkaranVijayakanth, RupiniRajasekhar
31988NallavanVijayakanth, RaadhikaS. P. Muthuraman[4]
41990Pudhu PadaganVijayakanth, R. Sarathkumar, Amala AkkineniS. ThanuDirector and Composer[5]
51991ThaiyalkaranR. Parthiepan, Aishwarya, Saikumar Pudipeddi, Sreeja, CharmilaS. P. Muthuraman[6]
61992Vanna Vanna PookkalPrashanth, Mounika, VinodhiniBalu Mahendra[7]
71993Kizhakku CheemayileVijayakumar, RaadhikaBharathiraja
81997V. I. P.Prabhu Deva, Abbas, Simran, RambhaSabapathy Dekshinamurthy[8]
91999Mannavaru ChinnavaruSivaji Ganesan, Arjun, Soundarya, MaheswariP. N. Ramachandra Rao
101999MugamNassar, Roja, ManivannanGnana Rajasekaran
112000Kandukondain KandukondainMammootty, Ajith Kumar, Tabu, Aishwarya Rai, AbbasRajiv Menon[9]
122001AalavandhanKamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha KoiralaSuresh Krissna[10]
132003Punnagai PooveNandha, Rekha Vedavyas, KaveriSabapathy Dekshinamurthy
142003Kaakha KaakhaSuriya, JyothikaGautham Vasudev Menon
152005MaayaviSuriya, JyothikaSingampuli
162005SacheinVijay, Genelia D'Souza, Bipasha BasuJohn Mahendran[11]
172005Thotti JayaSilambarasan, GopikaV. Z. Durai
182006Chennai KadhalBharath, Genelia D'SouzaVikraman[12]
192007ThirumaganS. J. Suryah, Meera Jasmine, Malavika, Lakshana, Preethi VarmaM. Rathnakumar
202008SakkarakattiShanthnoo Bhagyaraj, Ishita Sharma, VedhikaKala Prabhu
212009KanthaswamyVikram, Prabhu, Krishna, Shriya SaranSusi Ganesan[13]
222012ThuppakkiVijay, Kajal Aggarwal, Vidyut JammwalAR Murugadoss[14]
232014Arima NambiVikram Prabhu, Priya Anand, J. D. ChakravarthyAnand Shankar[15]
242016KanithanAtharvaa, Catherine Tresa, Tarun AroraT. N. Santosh[16]
252016TheriVijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Amy JacksonAtlee Kumar[17]
262016KabaliRajinikanth, Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Sai DhanshikaPa. Ranjith[18]
272017Velaiilla Pattadhari 2Dhanush, Kajol, Amala Paul, Vivek, Hrishikesh, SamuthirakaniSoundarya Rajinikanth[19]
282017IndrajithGautham Karthik, Ashrita Shetty, Sonarika BhadoriaKala Prabhu[20]
292018SketchVikram, Tamannaah BhatiaVijay Chandar[21]
30201860 Vayadu MaaniramPrakash Raj, Vikram Prabhu, Samuthirakani, Indhuja RavichandranRadha Mohan[22]
312018Thuppakki MunaiVikram Prabhu, Hansika MotwaniDinesh Selvaraj[23]
322019HippiKartikeya, Digangana Suryavanshi, J. D. ChakravarthyKrishnaTelugu Movie[24]
332019AsuranDhanush, Manju WarrierVetrimaaran[25]
34 2020 Naarappa Venkatesh, Priyamani, Prakash Raj, Murali Sharma, Sampath Raj Srikanth Addala Telugu Movie [26]
352020KarnanDhanush, Rajisha VijayanMari 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
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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.
  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.
  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. 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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