Kalaipuli S. Thanu

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Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Born (1958-01-15) 15 January 1958 (age 64)
Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation
  • Producer
  • distributor
  • director
Years active1985–present
Spouse(s)Kala
HonoursKalaimamani 2020 [1]

Kalaipuli S. Thanu is an Indian film producer and distributor, known for his films produced in Tamil cinema. He has produced several films through his two companies, V Creations and Kalaipuli Films International. Many of his films have been commercially successful, three of which are among the top-ten highest grossing Tamil films. He has won two National Film Awards, two Cinema Express Awards and one Filmfare Awards South.

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.[2] He initially was a publicity designer being responsible for christening Rajinikanth as "Superstar" and creating a 35 feet cutout of him in a theatre.[3] He started his own company V. Creations and went on to produce commercially successful films like Cooliekkaran (1987), Nallavan (1988), Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992), Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Thuppakki (2012), Theri (2016), Kabali (2016), Asuran (2019) and Karnan (2021).

Filmography[]

Actor[]

Year Film Role
1994 Magalir Mattum Cameo appearance

Production[]

No Year Film Director(s) Notes Ref.
1 1985 Yaar? Sakthi-Kannan [4]
2 1987 Cooliekkaran Rajasekhar [5]
3 1988 Nallavan S. P. Muthuraman [6]
4 1990 Pudhu Padagan S. Thanu [7]
5 1991 Thaiyalkaran S. P. Muthuraman [8]
6 1992 Vanna Vanna Pookkal Balu Mahendra [9]
7 1993 Kizhakku Cheemayile Bharathiraja [10]
8 1997 V. I. P. Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy [11]
9 1999 Mannavaru Chinnavaru P. N. Ramachandra Rao [12]
10 1999 Mugam Gnana Rajasekaran [13]
11 2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain Rajiv Menon [14]
12 2001 Aalavandhan Suresh Krissna [15]
13 2003 Punnagai Poove Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy [16]
14 2003 Kaakha Kaakha Gautham Vasudev Menon [17]
15 2005 Maayavi Singampuli [18]
16 2005 Sachein John Mahendran [19]
17 2005 Thotti Jaya V. Z. Durai [20]
18 2006 Chennai Kadhal Vikraman [21]
19 2007 Thirumagan M. Rathnakumar [22]
20 2008 Sakkarakatti Kala Prabhu [23]
21 2009 Kanthaswamy Susi Ganesan [24]
22 2012 Thuppakki AR Murugadoss [25]
23 2014 Arima Nambi Anand Shankar [26]
24 2016 Kanithan T. N. Santosh [27]
25 2016 Theri Atlee Kumar [28]
26 2016 Kabali Pa. Ranjith
27 2017 Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 Soundarya Rajinikanth [29]
28 2017 Indrajith Kala Prabhu [30]
29 2018 Sketch Vijay Chandar [31]
30 2018 60 Vayadu Maaniram Radha Mohan [32]
31 2018 Thuppakki Munai Dinesh Selvaraj [33]
32 2019 Hippi Krishna [34]
33 2019 Asuran Vetrimaaran [35]
34 2021 Karnan Mari Selvaraj [36]
35 2021 Naarappa Srikanth Addala [37]
36 2022 Selfie Mathimaran
37 2022 Naane Varuven Selvaraghavan
38 2022 Vaadi Vaasal Vetrimaaran
40 2023 Thalapathy 68 Atlee

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
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-govt-announces-kalaimamani-awards-for-2019-2020/article33885249.ece[bare URL]
  2. ^ Nettv4u Tamil (30 November 2015). "Interview with Kalaipuli G Sekaran - I took a movie for 600Rs - Nettv4u". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (4 June 2016). "The bigger, the better". Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "Yaar (1985)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. ^ https://www.tamilmdb.com/movie/2686/1987-cooliekkaran
  6. ^ "Nallavan (1988)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Puthuppadagan (1990)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Thaiyalkaran (1991)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  10. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155809/awards
  11. ^ "V.I.P (1997)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  12. ^ https://www.tamilmdb.com/movie/3826/1999-mannavaru-chinnavaru
  13. ^ https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/mugam-1999-tamil-movie
  14. ^ "Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Aalavandaan (2001)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  16. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1612570/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
  17. ^ https://www.fantastikindia.fr/site/Kaakha-kaakha-The-police
  18. ^ https://www.tamilmdb.com/movie/4305/2005-maayavi
  19. ^ "Sachein (2005)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  20. ^ https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/2417/tamil/thotti-jaya/index.htm
  21. ^ "Chennai Kadhal (2006)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  22. ^ https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/3331/tamil/thirumagan/index.htm
  23. ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/sep-08-01/sakkarakatti-02-09-08.html
  24. ^ "Kanthasamy (2009)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  25. ^ "Thuppakki (2012)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  26. ^ "Arima Nambi (2014)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  27. ^ "Kanithan (2016)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  28. ^ "Theri (2016)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  29. ^ "Vellai Illa Pattathari 2 (2017)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  30. ^ "Indrajith (2017)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  31. ^ "Sketch (2018)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  32. ^ "60 Vayathu Maaniram (2018)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  33. ^ "Thuppakki Munai (2018)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  34. ^ "Hippi (2019)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  35. ^ "Asuran (2019)". MovieBuff. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  36. ^ "Dhanush's film with Mari Selvaraj is titled Karnan. Sivaji Ganesan's fans are not happy". 9 January 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  37. ^ The Hindu Net Desk (22 January 2020). "Telugu remake of 'Asuran' titled 'Naarappa' starring Venkatesh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  38. ^ "Producer Kalaipuli Thanu will release Vikranth's next film Thaakka Thaakka". behindwoods.com. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  39. ^ "Thanu procures world distribution rights of 'Ner Ethir'". sify.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  40. ^ "Kalaipuli Thanu to release Pathinaru!". sify.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

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