Kalaipuli S. Thanu

Kalaipuli S. Thanu (pronounced [ðaːnu]) is an Indian film producer, director and distributor, known for his films 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.

Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Born (1958-06-25) 25 June 1958
North Arcot, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations
  • Producer
  • distributor
  • director
Years active1985–present
SpouseKala
Children2
HonoursKalaimamani 2020[1]

Personal life

Thanu is married to Kala. Their son Kalaprabhu made his directorial debut with Sakkarakatti (2008).[2] Thanu also has a daughter Kavitha.[3]

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.[4][5] He initially started as a publicity designer being responsible for christening Rajinikanth as "Superstar" and creating a 35 feet cutout of him in a theatre.[6] He started his own company V. Creations and went on to produce commercially successful films with Vijayakanth in Cooliekkaran (1987), Nallavan (1988) and Pudhu Padagan (1990). His Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992) directed by Balu Mahendra won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. He also did in a cameo appearance for a film Magalir Mattum in 1994.[7] Kizhakku Cheemayile (1993) and Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) won the Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil. He has also produced films with Suriya in Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Maayavi (2005) and with Vijay in Sachein (2005), Thuppakki (2012) and Theri (2016). He collaborated with Rajinikanth for the first time for Kabali (2016).[8]

He has produced four films for Dhanush such as Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 (2017), Asuran (2019), Karnan (2021) and Naane Varuvean (2022).

Companies

Thanu owns Kalaipuli Films and V Creations. The former company was registered as a private company on 8 March 2004, and the CEO of the latter is Thanu's other son Paranthaman.[9][10]

Filmography

As actor
Year Film Role
1994Magalir MattumCameo appearance

As producer
Year Film Director(s) Notes Ref.
1985Yaar?Sakthi-Kannan [11]
1987CooliekkaranRajasekhar [12]
1988NallavanS. P. Muthuraman [13]
1990Pudhu PadaganS. Thanu Also Director[14]
1991ThaiyalkaranS. P. Muthuraman [15]
1992Vanna Vanna PookkalBalu Mahendra [16]
1993Kizhakku CheemayileBharathiraja [17]
1997V. I. P.Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy [18]
1999Mannavaru ChinnavaruP. N. Ramachandra Rao [19]
1999MugamGnana Rajasekaran [20]
2000Kandukondain KandukondainRajiv Menon [21]
2001AalavandhanSuresh Krissna [22]
2003Punnagai PooveSabapathy Dekshinamurthy [23]
2003Kaakha KaakhaGautham Vasudev Menon [24]
2005MaayaviSingampuli [25]
2005SacheinJohn Mahendran [26]
2005Thotti JayaV. Z. Durai [27]
2006Chennai KadhalVikraman [28]
2007ThirumaganM. Rathnakumar [29]
2008SakkarakattiKala Prabhu [30]
2009KanthaswamySusi Ganesan [31]
2012ThuppakkiAR Murugadoss [32]
2014Arima NambiAnand Shankar [33]
2016KanithanT. N. Santosh [34]
2016TheriAtlee Kumar [35]
2016KabaliPa. Ranjith [36]
2017Velaiilla Pattadhari 2Soundarya Rajinikanth [37]
2017IndrajithKala Prabhu [38]
2018SketchVijay Chandar [39]
201860 Vayadu MaaniramRadha Mohan 25th Film[40]
2018Thuppakki MunaiDinesh Selvaraj [41]
2019HippiKrishna [42]
2019AsuranVetrimaaran [43]
2021KarnanMari Selvaraj [44]
2021NaarappaSrikanth Addala [45]
2022Naane VaruveanSelvaraghavan [46]
TBAVaadi VaasalVetrimaaran [47]

As distributor

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
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  3. "I go happily in torn jeans, rubber chapal and dirty T shirt to see Rahman". Behindwoods. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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