Kalaipuli S. Thanu

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.

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

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 a 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 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
1994Magalir MattumCameo appearance

Production
No Year Film Director(s) Notes Ref.
11985Yaar?Sakthi-Kannan [3]
21987CooliekkaranRajasekhar [4]
31988NallavanS. P. Muthuraman [5]
41990Pudhu PadaganS. Thanu [6]
51991ThaiyalkaranS. P. Muthuraman [7]
61992Vanna Vanna PookkalBalu Mahendra [8]
71993Kizhakku CheemayileBharathiraja [9]
81997V. I. P.Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy [10]
91999Mannavaru ChinnavaruP. N. Ramachandra Rao [11]
101999MugamGnana Rajasekaran [12]
112000Kandukondain KandukondainRajiv Menon [13]
122001AalavandhanSuresh Krissna [14]
132003Punnagai PooveSabapathy Dekshinamurthy [15]
142003Kaakha KaakhaGautham Vasudev Menon [16]
152005MaayaviSingampuli [17]
162005SacheinJohn Mahendran [18]
172005Thotti JayaV. Z. Durai [19]
182006Chennai KadhalVikraman [20]
192007ThirumaganM. Rathnakumar [21]
202008SakkarakattiKala Prabhu [22]
212009KanthaswamySusi Ganesan [23]
222012ThuppakkiAR Murugadoss [24]
232014Arima NambiAnand Shankar [25]
242016KanithanT. N. Santosh [26]
252016TheriAtlee Kumar [27]
262016KabaliPa. Ranjith
272017Velaiilla Pattadhari 2Soundarya Rajinikanth [28]
282017IndrajithKala Prabhu [29]
292018SketchVijay Chandar [30]
30201860 Vayadu MaaniramRadha Mohan [31]
312018Thuppakki MunaiDinesh Selvaraj [32]
322019HippiKrishna [33]
332019AsuranVetrimaaran [34]
342021KarnanMari Selvaraj [35]
352021NaarappaSrikanth Addala [36]
36TBASelfieManimaran

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