Years active 1985–present Music director Pudhu Padagan Name S. Thanu Children Kalaprabhu Thanu | Role Film producer Albums Pudhu Padagan Spouse Kala | |
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Occupation Film producer
Art director Awards National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil, Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil Movies Thuppakki, Arima Nambi, Kanthaswamy, Sakkarakatti, Ner Ethir Similar People S A Chandrasekhar, AR Murugadoss, Vijay, Anand Shankar, Susi Ganeshan | ||
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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. A large number of his films have been commercially successful, three of which are among the top-ten highest grossing Tamil films of all time.
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- Actor vijay s new movie launch director atlee producer kalaipuli s thanu talks about vijay
- Tamil nadu film producers association condemns kalaipuli s thanu tamil nadu news7 tamil
- Personal life
- Career
- Filmography
- Awards and honours
- References
Tamil nadu film producers association condemns kalaipuli s thanu tamil nadu news7 tamil
Personal life
His son Kalaprabhu is an 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 being their debut film as producers. He initially used to be a publicity designer being responsible for christening Rajinikanth as "Superstar" and creating 35 feet cutout of him in a theatre. He started his own company V. Creations and went on to produce commercially successful films like Kaakha Kaakha(2003), Sachein(2005), Thuppaki(2012), Theri(2016) and Kabali(2016).
Filmography
Awards and honours
39th National Film Awards
South Indian International Movie Awards
7th Vijay Awards