Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Introduction '''Kalaipuli S. Thanu''' () 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.
Personal life Thanu is married to Kala. Their son Kalaprabhu made his directorial debut with ''Sakkarakatti'' (2008). Thanu also has a daughter Kavitha.
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. 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. 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. ''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).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.
Filmography === As actor === Year Film Role 1994  ''Magalir Mattum''  Cameo appearance=== As producer === Year Film Director(s) Notes  1985  ''Yaar?'' Sakthi-Kannan   1987  ''Cooliekkaran''  Rajasekhar   1988  ''Nallavan''  S. P. Muthuraman   1990  ''Pudhu Padagan''  S. Thanu Also Director  1991  ''Thaiyalkaran''  S. P. Muthuraman   1992  ''Vanna Vanna Pookkal''  Balu Mahendra   1993  ''Kizhakku Cheemayile''  Bharathiraja   1997  ''V. I. P.''  Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy   1999  ''Mannavaru Chinnavaru''  P. N. Ramachandra Rao   1999  ''Mugam''  Gnana Rajasekaran   2000  ''Kandukondain Kandukondain''  Rajiv Menon   2001  ''Aalavandhan''  Suresh Krissna   2003  ''Punnagai Poove''  Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy   2003  ''Kaakha Kaakha''  Gautham Vasudev Menon   2005  ''Maayavi''  Singampuli   2005  ''Sachein''  John Mahendran   2005  ''Thotti Jaya''  V. Z. Durai   2006  ''Chennai Kadhal''  Vikraman   2007  ''Thirumagan''  M. Rathnakumar   2008  ''Sakkarakatti''  Kala Prabhu   2009  ''Kanthaswamy''  Susi Ganesan    2012  ''Thuppakki''  AR Murugadoss   2014  ''Arima Nambi''  Anand Shankar   2016  ''Kanithan''  T. N. Santosh   2016  ''Theri''  Atlee Kumar   2016  ''Kabali''  Pa. Ranjith 2017  ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2''  Soundarya Rajinikanth    2017  ''Indrajith''  Kala Prabhu    2018  ''Sketch''  Vijay Chandar   2018  ''60 Vayadu Maaniram''  Radha Mohan   2018  ''Thuppakki Munai''  Dinesh Selvaraj   2019  ''Hippi''  Krishna   2019  ''Asuran''  Vetrimaaran   2021 ''Karnan''Mari Selvaraj  2021  ''Naarappa''  Srikanth Addala  2022  ''Naane Varuvean''  Selvaraghavan   ''Vaadi Vaasal''  Vetrimaaran 2024''Train''Mysskin=== As distributor ===* 2022 - ''Iravin Nizhal''* 2022 - ''Andhagan''* 2021 - ''Maraikayar: Arabikadalin Singam'' (Tamil version)* 2019 - ''Kurukshetra'' (Tamil dubbed)* 2019 - ''Lucifer'' (Tamil dubbed)* 2017 - ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2'' * 2016 - ''Parandhu Sella Vaa''* 2016 - ''Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai''* 2015 - ''Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan''* 2015 - ''Thakka Thakka''* 2014 - ''Yennamo Yedho''* 2014 - ''Ner Ethir''* 2012 - ''Urumi''* 2011 - ''Maaveeran''* 2011 - ''Pathinaaru''* 2010 - ''Thottupaar''* 2010 - ''Milaga''* 1996 - ''Siraichaalai'' (Tamil dubbed)*1996 - ''Delhi Diary'' (Tamil dubbed)
Awards and honours ;National Film Awards* Won, Best Feature Film in Tamil for ''Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' (1992)* Won, Best Feature Film in Tamil for ''Asuran'' (2019);Cinema Express Awards* Won, Best Film for ''Kizhakku Cheemayile'' (1993) * Won, Best Film for  ''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' (2000);Filmfare Awards South* Won, Best Film for ''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' (2000) * Nominated, Best Film for  ''Kaakha Kaakha'' (2003)* Nominated, Best Film for ''Thuppakki'' (2012)  * Nominated, Best Film for ''Theri'' (2016)* Nominated, Best Film for ''Kabali'' (2016)* Nominated, Best Film for ''Karnan '' (2021);South Indian International Movie Awards* Nominated, Best Film for ''Thuppakki'' (2012)* Nominated, Best Film for ''Theri'' (2016)* Nominated, Best Film for ''Asuran'' (2019)* Nominated, Best Film for ''Karnan '' (2021);Vijay Awards* Won, Favourite Film for ''Thuppakki'' (2012);Edison Awards* Won, Best Film for ''Kabali'' (2016);Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards* Won, Most Popular Movie for ''Kabali'' (2016);IIFA Utsavam*Nominated, Best Film for ''Kabali'' (2016);Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards* Won, Best Film for ''Asuran'' (2019)
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