{{short description|Indian film producer and distributor (born 1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Kalaipuli S. Thanu | image = Kalaipuli S Thanu.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|06|25|df=y}} | birth_place = North Arcot, Tamil Nadu, India | occupation = {{hlist|Producer|distributor|director}} | years_active = 1985–present | height = | spouse = Kala | children = 3 | awards = | honours = Kalaimamani 2020<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-govt-announces-kalaimamani-awards-for-2019-2020/article33885249.ece|title = T.N. Govt. Announces Kalaimamani awards for 2019, 2020|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 20 February 2021|access-date = 16 January 2022|archive-date = 16 January 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220116172333/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-govt-announces-kalaimamani-awards-for-2019-2020/article33885249.ece|url-status = live}}</ref> | website = }}
'''Kalaipuli S. Thanu''' ({{IPA|ta|ðaːnu|pron}}) is an Indian film producer 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).<ref>{{cite web |title=Thanu: Senior talks about junior |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/thanu-25-09-08.html |website=Behindwoods |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906035447/http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/thanu-25-09-08.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Thanu also has a daughter Kavitha.<ref>{{cite web |title=I go happily in torn jeans, rubber chapal and dirty T shirt to see Rahman |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/kalaprabhu.html |website=Behindwoods |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906035446/http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/kalaprabhu.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWdCidPYwc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/iXWdCidPYwc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Interview with Kalaipuli G Sekaran - I took a movie for 600Rs - Nettv4u|last=Nettv4u Tamil|date=30 November 2015|access-date=8 December 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Shivakumar |first=S. |date=3 April 1987 |title=Everything's well with the industry |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870403&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=The Indian Express |pages=14 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610094527/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870403&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pillai |first=Sreedhar |date=4 June 2016 |title=The bigger, the better |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/The-bigger-the-better/article14386233.ece |access-date=8 December 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/producer/kalaipuli-s-thanu | title=Kollywood Producer Kalaipuli S Thanu Biography, News, Photos, Videos | access-date=28 September 2022 | archive-date=28 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928152937/https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/producer/kalaipuli-s-thanu | url-status=live }}</ref> ''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).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/4-years-of-super-hit-kabali-kalaipuli-s-thanu-feels-proud-to-have-produced-rajinikanths-film/articleshow/77107259.cms | title=4 years of super hit 'Kabali': Kalaipuli S Thanu feels proud to have produced Rajinikanth's film | website=The Times of India | date=22 July 2020 | access-date=28 September 2022 | archive-date=28 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928152937/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/4-years-of-super-hit-kabali-kalaipuli-s-thanu-feels-proud-to-have-produced-rajinikanths-film/articleshow/77107259.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=KALAIPULI FILMS PRIVATE LIMITED |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/KALAIPULI-FILMS-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U92111TN2004PTC052694 |website=Zauba Corp |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906041849/https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/KALAIPULI-FILMS-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U92111TN2004PTC052694 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Parameswaran |first1=Prathibha |title=Meet producer Kalaippuli S Thanu, the power behind the 'Kabali' throne |url=https://scroll.in/reel/812054/meet-producer-kalaippuli-s-thanu-the-power-behind-the-kabali-throne |website=Scroll.in |date=19 July 2016 |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906042506/https://scroll.in/reel/812054/meet-producer-kalaippuli-s-thanu-the-power-behind-the-kabali-throne |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Filmography == === As actor ===
{| class="wikitable" |- style="text-align:center;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role |- | 1994 || ''Magalir Mattum'' || Tailor who is fond of Tamil |}
=== As producer === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Director(s) ! Notes ! {{Tooltip|Ref.|References}} |- | 1985 || ''Yaar?'' || Sakthi-Kannan | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/yaar|title=Yaar (1985).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142939/https://www.moviebuff.com/yaar|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 1987 || ''Cooliekkaran'' || Rajasekhar | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamilmdb.com/movie/2686/1987-cooliekkaran|title = Cooliekkaran (1987)}}</ref> |- | 1988 || ''Nallavan'' || S. P. Muthuraman | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/nallavan-1988-tamil|title=Nallavan (1988).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143012/https://www.moviebuff.com/nallavan-1988-tamil|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 1990 || ''Pudhu Padagan'' || S. Thanu | Also director, writer and music composer ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/puthuppadagan|title=Puthuppadagan (1990).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142940/https://www.moviebuff.com/puthuppadagan|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 1991 || ''Thaiyalkaran'' || S. P. Muthuraman | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/thaiyalkaran|title=Thaiyalkaran (1991).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143022/https://www.moviebuff.com/thaiyalkaran|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 1992 || ''Vanna Vanna Pookkal'' || Balu Mahendra | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/vanna-vanna-pookkal|title=Vanna Vanna Pookkal (1992).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143034/https://www.moviebuff.com/vanna-vanna-pookkal|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 1993 || ''Kizhakku Cheemayile'' || Bharathiraja | ||<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155809/awards|title = Kizhakku Seemayile - IMDb|website = IMDb|access-date = 22 March 2021|archive-date = 30 August 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220830171158/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155809/awards|url-status = live}}</ref> |- | 1997 || ''V. I. P.'' || Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/v-i-p-1997-tamil|title=V.I.P (1997).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143005/https://www.moviebuff.com/v-i-p-1997-tamil|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |1999 || ''Mannavaru Chinnavaru'' || P. N. Ramachandra Rao | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamilmdb.com/movie/3826/1999-mannavaru-chinnavaru|title=Mannavaru Chinnavaru (1999)|access-date=22 March 2021|archive-date=16 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316195517/https://www.tamilmdb.com/movie/3826/1999-mannavaru-chinnavaru|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Mugam'' || Gnana Rajasekaran | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmiclub.com/movie/mugam-1999-tamil-movie|title=Mugam (1999)}}</ref> |- | 2000 || ''Kandukondain Kandukondain'' || Rajiv Menon | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/kandukondain-kandukondain|title=Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142949/https://www.moviebuff.com/kandukondain-kandukondain|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2001 || ''Aalavandhan'' || Suresh Krissna | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/aalavandaan|title=Aalavandaan (2001).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142951/https://www.moviebuff.com/aalavandaan|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2003 || ''Punnagai Poove'' || Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1612570/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title=Punnagai Poove (2003) - IMDb|website=IMDb}}</ref> |- | ''Kaakha Kaakha'' || Gautham Vasudev Menon | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fantastikindia.fr/site/Kaakha-kaakha-The-police|title=FANTASTIKINDIA : Kaakha Kaakha|access-date=22 March 2021|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302141854/https://www.fantastikindia.fr/site/Kaakha-kaakha-The-police|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2005 || ''Maayavi'' || Singampuli | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tamilmdb.com/movie/4305/2005-maayavi|title=Maayavi (2005)}}</ref> |- | ''Sachein'' || John Mahendran | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/sachein|title=Sachein (2005).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142944/https://www.moviebuff.com/sachein|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Thotti Jaya'' || V. Z. Durai | ||<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/2417/tamil/thotti-jaya/index.htm|title = Thotti Jaya (2005) | Thotti Jaya Tamil Movie | Movie Reviews, Showtimes|date = 5 August 2005|access-date = 22 March 2021|archive-date = 3 December 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201203201006/https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/2417/tamil/thotti-jaya/index.htm|url-status = live}}</ref> |- | 2006 || ''Chennai Kadhal'' || Vikraman | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/chennai-kadhal|title=Chennai Kadhal (2006).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142943/https://www.moviebuff.com/chennai-kadhal|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2007 || ''Thirumagan'' || M. Rathnakumar | ||<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/3331/tamil/thirumagan/index.htm|title = Thirumagan (2007) | Thirumagan Tamil Movie | Movie Reviews, Showtimes|date = 13 August 2006|access-date = 22 March 2021|archive-date = 26 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210126191336/https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/3331/tamil/thirumagan/index.htm|url-status = live}}</ref> |- | 2008 || ''Sakkarakatti'' || Kala Prabhu | ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/sep-08-01/sakkarakatti-02-09-08.html |title=Ram Gopal Verma to Thanu to A R Rahman - Behindwoods.com Sakkarakatti Kala Prabhu Kalaipuli S Thanu Shantanu K Bhagyaraj Vedhika Taxi Taxi Benny Dayal Blaze Javed Ali Viviane Chaix Bollywood tamil movie news images picture gallery images |website=Behindwoods.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-09 |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211204755/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/sep-08-01/sakkarakatti-02-09-08.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2009 || ''Kanthaswamy'' || Susi Ganesan | || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/kanthasamy|title=Kanthasamy (2009).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142947/https://www.moviebuff.com/kanthasamy|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2012 || ''Thuppakki'' || AR Murugadoss | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/thuppakki|title=Thuppakki (2012).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143026/https://www.moviebuff.com/thuppakki|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2014 || ''Arima Nambi'' || Anand Shankar | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/arima-nambi|title=Arima Nambi (2014).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142943/https://www.moviebuff.com/arima-nambi|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2016 || ''Kanithan'' || T. N. Santosh | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/kanithan|title=Kanithan (2016).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142945/https://www.moviebuff.com/kanithan|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Theri'' || Atlee Kumar | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/theri|title=Theri (2016).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142941/https://www.moviebuff.com/theri|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Kabali'' || Pa. Ranjith |||<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/4-years-of-super-hit-kabali-kalaipuli-s-thanu-feels-proud-to-have-produced-rajinikanths-film/articleshow/77107259.cms | title=4 years of super hit 'Kabali': Kalaipuli S Thanu feels proud to have produced Rajinikanth's film | website=The Times of India | date=22 July 2020 | access-date=28 September 2022 | archive-date=28 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928152937/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/4-years-of-super-hit-kabali-kalaipuli-s-thanu-feels-proud-to-have-produced-rajinikanths-film/articleshow/77107259.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2017 || ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2'' || Soundarya Rajinikanth | || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/vellai-illa-pattathari-2|title=Vellai Illa Pattathari 2 (2017).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142942/https://www.moviebuff.com/vellai-illa-pattathari-2|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Indrajith'' || Kala Prabhu | || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/indrajith|title=Indrajith (2017).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143001/https://www.moviebuff.com/indrajith|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2018 || ''Sketch'' || Vijay Chandar | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/sketch-2018-tamil|title=Sketch (2018).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142943/https://www.moviebuff.com/sketch-2018-tamil|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''60 Vayadu Maaniram'' || Radha Mohan | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/60-vayathu-maaniram|title=60 Vayathu Maaniram (2018).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142939/https://www.moviebuff.com/60-vayathu-maaniram|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Thuppakki Munai'' || Dinesh Selvaraj | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/thuppakki-munai|title=Thuppakki Munai (2018).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143007/https://www.moviebuff.com/thuppakki-munai|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2019 || ''Hippi'' || Krishna || Telugu film ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/hippi|title=Hippi (2019).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143002/https://www.moviebuff.com/hippi|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Asuran'' || Vetrimaaran | ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/asuran-2019-tamil|title=Asuran (2019).|website=MovieBuff|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103143010/https://www.moviebuff.com/asuran-2019-tamil|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2021 ||''Karnan''||Mari Selvaraj | ||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/dhanush-s-film-with-mari-selvaraj-is-titled-karnan-sivaji-ganesan-s-fans-are-not-happy-1635217-2020-01-09|title=Dhanush's film with Mari Selvaraj is titled Karnan. Sivaji Ganesan's fans are not happy|date=9 January 2020|access-date=17 August 2020|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214140057/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/dhanush-s-film-with-mari-selvaraj-is-titled-karnan-sivaji-ganesan-s-fans-are-not-happy-1635217-2020-01-09|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | ''Naarappa'' || Srikanth Addala |Telugu film |<ref>{{Cite news|author=The Hindu Net Desk|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/telugu-remake-of-asuran-titled-naarappa-starring-venkatesh/article30622904.ece|title=Telugu remake of 'Asuran' titled 'Naarappa' starring Venkatesh|date=2020-01-22|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-04-15|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127090033/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/telugu-remake-of-asuran-titled-naarappa-starring-venkatesh/article30622904.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> |- | 2022 || ''Naane Varuvean'' || Selvaraghavan | ||<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/dhanushs-naane-varuven-to-hit-screens-on-september-29/article65913425.ece | title=Dhanush's 'Naane Varuven' to hit screens on September 29 | newspaper=The Hindu | date=20 September 2022 | access-date=28 September 2022 | archive-date=28 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928152938/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/dhanushs-naane-varuven-to-hit-screens-on-september-29/article65913425.ece | url-status=live }}</ref> |- |2024 |''Max'' |Vijay Karthikeyaa |Kannada film | |- |2026 |{{pending film|Arasan}} |Vetrimaaran | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Test shoot of Suriya Vetrimaaran movie Vaadivaasal happened|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/see-pics-from-the-test-shoot-of-suriyas-vaadivaasal-in-ecr/articleshow/90334488.cms|website=Times Of India|date=20 March 2022 |access-date=23 March 2022|archive-date=20 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320100321/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/see-pics-from-the-test-shoot-of-suriyas-vaadivaasal-in-ecr/articleshow/90334488.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |TBA |{{Pending film|Train}} |Mysskin | | |}
=== As distributor === *1996 - ''Delhi Diary'' (Tamil dubbed) * 1996 - ''Siraichaalai'' (Tamil dubbed) * 2004 - ''Gharshana'' (Telugu) * 2010 - ''Milaga'' * 2010 - ''Thottupaar'' * 2011 - ''Pathinaaru''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kalaipuli-thanu-to-release-pathinaru-news-tamil-lbwnhljbfij.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125084456/http://www.sify.com/movies/kalaipuli-thanu-to-release-pathinaru-news-tamil-lbwnhljbfij.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2011|title=Kalaipuli Thanu to release Pathinaru!|website=Sify|access-date=8 December 2017}}</ref> * 2011 - ''Maaveeran'' (Tamil dubbed) * 2011 - ''Urumi'' * 2014 - ''Ner Ethir''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/thanu-procures-world-distribution-rights-of-ner-ethir-news-tamil-obnmfpgicjb.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116064104/http://www.sify.com/movies/thanu-procures-world-distribution-rights-of-ner-ethir-news-tamil-obnmfpgicjb.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2014|title=Thanu procures world distribution rights of 'Ner Ethir'|website=Sify|access-date=8 December 2017}}</ref> * 2014 - ''Yennamo Yedho'' * 2015 - ''Thakka Thakka''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/vijays-producer-to-release-vikranths-thaakka-thaakka.html|title=Producer Kalaipuli Thanu will release Vikranth's next film Thaakka Thaakka|date=13 June 2015|website=behindwoods.com|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122505/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/vijays-producer-to-release-vikranths-thaakka-thaakka.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2015 - ''Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan'' * 2016 - ''Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai'' * 2016 - ''Parandhu Sella Vaa'' * 2017 - ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2'' * 2019 - ''Lucifer'' (Tamil dubbed) * 2019 - ''Kurukshetra'' (Tamil dubbed) * 2021 - ''Maraikayar: Arabikadalin Singam'' (Tamil version) * 2022 - ''Andhagan'' * 2022 - ''Iravin Nizhal''
== 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)
==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0857054}} * {{YouTube|channel=UClqoU3DHuKFsYCCLXUNUE1g|title=S. Thanu}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thanu, S.}} Category:Living people Category:Tamil film producers Category:Indian film distributors Category:1958 births