Sun Pictures

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Sun Pictures Pvt. Ltd
Company typeSubsidiary of Sun Network
Industry Film
Founded1999;26 years ago (1999)
Headquarters,
Key people
Products
Parent Sun TV Network
Website www.sunpictures.in

Sun Pictures is an Indian film production and film distribution based in Chennai, India. It is a division of Sun TV Network a part of the Sun Group. [3] In 2010, it started producing films, the first film was Enthiran which was a huge blockbuster. Alongside Enthiran, they have produced numerous blockbuster films such as Beast , Petta , Sarkar and Jailer .

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Films produced

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmCastDirectorNotes
2010 Enthiran Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam Shankar
2018 Sarkar Vijay, Keerthy Suresh, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Radha Ravi A. R. Murugadoss
2019 Petta Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha Krishnan Karthik Subbaraj
Kanchana 3 Raghava Lawrence, Oviya, Vedhika, Kovai Sarala Raghava Lawrence
Namma Veettu Pillai Sivakarthikeyan, Aishwarya Rajesh, Anu Emmanuel, Soori Pandiraj
2021 Annaatthe Rajinikanth, Keerthy Suresh, Nayanthara, Prakash Raj Siva
2022 Etharkkum Thunindhavan Suriya, Priyanka Mohan, Vinay Rai, Sathyaraj Pandiraj [4] [5]
Beast Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Selvaraghavan, VTV Ganesh Nelson Dilipkumar [6]
Thiruchitrambalam Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Raashii Khanna, Priya Bhavani Shankar Mithran Jawahar [7] [8]
2023 Jailer Rajinikanth, Vinayakan, Ramya Krishnan, Vasanth Ravi Nelson Dilipkumar
2024 Raayan Dhanush, S. J. Suryah, Sundeep Kishan, Nithya Menen Dhanush [9]
2025 Coolie Rajinikanth, Soubin Shahir, Nagarjuna, Shruthi Haasan Lokesh Kanagaraj [10]

Distributed films

As distributor
YearFilmCastDirectorNotes
2008 Kadhalil Vizhunthen Nakul, Sunaina, Sampath Raj, Livingston P. V. Prasad [11]
Thenavattu Jiiva, Poonam Bajwa, Ganja Karuppu, Ravi Kale V. V. Kadhir [12]
Dindigul Sarathy Karunas, Karthika, Saranya Ponvannan, Nassar Siva Sanmukam [13]
2009 Padikathavan Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vivek, Atul Kulkarni Suraj [14]
Thee Sundar C, Namitha, Ramya Raj, Vivek Kicha
Ayan Suriya, Prabhu, Tamannaah Bhatia, Akashdeep Saighal K. V. Anand
Maasilamani Nakul, Sunaina, Pawan, Santhanam R. N. R. Manohar
Ninaithale Inikkum Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shakthi Vasu, Karthik Kumar, Priyamani G. N. R. Kumaravelan
Kanden Kadhalai Bharath, Tamannaah Bhatia, Santhanam, Sapan Saran R. Kannan
Vettaikaaran Vijay, Anushka Shetty, Sanchita Padukone, Sathyan Babu Sivan
2010 Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai Vishal, Sarah-Jane Dias, Tanushree Dutta, Neetu Chandra Thiru
Sura Vijay, Tamannaah Bhatia, Dev Gill, Vadivelu S. P. Rajkumar
Singam Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj, Vivek Hari
Thillalangadi Jayam Ravi, Tamannaah Bhatia, Shaam, Prabhu M. Raja
Enthiran Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam S. Shankar
2011 Aadukalam Dhanush, Tapsee Pannu, Kishore, V. I. S. Jayapalan Vetrimaran
Mappillai Dhanush, Hansika Motwani, Manisha Koirala, VivekSuraj
Engeyum Kaadhal Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani, Suman, Raju Sundaram Prabhu Deva
Mankatha Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan, Lakshmi Rai Venkat Prabhu
Vedi Vishal, Sameera Reddy, Poonam Kaur, VivekPrabhu Deva
2013 Kutti Puli Sasikumar, Lakshmi Menon, Saranya Ponvannan, Bala Saravanan M. Muthaiah
2014 Inga Enna Solluthu VTV Ganesh, Meera Jasmine, Santhanam, Pandiarajan Vincent Selva
2015 Muni 3: Kanchana 2 Raghava Lawrence, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Kovai Sarala Raghava Lawrence
2018 Sarkar Vijay, Keerthy Suresh, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Radha Ravi A.R. Murugadoss
2019 Petta Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha Krishnan Karthik Subbaraj
Kanchana 3 Raghava Lawrence, Oviya, Vedhika, Nikki Tamboli Raghava Lawrence
Namma Veettu Pillai Sivakarthikeyan, Aishwarya Rajesh, Anu Emmanuel, Soori Pandiraj
2021 Annaatthe Rajinikanth, Keerthy Suresh, Nayanthara, Khushbu Siva
2022 Etharkkum Thunindhavan Suriya, Vinay Rai, Priyanka Mohan, Sathyaraj Pandiraj
Beast Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Selvaraghavan, VTV Ganesh Nelson Dilipkumar

Sun Pictures Music

Film soundtracks released
YearNotesFilm
1999Also distributor Siragugal
2008Also distributor Dindigul Sarathy
2009Also distributor Thee
2019Also producer Kanchana 3
Also producer Namma Veettu Pillai
2021Also producer Annaatthe
Also producer Etharkkum Thunindhavan
2022Also producer Beast
Also producer Thiruchitrambalam
2023Also producer Jailer
2024Also Producer Raayan

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