Wunderbar Films Pvt. Ltd. | |
Company type | Privately held company |
Industry | Motion picture |
Founded | 20 May 2010 |
Founders | |
Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
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₹507.4 million (2015) ₹46.7 million (2016) [1] | |
Owner | Dhanush |
Wunderbar Films is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Actor Dhanush and his wife Aishwarya on 20 May 2010. Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it mainly produces and distributes Tamil films, and occasionally Malayalam and Hindi films. The headquarters of the company is located in Nungambakkam, Chennai.
Wunderbar Films was established by actor Dhanush and his wife Aishwarya on 20 May 2010. [2] The studio was named "Wunderbar", meaning "wonderful" in German, which they picked up from the 2009 American film, Inglourious Basterds . Earlier short films made by Dhanush, although not released to the public, had the banner "Wunderbar". [3] [4]
Year | Title | Language | Director | Cast | Synopsis | Ref. |
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2012 | 3 | Tamil | Aishwarya R. Dhanush | Dhanush, Shruti Haasan | Ram and Janani fall in love, elope and get married. A few years into their seemingly idyllic marriage, Ram begins to display symptoms of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. | [5] |
2013 | Ethir Neechal | Tamil | R. S. Durai Senthilkumar | Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand, Nandita Swetha | A young man, who has grown up believing that his name is a jinx, decides to change his life by competing in the Chennai Marathon. | [6] |
2014 | Velaiilla Pattadhari | Tamil | Velraj | Dhanush, Amala Paul, Surabhi | An unemployed graduate overcomes various obstacles before and after finding employment. | [7] |
2015 | Shamitabh | Hindi | R. Balki | Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan | A mute actor acquires the voice of another man and becomes a film star, which leads to an ego clash between the pair. | [8] |
Kaaki Sattai | Tamil | R. S. Durai Senthilkumar | Sivakarthikeyan, Sri Divya | An ambitious, young policeman fights to bring to light and destroy an illegal organ-harvesting gang. | [9] | |
Kaaka Muttai | Tamil | M. Manikandan | Vignesh, Ramesh, Aishwarya Rajesh | Two boys from the slums of Chennai, who dream of tasting pizza, set about earning enough money to buy some from the newly opened pizza shop in the city centre. | [10] | |
Maari | Tamil | Balaji Mohan | Dhanush, Kajal Aggarwal, Vijay Yesudas | A small-time gangster, with a love for pigeon racing, attempts to stop police corruption in his town. | [11] | |
Naanum Rowdydhaan | Tamil | Vignesh Shivan | Vijay Sethupathi, Nayantara, Parthiban | A wannabe rowdy falls in love with a deaf girl and helps avenge the death of her father. | [12] | |
Thanga Magan | Tamil | Velraj | Dhanush, Samantha, Amy Jackson | A fun-loving man strives to be an ideal son, seeks clarity and closure when his father commits suicide after being falsely accused of a crime. | [13] | |
2016 | Visaranai | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | Dinesh, Anandhi | An individual gets shut in jail for a crime he did not commit and the consequences which follow are harrowing. | [14] |
Amma Kanakku | Tamil | Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | Amala Paul, Revathi, Samuthirakani | A maid joins her daughter's school in order to change her perspective of life. | [15] | |
2017 | Cinema Veeran | Tamil | Aishwarya R. Dhanush | Rajinikanth | An documentary on the life of stunt artists | [16] |
Pa Paandi | Tamil | Dhanush | Rajkiran, Prasanna, Chaya Singh | An elderly man who feels rejected by his son embarks on a soul-searching trip in search of his first love. | [17] | |
Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 | Tamil | Soundarya Rajinikanth | Dhanush, Kajol, Amala Paul | A ruthless businesswoman sets out to destroy the career and prospects of a young, prize-winning civil engineer who refuses to work for her company. | [18] [19] | |
VIP 2 | Telugu | |||||
Tharangam | Malayalam | Dominic Arun | Tovino Thomas, Balu Varghese | Co-produced by Mini Studios | ||
2018 | Kaala | Tamil | Pa. Ranjith | Rajinikanth, Nana Patekar, Easwari Rao, Huma Qureshi | Haridev, a Union minister, decides to illegally seize the land of Tamil migrants in Dharavi, to construct buildings. However, Karikaalan, a local resident, opposes him and vows to protect his land. | |
Vada Chennai | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | Dhanush, Ameer Sultan, Samuthirakani, Aishwarya Rajesh, Andrea Jeremiah | A fisherman from North Chennai who unknowingly becomes involved in a trap set by a mafia gang. | ||
Maari 2 | Tamil | Balaji Mohan | Dhanush, Krishna Kulasekaran, Tovino Thomas, Sai Pallavi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar | Maari, a fun-loving rowdy, creates many enemies in his area due to his arrogant but righteous behaviour. Beeja, a dreaded gangster, vows to seek revenge against Maari for killing his brother. | ||
Year | Film | Notes |
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2014 | Velaiilla Pattadhari | Also producer |
2015 | Kaaki Sattai | Also producer |
Naanum Rowdydhaan | Also producer | |
2016 | Amma Kanakku | Also producer |
2017 | Yathumagi Nindrai | |
Pa Paandi | Also producer | |
Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 | Also producer | |
2018 | Kaala: Karikaalan | Also producer |
Vada Chennai | Also producer | |
Maari 2 | Also producer |
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