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Company type | Subsidiary of Sun Network |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | , |
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Parent | Sun TV Network |
Website | www |
Sun Pictures is an Indian film distribution and production studio 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 .
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Cast | Director | Notes |
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2010 | Enthiran | Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa | Shankar | |
2018 | Sarkar | Vijay, Keerthy Suresh, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, | A. R. Murugadoss | |
2019 | Petta | Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha | Karthik Subbaraj | |
Kanchana 3 | Raghava Lawrence, Oviya, Vedhika, Kovai Sarala | Raghava Lawrence | ||
Namma Veettu Pillai | Sivakarthikeyan, Aishwarya Rajesh, Anu Emmanuel | Pandiraj | ||
2021 | Annaatthe | Rajinikanth, Keerthy Suresh, Nayanthara, Prakash Raj,Khushbu, Meena | Siva | |
2022 | Etharkkum Thunindhavan | Suriya, Priyanka Arul Mohan, Vinay Rai | Pandiraj | [4] [5] |
Beast | Vijay, Pooja Hegde | Nelson Dilipkumar | [6] | |
Thiruchitrambalam | Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Raashii Khanna, Priya Bhavani Shankar | Mithran Jawahar | [7] [8] | |
2023 | Jailer | Rajinikanth, Mohanlal, Shiva Rajkumar, Vinayakan, Ramya Krishnan, Vasanth Ravi | Nelson Dilipkumar | |
2024 | Raayan † | Dhanush, S. J. Suryah, Sundeep Kishan, Nithya Menen, Kalidas Jayaram | Dhanush | [9] |
Year | Notes | Film |
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1999 | Also distributor | Siragugal |
2008 | Also distributor | Dindigul Sarathy |
2009 | Also distributor | Thee |
2019 | Also producer | Kanchana 3 |
Also producer | Namma Veettu Pillai | |
2021 | Also producer | Annaatthe |
Also producer | Etharkkum Thunindhavan | |
2022 | Also producer | Beast |
Also producer | Thiruchitrambalam | |
2023 | Also producer | Jailer |
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