Wunderbar Films

Wunderbar Films

Trade name	Wunderbar Films Pvt. Ltd.
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Motion picture
Founded	20 May 2010; 14 years ago (2010-05-20)
Founders	Dhanush Aishwarya Rajinikanth
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Products	Film production Record producer
Operating income	₹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 in Nungambakkam, Chennai.

History

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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Director	Cast	Synopsis	Ref.
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	Dhanush, Amitabh Bachchan, 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	A 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, Tovino Thomas, Krishna Kulasekharan, 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.
2024	Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam	Tamil	Dhanush	Mathew Thomas, Anikha Surendran, Priya Prakash Varrier, Pavish, Venkatesh Menon, Rabiya Khatoon, Ramya Ranganathan	TBA
2025	Idly Kadai	Tamil	Dhanush	Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Shalini Pandey	TBA

Film soundtracks released

Year	Film	Notes
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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