Wunderbar Films

Trade name	Wunderbar Films Pvt. Ltd.
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Motion picture
Founded	20 May 2010; 15 years ago
Founders	Dhanush; Aishwarya Rajinikanth;
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Products	Film production; Record producer;
Operating income	₹507.4 million (2015); ₹46.7 million (2016)
Owner	Dhanush
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Wunderbar Films is an Indian film production and distribution company established by actor Dhanush and his ex-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	Ref.
2012	3	Tamil	Aishwarya Rajnikanth	Dhanush, Shruti Haasan	^[5]
2013	Ethir Neechal		R. S. Durai Senthilkumar	Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand, Nandita Swetha	^[6]
2014	Velaiilla Pattadhari		R. Velraj	Dhanush, Amala Paul, Surabhi	^[7]
2015	Kaaki Sattai		R. S. Durai Senthilkumar	Sivakarthikeyan, Sri Divya	^[8]
	Kaaka Muttai		M. Manikandan	Vignesh, Ramesh, Aishwarya Rajesh	^[9]
	Maari		Balaji Mohan	Dhanush, Kajal Aggarwal, Vijay Yesudas	^[10]
	Naanum Rowdydhaan		Vignesh Shivan	Vijay Sethupathi, Nayantara, Parthiban	^[11]
	Thanga Magan		R. Velraj	Dhanush, Samantha, Amy Jackson	^[12]
2016	Visaranai		Vetrimaaran	Dinesh, Anandhi	^[13]
2016	Amma Kanakku		Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari	Amala Paul, Revathi, Samuthirakani	^[14]
2017	Cinema Veeran		Aishwarya Rajnikanth	Rajinikanth	^[15]
	Pa Paandi		Dhanush	Rajkiran, Prasanna, Chaya Singh	^[16]
	Velaiilla Pattadhari 2		Soundarya Rajinikanth	Dhanush, Kajol, Amala Paul	^[17]^[18]
	Tharangam	Malayalam	Dominic Arun	Tovino Thomas, Balu Varghese
2018	Kaala	Tamil	Pa. Ranjith	Rajinikanth, Nana Patekar, Easwari Rao, Huma Qureshi
	Vada Chennai		Vetrimaaran	Dhanush, Ameer Sultan, Samuthirakani, Aishwarya Rajesh, Andrea Jeremiah
	Maari 2		Balaji Mohan	Dhanush, Tovino Thomas, Krishna, Sai Pallavi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
2025	Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam		Dhanush	Pavish Narayan, Mathew Thomas, Anikha Surendran, Priya Prakash Varrier, Venkatesh Menon, Rabiya Khatoon, Ramya Ranganathan
2025	Idly Kadai		Dhanush	Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Arun Vijay, Rajkiran, Sathyaraj, R. Parthiban, Shalini Pandey, P. Samuthirakani

Film soundtracks released

Year	Film	Notes
2014	Velaiilla Pattadhari	Also producer
2015	Kaaki Sattai
2015	Naanum Rowdydhaan
2016	Amma Kanakku
2017	Yathumagi Nindrai
	Pa Paandi	Also producer
	Velaiilla Pattadhari 2
2018	Kaala: Karikaalan
	Vada Chennai
	Maari 2
2025	Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi Kobam

References

^ "Operating income grew 68% to 50 crore in 2015" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
^ "Wunderbar Films Private Limited Company Information". CorporateDir. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ Wunderbar Studios (13 February 2015). WunderStars Talk Show – Episode 1. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via YouTube.
^ Raman, Sruthi Ganapathy (26 July 2017). "Dhanush interview: 'I was not ready to come out of VIP Raghuvaran's world'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
^ Rangarajan, Malathi (31 March 2012). "3: Three's a crowd". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ rangan, baradwaj (4 May 2013). "Ethir Neechal: Run culture". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Rangan, Baradwaj (19 July 2014). "Idle worship". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Rangan, Baradwaj (27 February 2015). "Kaaki Sattai: Heavyweight film for lightweight hero". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Rangan, Baradwaj (5 June 2015). "Kaaka Muttai: An outstanding debut". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Rangan, Baradwaj (17 July 2015). "Maari: Some nice bits can't save a grindingly ordinary movie". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (22 October 2015). "Naanum Rowdy Dhaan: A thoroughly entertaining black comedy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (19 December 2015). "Thangamagan: A good core wasted in a masala template". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
^ Rangan, Baradwaj (6 February 2016). "Visaranai: A powerful, chilling drama about how the System toys with us". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ Rangan, Baradwaj (24 June 2016). "'Amma Kanakku' review: Mum's the word". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ "Cinema Veeran: Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Dhanush and AR Rahman join hands for a documentary". India Today. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Menon, Vishal (14 April 2017). "'Pa. Pandi' review: The power of love". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ Menon, Vishal (11 August 2017). "'Velaiilla Pattadhari 2' review: a lukewarm follow-up". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ "VIP 2: A wasted opportunity". The Hindu. 26 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[1] "Operating income grew 68% to 50 crore in 2015" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

[2] "Wunderbar Films Private Limited Company Information". CorporateDir. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[3] Wunderbar Studios (13 February 2015). WunderStars Talk Show – Episode 1. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via YouTube.

[4] Raman, Sruthi Ganapathy (26 July 2017). "Dhanush interview: 'I was not ready to come out of VIP Raghuvaran's world'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[5] Rangarajan, Malathi (31 March 2012). "3: Three's a crowd". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[6] rangan, baradwaj (4 May 2013). "Ethir Neechal: Run culture". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[7] Rangan, Baradwaj (19 July 2014). "Idle worship". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[8] Rangan, Baradwaj (27 February 2015). "Kaaki Sattai: Heavyweight film for lightweight hero". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[9] Rangan, Baradwaj (5 June 2015). "Kaaka Muttai: An outstanding debut". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[10] Rangan, Baradwaj (17 July 2015). "Maari: Some nice bits can't save a grindingly ordinary movie". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[11] Srinivasan, Sudhir (22 October 2015). "Naanum Rowdy Dhaan: A thoroughly entertaining black comedy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[12] Srinivasan, Sudhir (19 December 2015). "Thangamagan: A good core wasted in a masala template". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

[13] Rangan, Baradwaj (6 February 2016). "Visaranai: A powerful, chilling drama about how the System toys with us". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[14] Rangan, Baradwaj (24 June 2016). "'Amma Kanakku' review: Mum's the word". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[15] "Cinema Veeran: Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Dhanush and AR Rahman join hands for a documentary". India Today. 25 February 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[16] Menon, Vishal (14 April 2017). "'Pa. Pandi' review: The power of love". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[17] Menon, Vishal (11 August 2017). "'Velaiilla Pattadhari 2' review: a lukewarm follow-up". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[18] "VIP 2: A wasted opportunity". The Hindu. 26 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

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