Wunderbar Films

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

Trade name	Wunderbar Films Pvt. Ltd.
Type	Privately held company
Industry	Motion picture
Founded	2012
Founder	Dhanush Aishwarya R. Dhanush
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Key people	Dhanush, Aishwarya R. Dhanush
Products	Film production Record producer
Operating income	₹507.4 million (2015) ₹46.7 million (2016)[1]
Owner	Dhanush

History

Wunderbar Films was established by actor Dhanush and his wife Aishwarya on 20 May 2010.[2] The studio was named "Wunderbar", which means "wonderful" in German, out of sentimental value. Earlier short films made by Dhanush, although not released to the public, had the banner "Wunderbar", which they picked up from the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds.[3][4] Wunderbar Film is located in Nungambaakam, Chennai

Filmography

Title	Year	Language	Director	Cast	Synopsis	Ref.
3	2012	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]
Ethir Neechal	2013	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]
Velaiilla Pattadhari	2014	Tamil	Velraj	Dhanush, Amala Paul, Surabhi	An unemployed graduate overcomes various obstacles before and after finding employment.	[7]
Shamitabh	2015	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	2015	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	2015	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	2015	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	2015	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	2015	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]
Visaranai	2016	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	2016	Tamil	Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari	Amala Paul, Revathi, Samuthirakani	A maid joins her daughter's school in order to change her perspective of life.	[15]
Cinema Veeran	2017	Tamil	Aishwarya R. Dhanush	Rajinikanth	An documentary on the life of stunt artists	[16]
Pa Paandi	2017	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	2017	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]
VIP 2	2017	Telugu	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.	[19]
Tharangam	2017	Malayalam	Dominic Arun	Tovino Thomas, Balu Varghese	Co-produced by Mini Studios
Kaala	2018	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	2018	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	2018	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.

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

References

1. Operating income grew 68% to 50 crore in 2015
2. "Wunderbar Films Private Limited Company Information". CorporateDir. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
3. Wunderbar Studios (13 February 2015). "WunderStars Talk Show – Episode 1" – via YouTube.
4. Raman, Sruthi Ganapathy. "Dhanush interview: 'I was not ready to come out of VIP Raghuvaran's world'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
5. Rangarajan, Malathi. "3: Three's a crowd". thehindu.com.
6. rangan, baradwaj. "Ethir Neechal: Run culture". thehindu.com.
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8. KUMAR, ANUJ. "Shamitabh: An adsorbing experience". thehindu.com.
9. Rangan, Baradwaj. "Kaaki Sattai: Heavyweight film for lightweight hero". thehindu.com.
10. Rangan, Baradwaj. "Kaaka Muttai: An outstanding debut". thehindu.com.
11. Rangan, Baradwaj. "Maari: Some nice bits can't save a grindingly ordinary movie". thehindu.com.
12. Srinivasan, Sudhir. "Naanum Rowdy Dhaan: A thoroughly entertaining black comedy". thehindu.com.
13. Srinivasan, Sudhir. "Thangamagan: A good core wasted in a masala template". thehindu.com.
14. Rangan, Baradwaj (6 February 2016). "Visaranai: A powerful, chilling drama about how the System toys with us". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
15. Rangan, Baradwaj (24 June 2016). "'Amma Kanakku' review: Mum's the word". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
16. "Cinema Veeran: Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Dhanush and AR Rahman join hands for a documentary". India Today. 25 February 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
17. Menon, Vishal (14 April 2017). "'Pa. Pandi' review: The power of love". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
18. Menon, Vishal (11 August 2017). "'Velaiilla Pattadhari 2' review: a lukewarm follow-up". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
19. The Hindu https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vip-2-a-wasted-opportunity/article19565249.ece. Missing or empty |title= (help)