C. V. Kumar (born as C. Vijayakumar) is an Indian Tamil film producer and distributor who heads the production studio Thirukumaran Entertainment. Known for producing innovative and critically acclaimed films, Kumar has also primarily introduced new talent into the film industry in terms of actors and technicians. His first three films, Attakathi, Pizza and Soodhu Kavvum won critical acclaim as well as bringing in revenue of over ?50 crore (US$7.7 million).After producing successful films, Kumar began work on his first directorial venture in 2014Kumar, originally hailing from Tirumangalam, Madurai,[3] first came to Chennai for his MSc Psychology classes that he was pursuing through distance education at Madras University in the early 2000s. During the period, he had also started going for classes at Arena Multimedia in Madurai before taking a transfer to Chennai. In three years between 2002 and 2005, he learnt animation, sound design, and branding, and took scriptwriting classes. While on a trip in 2010 to Los Angeles as a part of his family business, he was inspired to start a production house and hoped to produce higher quality films in India and returned to form Thirukumaran Entertainment in 2010.