S. Thanu is an Indian film producer and distributor, known for his films produced in Tamil cinema. He made several films through his two production companies, V Creations and Kalaipuli Films International. His net worth as of 2016 is approximately $65 million. A large number of his films have been commercially successful, three of which are among the top-ten highest grossing Tamil films of all time.His son Kalaprabhu is an director who made his directorial debut with Sakkarakatti (2008). S. Thanu began his career as a film financier and distributor, before becoming a producer and a partner at Kalaipuli Films with S. Thanu and Soori with Yaar being their debut film as producers. He initially used to be a publicity designer being responsible for christening Rajinikanth as "Superstar" and creating 35 feet cutout of him in a theatre. He started his own company V. Creations and went on to produce commercially successful films like Kaakha Kaakha (2003), Theri (2016) and Kabali (2016).