S. R. Prabhu is an Indian film producer. During his tenure at

Studio Green Studio Green is an Cinema of India, Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai. The company was founded in 2006 by K. E. Gnanavel Raja, relative of actor Sivakumar and many of their films feature his sons Suriya and Karthi ...

(2010–13), he has produced 10

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films and distributed 16 films in Tamil and Telugu. Later he founded

Dream Warrior Pictures Dream Warrior Pictures is an Indian film production company based in Chennai. It was founded in 2010 by brothers S R Prakashbabu and S R Prabhu, who were partners in Studio Green during 2010–2013. They are also relatives of the veteran acto ...

, a film production company in which his brother S. R. Prakashbabu has become partner in 2014. He is also a partner in Potential Studios, which is another film production company. S. R. Prabhu is a relative of the veteran actor

Sivakumar Palaniswamy, better known by his stage name Sivakumar (born 27 October 1941), is an Indian visual artist and former actor who has portrayed a wide range of leading and supporting roles onscreen in Tamil cinema and television. He made his actin ...

and cousin of actors

Suriya Saravanan Sivakumar (born 23 July 1975), known by his stage name Suriya, is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter and a philanthropist. He primarily works in Tamil cinema where he is one of the highest paid actors. He received numerou ...

and

Karthi Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), better known by his stage name Karthi, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, a SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Aw ...

Career

Studio Green (2010-2013)

While at Studio Green, they produced '' Naan Mahaan Alla'', starring

and

Kajal Agarwal Kajal Aggarwal (born 19 June 1985) is an Indian actress and model who mainly appears in Telugu and Tamil language films, in addition to a few Hindi films. Aggarwal has worked in more than 50 films and also received two South Indian Internati ...

, followed by ''

Siruthai ''Siruthai'' () is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Siva. It is a remake of the 2006 Telugu film ''Vikramarkudu'', directed by S. S. Rajamouli. It stars Karthi playing dual roles, alongside Tamannaah and comedia ...

'', starring

and

Tamannaah Bhatia Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fil ...

. Simultaneously, they distributed ''Yamudu'' (Telugu version of ''Singam'') and ''Aawara'' (Telugu version of ''Paiyaa''). In 2012, he started venturing into small budget films by acquiring ''Attakathi'' and ''Kumki''. In 2013, they produced and distributed ''

Alex Pandian ''Alex Pandian'' is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Suraj that features Karthi and Anushka Shetty, with Karthi in the title role, while Santhanam, Milind Soman, Suman, Prathap Pothen and Nikita Thukr ...

'', starring

and distributed '' Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga''. They also distributed ''

Soodhu Kavvum ''Soodhu Kavvum'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film written and directed by Nalan Kumarasamy. It features Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha, Ashok Selvan, Ramesh Thilak, Karunakaran and Sanchita Shetty in the lead roles. ...

'', which opened to highly positive critical reaction. He produced ''

All in All Azhagu Raja ''All in All Azhagu Raja'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh. Karthi in dual lead roles with, Kajal Aggarwal and Santhanam in the supporting roles. It marks the second collaboration betw ...

'' (2013), ''

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'' (2013), ''

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'' (2014) and ''

Komban ''Komban'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by M. Muthaiah and produced by Studio Green. The film stars Karthi and Lakshmi Menon, while Rajkiran, Super Subbarayan, Thambi Ramaiah, Karunas, and Kovai Sarala play supp ...

'' (2015), all starred by

Dream Warrior Pictures (2014-present)

S.R. Prabhu, along with his brother S.R. Prakashbabu, founded a new production company called

. They started their next production titled ''

Kaashmora ''Kaashmora'' ( Deadly spirit) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language horror masala film written and directed by Gokul. It features Karthi in dual roles for the second time after ''Siruthai'' as the protagonist and antagonist respectively alongs ...

'' (2016), which was to be a high budget film in Karthi's career.

, Nayanthara,

Sri Divya Sri Divya (born 1 April 1993) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Tamil and Telugu films. She won Nandi Award for Best Child Actress for ''Bharati'', a Telugu film in 2006. Early life Sri Divya was born in Hyderabad of present-day ...

and

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are the protagonists in

. This movie turns out to be a horror comedy flick, directed by

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, whose previous movie was ''Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara'' and the music is composed by

Santhosh Narayanan Santhosh Narayanan is an Indian composer and musician in the Tamil film industry. Early life Santhosh Narayanan was born in Tiruchirappalli, India. He is the younger of two children. He was educated at RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirapp ...

. ''

'' involved huge

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work with CG footage amounting to nearly 70 mins. His next project was titled '' Joker'' (2016), directed by Raju Murugan, whose previous film was ''

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''.

Guru Somasundaram Guru Somasundaram is an Indian actor who is Mainly working in Tamil and Malayalam movies. He made his debut in ''Aaranya Kaandam'' (2011) winning critical acclaim for his role, before also appearing in the Tamil action film ''Pandiya Naadu'' (2 ...

is the protagonist of the movie '' Joker''. This movie emphasises the necessity of toilets for all rural homes. Even the Indian Prime Minister

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has addressed this issue. Hence, medias are asking the Prime Minister to watch the film. In the movie, the protagonist thinks himself the President of India. "''Joker'' explores different side of me", says Guru Somasundaram. The Superstar of Tamil Cinema Padma Vibhushan Rajnikath praised the ''Joker'' team. ''Joker'' won the Tamil Film competition of 14th Chennai International Film Festival held in January 2017 at Chennai. Also, the film won a few more awards for Best Dialogues and Best Production, which is conferred by

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. Simultaneously, the Company started producing another movie titled ''

Aruvi ''Aruvi'' (; ) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language political drama film written and directed by Arun Prabu Purushothaman, in his directorial debut. Produced and distributed by S. R. Prakash Babu and S. R. Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures, the film ...

'', which is an Eco-Social Drama, directed by Arun Prabhu. The Team had been hunting for a lead artist through all social medias. ''

'' made its International Premiere at

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in June 2016. Producer S.R. Prabhu says: "We are so much proud that ''Aruvi'' has become one of the best films produced under our banner". Alongside ''Aruvi'', '' Kootathil Orthan'' is also started, which is directed by Gnanavel, his debut movie.

Ashok Selvan Ashok Selvan is an Indian actor who works prominently in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing one of the lead roles in ''Soodhu Kavvum'' (2013), before gaining critical acclaim for his performances in C. V. Kumar's productions '' Pizza ...

and

Priya Anand Priya Anand (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Tamil films. She has also appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam films. After pursuing higher studies in the US, she began a career in ...

are doing the lead roles in this movie. After ''

'', ''

'' and ''

Kootathil Oruthan ''Kootathil Oruthan'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age romantic comedy film, written and directed by T. J. Gnanavel. The film stars Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand. Featuring music composed by Nivas Prasanna, This movie is produ ...

'', the production house is producing Karthi's 16th movie titled ''

Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru ''Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru'' () or simply ''Theeran'' is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by H. Vinoth and produced by S. R. Prakashbabu and S. R. Prabhu under the banner Dream Warrior Pictures. Based on ...

'' and Suriya's 36th movie, cast and crew is to be finalised for both the projects. Also, Dream Warrior Pictures is eyeing for an International co-production for their project ''The Sunshine'', which is written by

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and

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, to be directed by

. ''The Sunshine'' is about a young refugee (Armstrong) who flees from the war-torn northern Sri Lanka and embarks on a perilous journey through India, Nepal and Thailand towards an uncertain destination, leaving his childhood sweetheart on the shores that foam blood. ''The Sunshine'' was presented in the 2016 Film Bazaar co-production market.

Potential Studios (2014-present)

Under Potential Studios, his first movie was ''

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'' (2015), starring

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and

Nayantara Diana Mariam Kurian, known professionally as Nayanthara, is an Indian actress and film producer who is known for her work in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She was in the ''Forbes India'' "Celebrity 100" 2018 list, with her total annual ...

, directed by Ashwin Saravanan, which is his debut movie. The movie won many awards for

in various events. The movie has simultaneous release in Telugu as ''Mayuri''. after ''Maya'', Potential Studio's next title was ''

Maanagaram ''Maanagaram'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language hyperlink action thriller film that was written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, and produced by S. R. Prabhu. The film stars Sri, Sundeep Kishan, and Regina Cassandra, and its soundtrack ...

'' (2017), directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, starred by

Sundeep Kishan Sundeep Kishan (born 7th May 1987) is an Indian actor and producer who works in predominately in Telugu and Tamil cinema. Career Sandeep Kishan was born in a Telugu family in present-day Chennai. He is the nephew to the cinematographers Chota ...

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and

Regina Cassandra Regina Cassandra (born 13 December 1990) is an Indian actress and Model who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with the Tamil film '' Kanda Naal Mudhal'' in 2005 and made her Telugu film debut with ''Siva Manasu ...

. ''Maanagaram'' had its theatrical release on 10 March 2017. After ''Maya'' and ''Maanagaram'', '' Monster'' is the third film from this production house, starring

S. J. Surya S. Justin Selvaraj, known by his stage name S. J. Suryah is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, composer, producer and music director who has worked predominately in Tamil film industry. He sought to become an actor but started out d ...

Priya Bhavani Shankar Sathyapriya Bhavani Shankar (born 31 December 1989) known by her stage name Priya Bhavani, is an Indian actress and television presenter who primarily appears in Tamil and Telugu launguage films.She made her acting debut with commercially suc ...

, Karunakaran and directed by Nelson Venkatesan.

Tamil Nadu Film Producers Council (2017-2019)

He was elected as Treasurer in the

Tamil Film Producers Council Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC), is a union for film producers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, based in Chennai. Formed on 18 July 1979, the group has a charitable trust fund to provide financial support to retired producers, voiced supp ...

election, which was held on 2 April 2017.

Filmography

Dream Warrior Pictures Dream Warrior Pictures is an Indian film production company based in Chennai. It was founded in 2010 by brothers S R Prakashbabu and S R Prabhu, who were partners in Studio Green during 2010–2013. They are also relatives of the veteran acto ...
(as Producer)

Potential Studios (as Producer)

Studio Green Studio Green is an Cinema of India, Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai. The company was founded in 2006 by K. E. Gnanavel Raja, relative of actor Sivakumar and many of their films feature his sons Suriya and Karthi ...
(as Producer)

References

External links

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