| Type | Film Production Film Distribution |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu,  India |
| Key people | Kalanithi Maran |
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Parent | Sun TV Network |
| Website | http://www.sunpictures.in/ |
Sun Pictures is a Tamil film production and distribution company from the Sun TV Network of Chennai.[1] It is owned by Kalanithi Maran, and was set up in 2008.
It plans to produce at least 10 feature films each in three languages - Tamil, Telugu and Kannada annually through Sun Pictures. Sun TV Network has signed up with all leading players, including stars, directors and music directors in the Tamil film industry.The move to directly get into film production is a natural extension for Sun, which has acquired almost 80 per cent of all the movies in the southern regional markets for well over a decade.The biggest blockbuster that they have distributed is Ayan. The production company has good marketing techniques and most of the films released so far were hits. Films produced or in production under this banner are:
Sun Pictures owned the rights from consider Production company to distribute Hollywood films in Tamil Nadu.
| Year | Film | Director | Cast | Released date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kadhalil Vizhunthen | A. V. Prasad | Nakul, Sunaina | Released on September 26, 08 |
| Thenavattu | V. V. Kadhir | Jeeva, Poonam Bajwa | Released on November 21, 08 | |
| Dindigul Sarathy | Subramaniam Pilai | Karunas, Karthika | Released on December 18, 08 | |
| 2009 | Padikathavan | Suraj GN | Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia | Released on January 14, 09 |
| Outlander | Howard McCain | James Caviezel, Sophia Myles | Released on February 14, 09 | |
| Thee | Kicha | Sundar C, Ragini, Namitha | Released on February 27, 09 | |
| Ayan | K. V. Anand | Surya, Tamannaah Bhatia | Released on April 03, 09 | |
| Maasilamani | Manohar | Nakul, Sunaina | Released on June 12, 09 | |
| Ninaithale Inikkum[2] | Kumaravelan | Prithviraj, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani | Released on September 04, 09 | |
| Kanden Kadhalai[3] | R. Kannan | Bharath, Tamannaah Bhatia | Released on October 30, 09 | |
| Vettaikkaaran[4] | Babu Sivan | Vijay, Anushka Shetty | Released on December 18, 09 | |
| 2010 | Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai [5] | Thiru | Vishal Krishna, Sarah-Jane Dias, Neetu Chandra, Tanushree Dutta | Released on February 12, 10 |
| Sura | S. P. Rajkumar | Vijay, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vadivelu | To be released on April 14, 2010 | |
| Mappillai [6] | Suraj GN | Dhanush, Hansika Motwani | Filming | |
| Aadukalam [7] | Vetrimaran | Dhanush, Tapasee | Filming |
Endhiran is the first movie produced by Sun pictures.
| Year | Film | Director | Cast | Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Endhiran[8] | S. Shankar | Rajnikanth, Aishwarya Rai | Filming |
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