Red Giant Movies


Red Giant Movies is an Indian film production and film distribution company founded by Udhayanidhi Stalin. It has distributed nearly all major films in Tamil Nadu for several years, and is often accused of having a monopoly in Tamil cinema.
The company is always accused of threatening theatre owners and release their films. While Udhayanidhi headed the company for much of its existence, in September 2025, his son Inban became the new CEO.

History

The proposed venture of the studio was meant to be a collaboration between director Thamizhvaanan and actor Vishal, but the film never took off. Subsequently, the first production of Red Giant Movies was the action comedy Kuruvi starring Vijay, following which the studio financed K. S. Ravikumar's Aadhavan starring Suriya. The studio later worked on big budget films including the Kamal Haasan-starrer Manmadan Ambu and AR Murugadoss's 7 Aum Arivu.
The studio received acclaim in 2010, when all four of its distribution projects, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Madrasapattinam, Boss Engira Bhaskaran and Mynaa became commercial successes. In the case of Mynaa, the studio received praise for backing and choosing to purchase a small budget film and helping market it as a bigger film. Since the end of 2011, Red Giant Movies has concentrated solely on producing films starring Udhayanidhi Stalin. The production house revived its widespread operations in the production and distribution of films after 2021. Red Giant Movies is currently established as the leading production house in the Tamil film industry with numerous blockbusters released under their banner including Vikram. Red Giant Movies recently joined hands with Kamal Haasan's Raaj Kamal Films International for the star's greatly anticipated film to be directed by maverick filmmaker Mani Ratnam. Since 2022, films produced by Red Giant Movies would no longer use Udhayanidhi's name in their promotional material, after he became Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports Development of Tamil Nadu. In July 2023, he announced his resignation from Red Giant Movies. In September 2025, his son Inban was announced as the new CEO.
The company has a track record of threatening theatre owners and releasing their films with their political power.

Films produced

YearTitleDirectorCast
2008KuruviVijay, Trisha, Suman, Vivek
2009AadhavanSuriya, Nayanthara, Rahul Dev, Vadivelu
2010Manmadhan AmbuKamal Haasan, Trisha, Madhavan
20117 Aum ArivuSuriya, Shruti Haasan, Johnny Tri Nguyen
2012Oru Kal Oru KannadiUdhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam
2012NeerparavaiVishnu Vishal, Sunaina, Nandita Das, Samuthirakani
2013Vanakkam ChennaiShiva, Priya Anand, Rahul Ravindran
2014Idhu Kathirvelan KadhalUdhayanidhi Stalin, Nayanthara, Santhanam
2015NannbendaJagadishUdhayanidhi Stalin, Nayanthara, Santhanam, Sherin
2016GethuThirukumaranUdhayanidhi Stalin, Amy Jackson, Sathyaraj, Vikranth
2016ManithanUdhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Prakash Raj
2017Saravanan Irukka BayamaenUdhayanidhi Stalin, Regina Cassandra, Srushti Dange, Soori
2019Kanne KalaimaaneUdhayanidhi Stalin, Tamannaah
2022Kalaga ThalaivanMagizh ThirumeniUdhayanidhi Stalin, Nidhhi Agerwal
2023MaamannanMari SelvarajVadivelu, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Fahadh Faasil
2024Indian 2S. ShankarKamal Haasan, Kajal Agarwal
2025Kadhalikka NeramillaiKiruthiga UdhayanidhiRavi Mohan, Nithya Menon
2025Thug LifeMani RatnamKamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha, Abhirami
2026S ShankarKamal Haasan, Kajal Agarval

Films distributed

In addition to the films produced by Red Giant Movies since 2008, the following films from other banners were distributed by the company:
YearTitleDirectorCast
2010Vinnaithaandi VaruvaayaaGautham Vasudev MenonSilambarasan, Trisha
2010MadrasapattinamA. L. VijayArya, Amy Jackson
2010Boss Engira BhaskaranM. RajeshArya, Nayanthara, Santhanam
2010MynaaPrabhu SolomonVidharth, Amala Paul
2011KoK. V. AnandJiiva, Ajmal, Karthika, Piaa Bajpai
2011MaaveeranS. S. RajamouliRam Charan, Srihari, Kajal Aggarwal, Dev Gill.
2011MankathaVenkat PrabhuAjith Kumar, Arjun Sarja, Trisha, Andrea Jeremiah
2013Kanna Laddu Thinna AasaiyaKS ManikandanSanthanam, Vishakha Singh, Dr. Srinivasan
2013Udhayam NH4ManimaranSiddharth, Ashrita Shetty
2013NeramAlphonse PuthrenNivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, Bobby Simha
2013Kutti PuliM. MuthaiahSasikumar, Lakshmi Menon
2013Aadhalal Kadhal SeiveerSuseenthiranSanthosh Ramesh, Manisha Yadhav
2013ThagaraaruGanesh VinaayacArulnithi, Poorna
2013Endrendrum PunnagaiI. AhmedJiiva, Trisha, Vinay, Santhanam, Andrea Jeremiah
2014NedunchaalaiN. KrishnaAari Arujunan, Sshivada
2014SaivamA. L. VijayNassar, Vidya Pradeep
2014AranmanaiSundar CSundar C, Hansika Motwani, Vinay Rai, Andrea Jeremiah
2015Tamiluku En Ondrai AluthavumRamprakash RayappaNakul, Attakathi Dinesh, Bindu Madhavi, Aishwarya Dutta
2015Inimey IppadithanMuruganandSanthanam, Ashna Zaveri, Akhila Kishore
2017Ippadai VellumGaurav NarayananUdhayanidhi Stalin, Manjima Mohan,
2018NimirPriyadarshanUdhayanidhi Stalin, Namitha Pramod, Parvati Nair
2018Oru Kuppai KathaiKaali RangaswamyDinesh, Manisha Yadhav
2018Silukkuvarupatti SingamChella AyyavuVishnu Vishal, Regina Cassandra
2019Nerkonda PaarvaiH. VinothAjith Kumar, Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami Venkatachalam
2019Namma Veettu PillaiPandirajSivakarthikeyan, Anu Emmanuel, Aishwarya Rajesh
2019BakridJagadeesan SubuVikranth, Vasundhara Kashyap
2020PsychoMysskinUdhayanidhi Stalin, Nithya Menen, Aditi Rao Hydari
2021Aranmanai 3Sundar CSundar C, Raashii Khanna, Arya
2021AnnaattheSivaRajinikanth, Khushbu, Meena, Nayanthara, Keerthy Suresh
2022FIRManu AnandVishnu Vishal, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Manjima Mohan, Reba Monica John
2022Etharkkum ThunindhavanPandirajSuriya, Priyanka Mohan, Vinay Rai
2022Radhe ShyamRadha Krishna KumarPrabhas, Pooja Hegde
2022BeastNelsonVijay, Pooja Hegde
2022Kaathuvaakula Rendu KaadhalVignesh ShivanVijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, Samantha
2022DonCibi ChakaravarthiSivakarthikeyan, Priyanka Mohan, SJ Suryah
2022Nenjuku NeedhiArunraja KamarajUdhayanidhi Stalin, Shivani Rajashekar
2022VikramLokesh KanagarajKamal Haasan, Suriya, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil
2022Rocketry: The Nambi EffectR. MadhavanR. Madhavan, Simran
2022Gulu GuluRathna KumarSanthanam, Adhulya Chandran
2022Laal Singh Chaddha Advait ChandanAamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor
2022ThiruchitrambalamMithran R JawaharDhanush, Nithya Menen, Raashii Khanna, Priya Bhavani Shankar
2022DiaryInnasi PandiyanArulnithi, Pavithra Marimuthu
2022CobraR. Ajay GnanamuthuVikram, Srinidhi Shetty
2022CaptainShakti Soundar RajanArya, Aishwarya Lekshmi
2022Vendhu Thanindhathu KaaduGautham Vasudev MenonSilambarasan, Siddhi Idnani
2022Ponniyin Selvan: IMani RathnamVikram, Karthi, Ravi Mohan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi
2022SardarP. S. MithranKarthi, Raashii Khanna
2022Coffee with KadhalSundar CJiiva, Jai, Amritha Aiyer
2022Love TodayPradeep RanganathanPradeep Ranganathan, Ivana, Yogi Babu
2022Gatta KusthiChella AyyavuVishnu Vishal, Aishwarya Lekshmi
2022SembiPrabhu SolomonAshwin, Kovai Sarala
2023VarisuVamshi PaidipallyVijay, Rashmika Mandanna
2023ThunivuH. VinothAjith Kumar, Manju Warrier
2023DadaGanesh K BabuKavin, Aparna Das
2023AgilanN. KalyanakrishnanRavi Mohan, Priya Bhavani Shankar
2023Kannai NambatheyMu. MaranUdhayanidhi Stalin, Aathmika
2023Viduthalai Part 1VetrimaaranVijay Sethupathi, Soori
2023Ponniyin Selvan: IIMani RatnamVikram, Karthi, Ravi Mohan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha
2023Kazhuvethi MoorkkanSY GowthamrajArulnithi, Dushara Vijayan, Santhosh Prathap
2023MaaveeranMadonne AshwinSivakarthikeyan, Aditi Shankar
2023JawanAtleeShah Rukh Khan, Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara
2023ChithhaS. U. Arun KumarSiddharth, Nimisha Sajayan
2023Jigarthanda DoubleXKarthik SubbarajRaghava Lawrence, SJ Surya; Nimisha Sajayan
2023Salaar: Part 1 – CeasefirePrashanth NeelPrabhas, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Hassan
2024Singapore SaloonGokulRJ Balaji, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Sathyaraj, Kishen Das
2024Vadakkupatti RamasamyKarthik YogiSanthanam, Megha Akash, Rajendar
2024Lal SalaamAishwarya RajinikanthRajinikanth, Vishnu Vishal, Vikranth
2024SirenAntony BhagyarajRavi Mohan, Anupama Parameswaran, Keerthy Suresh
2024Premalu Girish A. D.Naslen K. Gafoor, Mamitha Baiju, Shyam Mohan
2024AadujeevithamBlessyPrithviraj Sukumaran, Amala Paul, Jimmy Jean-Louis
2024RomeoVinayak VaithianathanVijay Antony, Mirnalini Ravi, VTV Ganesh, Yogi Babu
2024RaayanDhanushDhanush, Dushara Vijayan
2024Raghu ThathaSuman KumarKeerthy Suresh, M. S. Bhaskar, Devadarshini, Ravindra Vijay
2024Demonte Colony 2Ajay GnanamuthuArulnithi, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Arun Pandian, Archana Ravichandran
2024VaazhaiMari SelvarajPonvel, Raghul, Kalaiyarasan, Nikhila Vimal, Dhivya Duraisamy
2024VettaiyanT. J. GnanavelRajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Manju Warrier, Dushara Vijayan
2024AmaranRajkumar PeriasamySivakarthikeyan, Sai Pallavi
2024Miss YouN. RajasekarSiddharth, Ashika Ranganath
2024Viduthalai Part 2VetrimaaranVijay Sethupathi, Manju Warrier
2025VidaamuyarchiMagizh ThirumeniAjith Kumar, Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan
2025Nilavuku En Mel Ennadi KobamDhanushPavish, Anikha Surendran, Priya Prakash Varrier, Mathew Thomas
2025Thug LifeMani RatnamKamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Abhirami
2025DNANelson VenkatesanAtharvaa, Nimisha Sajayan, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Balaji Sakthivel
2025Idli KadaiDhanushDhanush, Nithya Menen, Shalini Pandey, Arun Vijay, Prakash Raj, Samuthirakani
2026ParasakthiSudha KongaraRavi Mohan, Sivakarthikeyan, Atharvaa, Sreeleela