Red Giant Movies
Indian film studio
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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.[1][2][3] While Udhayanidhi headed the company for much of its existence, in September 2025, his son Inban became the new CEO.
Film distribution
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Company type | Film production Film distribution |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Udhayanidhi Stalin |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Tamil Nadu Puducherry |
Key people |
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| Products | Motion pictures (Tamil) |
| Website | www |
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.[4] Subsequently, the first production of Red Giant Movies was the action comedy Kuruvi (2008) starring Vijay, following which the studio financed K. S. Ravikumar's Aadhavan (2009) starring Suriya.[5] The studio later worked on big budget films including the Kamal Haasan-starrer Manmadan Ambu (2010) and AR Murugadoss's 7 Aum Arivu (2011).
The studio received acclaim in 2010, when all four of its distribution projects, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Madrasapattinam, Boss Engira Bhaskaran and Mynaa became commercial successes.[6] 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.[7] 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 (2022). 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.[8] In July 2023, he announced his resignation from Red Giant Movies.[9][10] In September 2025, his son Inban was announced as the new CEO.[11]
Films produced
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: