Wunderbar Films is an Indian
film production
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and distribution company established by Actor
Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among hi ...
and his wife
Aishwarya on 20 May 2010. Based in
Chennai
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,
Tamil Nadu
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, it mainly produces and distributes
Tamil films, and occasionally
Malayalam
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and
Hindi
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films. The headquarters of the company is located in
Nungambakkam, Chennai.
History
Wunderbar Films was established by actor
Dhanush
Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, producer, director, lyricist and playback singer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Starring in 46 films over his career, among hi ...
and his wife
Aishwarya on 20 May 2010. The studio was named "Wunderbar", which means "wonderful" in German, out of sentimental value. Earlier short films made by Dhanush, although not released to the public, had the banner "Wunderbar", which they picked up from the 2009 film ''
Inglourious Basterds
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''.
Wunderbar Film is located in Nungambaakam, Chennai
Filmography
Film soundtracks released
References
{{Wunderbar Films
2010 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Film production companies based in Chennai
Indian film studios