Kalanithi Maran (born 24 July 1964) is an Indian media proprietor. He is the chairman and founder of Sun Group, one of India's largest media conglomerates.[2][3][4] He owns multiple television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM radio stations, DTH services, a movie production house (Sun Pictures) and 2 cricket teams (Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League and Sunrisers Eastern Cape in South Africa T20 League).[5] He also held a major share in the Indian airline SpiceJet from 2010 to 2015.[6][7]
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KalanithiMaran (born 24 July 1964) is an Indian media proprietor. He is the chairman and founder of Sun Group, one of India's largest media conglomerates...
and Sunrisers Eastern Cape in SA20 League. She is the daughter of KalanithiMaran, the chairman and founder of the Sun Group. She was born in Chennai...
billionaire KalanithiMaran, the founder, chairman and of Sun Group and of Sun Risers Hyderabad. He is married to Priya, and has a daughter and a son. Maran has...
Dayanidhi Maran was an MP (Ex-Union Minister) and his elder son KalanithiMaran heads and owns the popular TV Network Sun TV. His daughter Anbukarasi Maran is...
an Indian media conglomerate, based in Chennai. It was founded by KalanithiMaran in 1992. Sun Group, besides television media, has 48 FM radio stations...
Dhanush, in his second directorial venture. The film is produced by KalanithiMaran under Sun Pictures. It stars Dhanush in the titular role, leading an...
cinema. Enthiran was released worldwide on 1 October 2010. Produced by KalanithiMaran, it was India's most expensive film up to that point. The film received...
one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1993 by KalanithiMaran, it owns a variety of television channels in multiple languages and...
Tamil-language television drama film written by Radhika, produced by KalanithiMaran, and co-directed by Manobala and Radhika. Set in London, the film stars...
against Dayanidhi and his brother, KalanithiMaran, the owner of Sun Network in Tamil Nadu. The homes and offices of the Marans in Delhi and Chennai were raided...
as traffic police officer (Cameo appearance) On 15 December 2019, KalanithiMaran, owner of the production house Sun Pictures, announced that the house...
plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by KalanithiMaran of the SUN Group and was founded in 2012 after the Hyderabad-based...
comedy drama film written and directed by Pandiraj and produced by KalanithiMaran under the banner Sun Pictures. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan and Aishwarya...
directed the action drama Petta (2019) with Rajinikanth's 166th film. KalanithiMaran of Sun Pictures produced the film while Anirudh Ravichander composed...
hands with the latter for the fourth time. Sun Pictures, headed by KalanithiMaran, would reportedly fund the venture, while it marks as the reunion of...
at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was launched by the chairman of Sun TV, KalanithiMaran, and it started broadcasting from 1 June 1994. It was the first Kannada...
171st film, tentatively titled as Thalaivar 171. It was produced by KalanithiMaran, under Sun Pictures, and the music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander...
once again for the movie Sarkar which is produced by Sun Pictures KalanithiMaran which released on 6 November 2018 for the Diwali. It released in over...
from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021. "KalanithiMaran, Sun TV: the evolution". Indian Television. 24 April 2018. Archived...
Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021. "KalanithiMaran". india.mom-rsf.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021...
arrests former telecom minister and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and his brother, KalanithiMaran. 22 October: The special CBI court finds prima facie evidence...
by Nelson. Starring Vijay and Pooja Hegde, the film is produced by KalanithiMaran under the studio Sun Pictures. The track is composed by Anirudh, who...
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