He is India's richest filmmaker with Rs. 33,400/- net worth. He is not from Bollywood.

Filmmakers are the visionaries who bring the cinematic magic to life

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When you think of wealthy filmmakers in India, names from Bollywood often dominate the conversation. However, the richest filmmaker in the country doesn't hail from Mumbai's glamourous film industry.

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Surprisingly, this distinction belongs to an individual who has amassed a fortune far exceeding that of Bollywood icons such as Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.

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He is Kalanithi Maran, the chairman and founder of the Sun Group.

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According to the 2024 Hurun India Rich List he has a net worth of ₹33,400 crore .

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Born in 1964 in Chennai to late politician Murasoli Maran and Mallika Maran

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He has done MBA from University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, USA.

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The Sun Group's vast empire includes over 30 TV channels across India, two daily newspapers, five magazines, a film production house called Sun Pictures, an OTT platform named Sun NXT, a DTH satellite service called Sun Direct, and two cricket teams - Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL and Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the South Africa T20 League.

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Sun Pictures has produced some of the biggest blockbusters in recent years, including Rajinikanth's Enthiran, Petta, and Jailer; Thalapathy Vijay's Beast and Sarkar; and Dhanush's Thiruchitrambalam and Raayan

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From a monthly Tamil magazine to a media conglomerate spanning multiple industries, his journey is an inspiration for aspiring filmmakers and businessmen alike.

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Maran was the owner of SpiceJet, one of India’s top low-cost airlines, until 2015

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SRH Mystery girl Kaviya Maran is the daughter of Kalanithi maaran.

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