| K.T. Kunjumon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 November 1953 |
| Occupation | Producer, Writer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
K.T.Kunjumon (Tamil: கே.டி.குன்ஜுமொன்; born on 15 November 1953) is a Tamil film Producer and Writer. Among the 11 films produced so far Gentleman was his first super hit film and that created many records in Tamil film production,latter Kaadhalan and Kadhal Desam were also hit films. Ratchagan, it remain most expensive film in Tamil film Industry till 1997. Notably A.R.Rahman composed the music for these films.
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After finishing his school education he started his own career in travel agency business followed by hotel industry and then he became a film producer. K. T. Kunjumon entered to film industry as a film distributor and to his credit he distributed approximately 350 films in different languages, in Tamil and Malayalam. He dubbed many films from Tamil to Malayalam, Telugu & Hindi. He produced Malayalam films in late 1980’s and started to producing Tamil films from 1991.He owned A.R.S.Movies Pvt Ltd film production company.
K. T. Kunjumon introduced director S. Shankar in the Gentleman film in the year 1993 and latter they were work together in Kaadhalan film in the year 1994,both the films were commercially success in Tamil box office.
Kadhal Desam is a Love story base on college students. The college set's were very grand designed by the art director Thotta Tharani on 72 acres of land in G V Garden, Mahabalipuram at cost of around Rs 2 Crores, ever before in Tamil film.
K. T. Kunjumon written and produced Ratchagan film and Directed by Praveen Gandhi. This film assembled with notable cast which includes Nagarjuna, Raghuvaran, Girish Karnad, Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Subhalekha Sudhakar and Vadivelu. The music was composed by A.R.Rahman,lyrics were written by Vairamuthu and Vaali. Later this film was dubbed into Telugu as Rakshakudu. It is the most biggest Tamil budget film until the year of 1998.
| Year | Film | |||||
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| Producer | Writer | Actor | Notes | |||
| 1991 | Vasanthakala Paravai | Yes | ||||
| 1992 | Suriyan | Yes | ||||
| 1993 | Gentleman | Yes | Winner, Filmfare Best Film Award, Dubbed in Telugu and Remade in Hindi 1994 | |||
| 1994 | Sindhu Nathi Poo | Yes | ||||
| 1994 | Kaadhalan | Yes | Won 4 National Film Awards | |||
| 1996 | Kadhal Desam | Yes | Yes | Guest Appearance | ||
| 1996 | Sakthi | Yes | ||||
| 1997 | Ratchagan | Yes | Yes | Most expensive Tamil film till 1997 | ||
| 1998 | Nilaave Vaa | Yes | ||||
| 1999 | Endrendrum Kadhal | Yes | ||||
| 2010 | Kodiesvaran | Yes | ||||