# Dream Warrior Pictures

Dream Warrior Pictures is an Indian film production company based in Chennai. It was founded in 2010 by brothers S R Prakashbabu and S R Prabhu, who were partners in Studio Green during 2010–2013. They are also relatives of the veteran actor Sivakumar and cousins for actors Suriya and Karthi. They are prominent producers and distributors in India.

## History

Dream Warrior Pictures first produced the film Kaashmora (2016), which is the highest budget film in Karthi's career. Karthi, Nayanthara, Sri Divya, Vivek are the protagonists in Kaashmora. This film turned was a historic-horror-comedy flick (multi genre), directed by Gokul, whose previous film at that point was Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara. The music of Kaashmora was composed by Santhosh Narayanan. Kaashmora involves huge VFX work with CG footage amounting to close to 70 mins. Producers confirmed that Kaashmora was released both in Tamil and Telugu languages on Diwali 2016 (October).
Studio's next project was titled as Joker (2016), directed by Raju Murugan, whose previous was Cuckoo, Guru Somasundaram is the protagonist of the Joker movie. This movie emphasis the necessity of toilets for all rural homes. Even the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed this issue. Hence medias are asking Prime Minister to watch the film. In the movie, protagonist thinks himself as The President of India. Joker explores different side of me, says Guru Somasundaram. The Superstar of Indian Cinema Padma Vibhushan Rajnikanth praised the Joker team for making the movie. Joker won the Tamil Film competition of 14th Chennai International Film Festival held in January 2017 at Chennai. Also the film won couple more awards for Best Dialogues and Best Production which is conferred by Ananda Vikatan.
Simultaneously, the company had produced another movie titled Aruvi (2017), which is an Eco Social Drama, directed by Arun Prabhu Purushothaman. The Team had been hunting for lead artist through all social medias. Aruvi made its international premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2016. Producer S R Prabhu says, We are so much proud that Aruvi has become one of the best films produced under our banner. Alongside Aruvi, Kootathil Orthan (2017) had started which is directed by Gnanavel, his debut movie. Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand were playing the lead roles in this movie.
After Kaashmora, Aruvi and Kootathil Oruthan, the production house had been producing Karthi's movie Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru directed by H Vinoth. Also, Dream Warrior Pictures is eyeing for an International co-production for their project The Sunshine, which is written by Leena Manimekalai and Antonythasan Jesuthasan, to be directed by Leena Manimekalai. The Sunshine was presented in 2016 Film Bazaar co-production market. Release of Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru had happened in Nov 2017 which is then followed by producing the web series Vella Raja starring Bobby Simha and Parvati Nair. The streaming of Vella Raja had happened on Amazon Prime Video on Dec 2018. Then the making of Suriya's 36th movie NGK had started in Feb 2018 and the release had happened in May 2019. Presently Maanagaram fame Lokesh Kanagaraj's Kaithi (2019 film) was released on 25 October 2019, coinciding with Diwali. Which is continued with the making of Sharwanand and Ritu Varma starrer upcoming bilingual (Tamil & Telugu) film directed by debut director Shree Karthick for releasing during summer 2020.

## Filmography
### Films produced

| Year | Title | Director | Cast | Language | Synopsis | Notes |
| 2012 | Saguni | Shankar Dayal | Karthi, Santhanam, Pranitha Subhash | Tamil | In order to save his ancestral property, Kamal decides to seek help from a politician. When he learns about the corrupt system run by equally corrupt bureaucrats, he takes charge of the matter. | |
| 2016 | Joker | Raju Murugan | Guru Somasundaram, Ramya Pandian | Tamil | | National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Best Film Award – Norway Tamil Film Festival Best Tamil Film Award – 2017 Zee Cine Awards Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil |
| 2016 | Kaashmora | Gokul | Karthi, Sri Divya, Vivek | Tamil | A fake sorcerer keeps the stash of money belonging to a minister hidden in a palace however he and his family gets stuck in that haunted palace where they meet the ghost of a dead king. | |
| 2017 | Kootathil Oruthan | T. J. Gnanavel | Ashok Selvan, Priya Anand | Tamil | Aravind, a regular average student, falls in love with Janani, the class topper. When she rejects his proposal, Aravind sets out to change his life and win Janani's love | |
| 2017 | Theeran Adhigaram Ondru | H. Vinoth | Karthi, Rakul Preet Singh | Tamil | A cop investigates the series of killing in the city which was done by a gang of thugs. | |
| 2017 | Aruvi | Arun Prabhu Puroshothaman | Aditi Balan | Tamil | | |
| 2019 | NGK | Selvaraghavan | Suriya, Sai Pallavi, Rakul Preet Singh | Tamil | Nanda Gopala Kumaran who is disgusted by the politicians decides to take plunge into it to provide betterment to the society. | |
| 2019 | Raatchasi | Sy. Gowthamraj | Jyotika, Hareesh Peradi | Tamil | | |
| 2019 | Kaithi | Lokesh Kanagaraj | Karthi, Narain, Dheena | Tamil | A cop entrusts the help of a prisoner to catch the gang of drug peddlers. | |
| 2021 | Sulthan | Bakkiyaraj Kannan | Karthi,Rashmika Mandanna | Tamil | A man raised by gangsters tries to reform them, and a hired job to protect a village presents him with the perfect opportunity. | |
| 2022 | O2 | G. S. Viknesh | Nayanthara | Tamil | | |
| 2022 | Vattam | Kamalakannan | Sibiraj, Andrea Jeremiah | Tamil | | |
| 2022 | Oke Oka Jeevitham Kanam | Shree Karthick | Sharwanand Ritu Varma | Telugu/Tamil | | |
| 2023 | Bholaa | Ajay Devgn | Ajay Devgn,Tabu | Hindi | Remake of Kaithi | |
| 2023 | Farhana | Nelson Venkatesan | Aishwarya Rajesh, Selvaraghavan | Tamil | | |
| 2023 | Japan | Raju Muruagn | Karthi, Anu Emmanuel | Tamil | | |
| 2025 | Rainbow † | Shantharuban Gnanasekaran | Rashmika Mandanna | Telugu/Tamil | | Filming |
| 2025 | Kannivedi † | Ganesh Raj | Keerthy Suresh | Tamil | | Filming |
| 2025 | Suriya 45 † | RJ Balaji | Suriya | Tamil | | Filming |
| TBA | Kaithi 2 | Lokesh Kanagaraj | Karthi | Tamil | Co-producing with KVN Productions | Pre-production |

### Films distributed

| Year | Title | Cast | Director |
| 2016 | Joker | Guru Somasundaram | Raju Murugan |
| 2016 | Kaashmora | Karthi, Nayanthara, Sri Divya | Gokul |
| 2017 | Kootathil Oruthan | Ashok Selvan, Priya Anand | T. J. Gnanavel |
| 2017 | Theeran Adhigaram Ondru | Karthi, Rakul Preet Singh | H. Vinoth |
| 2017 | Aruvi | Aditi Balan | Arun |
| 2019 | NGK | Suriya, Sai Pallavi, Rakul Preet Singh | Selvaraghavan |
| 2019 | Raatchasi | Jyothika, Hareesh Peradi | Sy. Gowthamraj |
| 2019 | Kaithi | Karthi, Narain, Dheena | Lokesh Kanagaraj |
| 2021 | Kurup | Dulquer Salman, Indrajith Sukumaran, Sobhita Dhulipala | Srinath Rajendran |
| 2022 | K.G.F: Chapter 2 | Yash, Sanjay Dutt | Prashanth Neel |
| 2022 | Kantara | Rishab Shetty, Kishore | Rishab Shetty |
| 2023 | Farhana | Aishwarya Rajesh, Selvaraghavan, Jithan Ramesh | Nelson Venkatesan |
| 2024 | Idi Minnal Kadhal | Ciby Bhuvana Chandran, Bhavya Trikha, Yasmin Ponnappa | Balaji Madhavan |
| 2024 | Anjaamai | Vidharth, Vani Bhojan, Rahman | S. P. Subburaman |
| 2025 | Thandel | Naga Chaitanya, Sai Pallavi | Chandoo Mondeti |

### Web series

* Vella Raja (2018)