P. L. Thenappan is a Tamil cinema producer. He owns the production company called Sri Rajlakshmi Film (P) Ltd.
He debuted as a producer with the Tamil Film Kadhala Kadhala

Kadhala Kadhala

Kaathala Kaathala is a Tamil language film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and produced by P. L. Thenappan. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Prabhu Deva, Soundarya and Rambha in the lead roles with an ensemble cast in supporting roles...

 starring Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...

 and Prabhu Deva which was released on 6.4.1998. Till date he has produced about 14 films and his latest being Tamil film Ayyanar

Ayyanar

Ayyanar is a Hindu village god, worshipped predominantly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Tamil villages in Sri Lanka. He is primarily worshipped as a guardian deity who protects the rural villages...

 starring Aadhi and Meera Nandhan.
He is a producer known for making big budget films and at the same time promotes encouraging fresh talents as well.

Early Years

Today P.L. Thenappan is one of the successful producers in the Tamil Film Industry. However not many have known Thenappan’s humble beginning.

• As a bar-attender in a wine shop
• As a peon in a bank
• As a sub-editor in a weekly
• As an assistant in a pharmacy
• As an office boy
• As a production manager

These are the various jobs held by P. L. Thenappan before he became a film producer.

Films as Producer

Year	Movie	Company	Director	Artists
2010	Ayyanar Ayyanar Ayyanar is a Hindu village god, worshipped predominantly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Tamil villages in Sri Lanka. He is primarily worshipped as a guardian deity who protects the rural villages...	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	S.S.Rajamithran	Aadhi
2008	Durai	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	A.Venkatesh	Arjun
2006	Vallavan Vallavan Vallavan is a 2006Tamil film written and directed by T. R. Silambarasan, starring himself in the title role along with Nayantara, Reema Sen and Sandhya whilst Santhanam, Premji Amaren, Sathyan and S. Ve. Shekhar play supporting roles. The dialogues are written by noted writer Balakumaran, whilst...	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	T.R.Silambarasan	T.R.Silambarasan
2005	Priyasakhi Priyasakhi Priyasakhi is a 2005 Tamil film directed by K.S.Adiyaman. This film was the first ever Indian film to be dubbed into Zulu. The movie stars Madhavan, Sadha, Aishwarya, Ramesh Khanna, Madhubala, Manobala, Kovai Sarala and Rehman. The film is a contemporary Indian take on life and pregnancy topics...	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	K.S.Athiyamaan	Madhavan
2005	Kanaa Kanden	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	K.V.Anand	Shrikanath & Prithviraj
2003	Diwan Diwan (film) Diwan is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2003. The film stars Sarathkumar, Kiran, Vadivelu. Film is directed by Suryaprakash who previously directed Maayi with Sarathkumar. S. A. Rajkumar composed the music...	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	Surya Prakash	Sarath kumar
2002	Punar Jani (Malayalam)	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	Major Ravi	Mohan Lal's Son
2002	Panchathanthiram	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	Mouli	Kamal Hassan
2001	Pammal K Sambantham	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	K.S.Ravikumar	Kamal Hassan
1998	Kadhala Kadhala Kadhala Kadhala Kaathala Kaathala is a Tamil language film directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao and produced by P. L. Thenappan. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Prabhu Deva, Soundarya and Rambha in the lead roles with an ensemble cast in supporting roles...	Saraswathi Films	Singetham Srinivasa Rao	Kamal Hassan

Films as Co-Producer

Year	Movie	Company	Director	Artists
2000	Thenali Thenali Thenali is a 2000 Tamil feature film directed and produced by K. S. Ravikumar and written by Crazy Mohan. The film featured Kamal Haasan playing the title role, and also starred Jayaram, Devayani and Jyothika. The film's music was composed by A. R. Rahman, whilst cinematography was handled by Priyan...	R.K.Celluloids	K.S.Ravikumar	Kamal Hassan
1999	Padayappa Padayappa Padayappa is a 1999 Tamil drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar. The film features Rajinikanth, Soundarya and Ramya Krishnan playing lead roles, whilst Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi and Nassar play pivotal supporting roles. With soundtrack composed by A. R...	Arunachala Cine Creation	K.S.Ravikumar	Rajinikanth

Films as Production Executive

Year	Movie	Company	Director	Artists
1999	Thodarum	P. V. Ramana	Ramesh Kanna	Ajith
1997	Natpukaga	Surya Movies	K.S.Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar
1997	Chachi 420 (Hindi)	Raj Kamal Films	Kamal Hassan	Kamal Hassan
1997	Dharma Chakram	Lakshmi Movie Makers	K.S.Ravikumar	Vijaykanth
1996	Pista	Pyramid Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Karthik
1996	Bharathi Kanamma	Pankak Productions	Cheran	Parthiban
1996	Avvai Shanmugam	Mahalakshmi Movies	K.S.Ravikumar	Kamal Hassan
1996	Paramparai	K.B.Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Prabhu
1995	Muthu	Kavithalaya	K.S.Ravikumar	Rajinikanth
1995	Periya Kudumbam	Ravi Shankar Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Prabhu
1995	Muthu Kulika Vaarigala		K.S.Ravikumar	Vignesh
1994	Nattamai	Super Good Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar
1994	Magalir Mattum	Raj Kamal Films	Singeetham Srinivasan	Revathy & Nasser
1993	Chinna Pasanga Naanga	AGS Movies	Raj Kapoor	Murali
1993	Band Master	AGS Movies	K.S.Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar
1993	Suriyan Chandran	Ayanaar Cine Creations	K.S.Ravikumar	Selva & Saravanan
1993	Oor Mariyadhai	Super Good Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar
1992	Putham Puthu Payanam	Super Good Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Anand Babu
1992	Cheran Pandian	Super Good Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar
1991	Perum Puli	Super Good Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Anand Babu
1991	Devar Magan	Raj Kamal Films	Baradan	Kamal Hassan
1990	Puriyadha Pudhir	Super Good Films	K.S.Ravikumar	Raghuvaran

Films as Production Manager

Year	Movie	Company	Director	Artists
1993	Saktivel	AVM	K.S.Ravikumar	Selva
1991	Guna	Swathi Chitra Internationals	Santhana Bharathi	Kamal Hassan
1990	Appuraja (Hindi)	Raj Kamal Films	Kamal Hassan	Kamal Hassan
1990	Raja Raja Thaan			Ramarajan
1990	Enge Oor Maapillai			Ramarajan
1990	Thenpandi Seemaiyeelai		RamaNarayanan	Ramarajan
1990	Poove Ilam Poove			Suresh, Nadia

Notable Artists/Technicians Introduced by P L Thenappan

Year	Movie	Name	Introduces as
2010	Ayyanar	S.S.Rajamithran	Director
2006	Vallavan	T.R.Silambarasan	Director
2005	Kanaa Kanden	K.V.Anand	Director
2005	Kanaa Kanden	Prithiviraj	Artist in Tamil
2003	Diwan	Vijay C Chakravarthy	Cinematographer
2002	Punar Jani	Major Ravi	Director
2001	Pammal K Sambantham	Kabilan	Lyric Writer

Short Film Corner

Apart from the main stream cinema P.L Thenappan has produced two short films in French which were screened at the prestigious Cannes

Cannes

Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....

 Film Festival in France.

Year	Movie	Company	Director
2009	ECLUSE (French)	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	Mahendran Bhaskar
2010	LA VILLE NE DORT PAS (French)	Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd	Mahendran Bhaskar