
The marriage of Sun Group's Kavya Maran and musician Anirudh Ravichander will bring together two prominent political and film families of Tamil Nadu.
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Kavya Maran is the managing director of Sun TV Network and Anirudh Ravichander is a famous musician. This marriage connects the prominent political and film families of Tamil Nadu.
The news of the marriage of Sun Group's Kavya Maran and film composer Anirudh Ravichander is much discussed in Tamil Nadu.
With this marriage, the MK Stalin-Maran family and the family of Rajinikanth, one of the biggest stars of the Tamil film industry, will join together.
Sun Group Chairman Kalanithi Maran and his wife Kaveri Maran met Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and invited him for the wedding reception. The Chief Minister's Office of Telangana has confirmed this.
The Maran couple have also personally invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay for the wedding.
Kavya Kalanidhi Maran is one of the managing directors of Sun TV Network. She is also the co-owner of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Kavya, daughter of Sun Group Chairman Kalanithi Maran and his wife Kaveri Kalanithi, joined Sun TV Company in 2016. In 2019, he was appointed managing director.
Kalanidhi Maran's father was late former Union Minister Murasoli Maran. Murasoli Maran was the son of former Chief Minister Karunanidhi's sister. Thus, DMK chief MK Stalin and Kalanithi Maran are relatives. That's why Kavya Maran is in a relationship like MK Stalin's granddaughter.
Anirudh Ravichander, one of the well-known composers of the Tamil film industry, started his career as a music composer with the 2012 film '3'. The song 'Why This Kolaveri Di' composed by him in the very first film became famous all over the world.
After this, he has given music for many films including 'Vikram', 'Leo', 'Jailor'.
Anirudh is the son of actor Rajinikanth's wife Lata Rajinikanth's brother. Anirudh Ravichander's father Ravi Raghavendra is a film actor. That means Anirudh is Rajinikanth's nephew.
Apart from family relationship, Anirudh and Rajinikanth have also worked together in films. Anirudh has given music in many films including Rajinikanth's 'Petta', 'Darbar', 'Jailor'.
Through this marriage, two well-known families of Tamil Nadu will join together.
On one hand, the bride Kavya Maran belongs to the Karunanidhi-Murasoli Maran family. On the other hand, Anirudh Ravichander is a close family member of Rajinikanth.
In this way, the families of Stalin and Rajinikanth will also become part of the same extended family through kinship.
Sun TV Network is one of the largest media companies in India. Its business is spread across many sectors including television, radio, digital streaming, print media and investment in sports.
According to the company's official information, it has 37 TV channels in 7 languages, 69 FM radio stations and its audience network reaches more than 14 crore homes. Sun Next OTT platform and Sunrisers Hyderabad cricket team are also part of its business.
The total market value of Sun TV Network (as on October 19) is Rs 25,219.45 crore.
According to the company's audited financial report for FY 2024-25, its total income was Rs 4,543.96 crore and net profit after tax was Rs 1,654.46 crore. These figures show the large scale of the company's business.

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