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 starring Kamal Haasan and Prabhu Deva which was released on 6 April 1998. Till date he has produced about 14 films and his latest being Tamil film Ayyanar 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.
Apart from the mainstream cinema P. L. Thenappan has produced two short films in French which were screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France.
PL Thenappan has acted in small role as 'Tea Master' in Muthu where Rajini and Meena's "Irukki anaichi Umma Tharu" fun begins... Also acted as Villain in the Tamil movie 'Nellai Santhipu' in the year 2012...
He appeared as a main villain for M.Sasikumar's 'Easan' opposite to P.Samuthirakani.