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</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Thenandal Films procure horror thriller 'Maya' |date=12 February 2015 |publisher=Sify Movies |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/thenandal-films-procure-horror-thriller-maya-news-tamil-pcmjBfiabhgjf.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Have ghosts taken over Kollywood? |author=Sreedhar Pillai |date=5 September 2015 |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/have-ghosts-taken-over-kollywood/article7619470.ece}}</ref> The studio also ventured into the production of stage plays under the leadership of Murali's wife, Hema Rukmani, in 2015, and financed ''Chillu'', a futuristic science fiction play, performed in Chennai.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shraddha's next play |date=4 September 2015 |newspaper=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/shraddhas-next-play/article7612775.ece}}</ref> Hema Rukmani is the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the production house.

Following the release of ''Mersal'', the studio faced financial problems and cancelled several projects that they were associated with. A proposed high budget fantasy drama titled ''Sangamithra'' directed [[Sundar C]] entered pre-production and was promoted at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] as one of India's most expensive films. The film, which was set to star [[Jayam Ravi]], [[Arya (actor)|Arya]] and [[Disha Patani]] in the lead roles, went through multiple changes in its cast and budget before later being scrapped. Director [[M. Rajesh|Rajesh]]'s untitled film with [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]], Ananda Krishnan's ''Oxygen'' with [[Ashok Selvan]] and P. S. Mithran's ''7 Kinaru'' with [[Udhayanidhi Stalin]] were suddenly dropped, while [[Sasi (director)|Sasi]] later chose to change producers to make his film ''[[Sivappu Manjal Pachai]]'', which was earlier titled ''Rettai Kombu'' when Thenandal Studio were the makers. The film ''[[Vallavanukkum Vallavan]]'' was delayed for several years before another studio joined as co-producers to help release the venture. Furthermore, [[A. R. Rahman]]'s virtual reality film ''[[Le Musk]]'', Ashwin Saravanan's ''[[Iravaakaalam]]'' with [[S. J. Suryah]] and [[Dhanush]]'s untitled directorial venture featuring himself alongside [[Akkineni Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna]] and [[Aditi Rao Hydari]], have continued to face significant production delays.<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/mersal-makers-have-an-interesting-line-up-of-films-includes-one-with-dhanush/story-4Xn0mX5QBgP8iduHvAJskK.html</ref><ref>https://www.indiaglitz.com/sri-thenandal-studios-after-blockbuster-thalapathy-vijay-mersal-producing-sangamithra-iravaakalam-and-four-movies--tamil-news-201567</ref> A co-director of one of their productions and a magician, who worked on ''Mersal'', also threatened legal action against the studio for their failure to pay dues.<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/mersal-magician-raman-sharma-on-payment-dues-thenandal-studios-are-thugs-1406435-2018-12-10</ref><ref>https://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/news/2018/aspiring-director-lashes-at-mersal-producer-claims-thenandal-studios-owe-him-money-275874.html</ref> TSL will produce ''Thalapathy 67'' directed by [[Prashanth Neel]] in mid-2022.<ref>https://www.indiaglitz.com/thalapathy-vijay-next-new-movie-director-prashanth-neel-kgf-kgf-2-producer-dil-raju-tamil-news-283571</ref>