AGS Entertainment
| Type | Film production and distribution |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Key people | Kalpathi S. Aghoram Kalpathi S. Ganesh Kalpathi S. Suresh |
| Parent | Kalpathi Investments |
| Website | http://www.agscinemas.com |
AGS Entertainment is a film production and distribution company in India. It was established in 2006 by three brothers Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S.Ganesh and Kalpathi S. Suresh, who are basically businessmen working for their Kalpathi Investments, a big business conglomerate.[1]
AGS Entertainment ventured into film production in 2006 with Susi Ganesan's Thiruttu Payale,[2] which was followed by Santosh Subramaniam, both emerging commercial successes.[3] Their subsequent productions included the masala flick Maasilamani, Chimbudevan's Western comedy Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam, the period piece Madrasapattinam, Bale Pandiya, Myshkin's crime thriller Yudham Sei, Bala's comedy entertainer Avan Ivan, Prabhu Deva directed romance film Engeyum Kaadhal, while the distribution of films includes Kandhakottai , Inidhu Inidhu, Mynaa and Payanam. Latest releases from the production house include Vellore Maavattam starring Nandha and the K. V. Anand-Surya project Maattrraan.
Productions
| Year | Film | Cast | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Thiruttu Payale | Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Abbas, Malavika | Susi Ganesan | |
| 2008 | Santosh Subramaniam | Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj | M. Raja | |
| 2009 | Maasilamani | Nakul, Sunaina | Manohar | |
| 2010 | Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam | Lawrence Raghavendra, Sandhya, Lakshmi Rai, Padmapriya | Simbudevan | |
| Madrasapattinam | Arya, Amy Jackson | A. L. Vijay | ||
| Bale Pandiya | Vishnu Vishal, Piaa Bajpai, Pradeep Rawat | Siddharth Chandrasekhar | ||
| 2011 | Engeyum Kaadhal | Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani | Prabhu Deva | |
| Yuddham Sei | Cheran, Dipa Shah | Myshkin | ||
| Avan Ivan | Vishal Krishna, Arya, Janani Iyer, Madhu Shalini | Bala | ||
| Vellore Maavattam | Nandha, Poorna | Manohar | ||
| 2012 | Maattrraan | Surya Sivakumar, Kajal Aggarwal | K. V. Anand | |
| 2013[4] | Saraswathi Sabadham | Jai, Niveda Thomas | Chandru | Filming |
| Thenali Raman | Vadivelu | Yuvaraj | Pre-production | |
| Untitled | Jayam Ravi | M. Raja | Pre-production | |
| Untitled | Adharvaa | Yuvraj | Pre-production | |
| Vai Raja Vai[5] | Gautham Karthik | Aishwarya Dhanush | Pre-production |
Distributions
| Year | Film | Cast | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kandhakottai | Nakul, Poorna | S. Sakthivel | |
| 2010 | Inidhu Inidhu | Narayan, Arun Iswaran, Vimal, Sharan Sharma, Reshmi Menon, Sonia Deepti | K. V. Guhan | |
| Mynaa | Viddharth, Amala Paul, Sethu, Thambi Ramaiyaa | Prabhu Solomon | ||
| 2011 | Payanam | Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan | Radha Mohan | |
| Avan Ivan | Vishal Krishna, Arya | Bala |
References
- ^ http://agsentertainment.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html
- ^ "Yet another ‘Jeyam’ Ravi-Raja combination". The Hindu. July 17, 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ http://www.top10cinema.com/feature/8877/season-of-ags-entertainments-in-kollywood
- ^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-23/news-interviews/37959914_1_tamil-films-ags-entertainment-jayam
- ^ "Aishwarya Dhanush’s Vai Raja Vai First Look Posters". moviegalleri.net. April, 2013. Retrieved 14 April, 2013.
