AGS Entertainment

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AGS Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded2006
Headquarters
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Chennai
Tamilnadu
Key people
Kalpathi S. Aghoram
Kalpathi S. Ganesh
Kalpathi S. Suresh
Archana Kalpathi CEO
Revenue1.5 Billion
OwnerKalpathi Family
Number of employees
133 Employees
Parent Kalpathi Investments
Website Ags cinemas

AGS Entertainment is an Indian film production, distribution company, and multiplex chain in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2006 by Kalpathi brothers: S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh, and S. Suresh. AGS has four multiplex movie theaters across Chennai.

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History

AGS Entertainment ventured into film production in 2006 with Susi Ganesan's Thiruttu Payale (2006), [1] which was followed by Santosh Subramaniam (2008), both emerging commercial successes. [2] [3] Their subsequent productions included the masala flick Maasilamani (2009), Chimbudevan's Western comedy Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam (2010), the period piece Madrasapattinam , Bale Pandiya (2010), Myshkin's crime thriller Yuddham Sei (2011), Bala's comedy entertainer Avan Ivan (2011), Prabhu Deva directed romance film Engeyum Kadhal (2011), Vellore Maavattam (2011) starring Nandha, the K. V. Anand-Suriya project Maattrraan (2012) and Atlee directed sports action film Bigil (2019), while the distribution of films includes Kandhakottai , Inidhu Inidhu , Mynaa and Payanam .

In 2013, AGS Entertainment started their first movie theatre in Villivakkam, Chennai. Subsequently, in the following year, they launched AGS OMR, and in 2016, another theater in T Nagar. [3] and in 2018, another theatre in Maduravoyal.

Productions

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of AGS Entertainment film productions
YearTitleCastDirectorLanguagesNotesRef.
2006 Thiruttu Payale Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Malavika Susi Ganesan Tamil [3]
2008 Santosh Subramaniam Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj Mohan Raja Tamil [4]
2009 Maasilamani Nakul, Sunaina, Pawan R. N. R. Manohar Tamil [5]
2010 Madrasapattinam Arya, Amy Jackson, Nassar A. L. Vijay Tamil [6]
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam Raghava Lawrence, Raai Laxmi, Sandhya Chimbu Deven Tamil [7]
Bale Pandiya Vishnu Vishal, Pia Bajpiee, Vivek Siddharth Chandrasekhar Tamil [8]
2011 Engeyum Kaadhal Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani, Suman Prabhu Deva Tamil [9]
Yuddham Sei Cheran, Dipa Shah, Y. G. Mahendran Mysskin Tamil [10]
Avan Ivan Vishal, Arya, Janani Iyer Bala Tamil [11]
Vellore Maavattam Nandha, Poorna, Santhanam R. N. R. Manohar Tamil [12]
2012 Maatrraan Suriya, Kajal Aggarwal, Sachin Khedekar K. V. Anand Tamil [13]
2013 Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham Jai, Nivetha Thomas, VTV Ganesh K. Chandru Tamil [14]
2014 Tenaliraman Vadivelu, Meenakshi Dixit, Radha Ravi Yuvaraj Dhayalan Tamil [15]
Irumbu Kuthirai Atharvaa, Priya Anand, Raai Laxmi Yuvraj Tamil [16]
2015 Anegan Dhanush, Karthik, Amyra Dastur K. V. Anand Tamil [17]
Vai Raja Vai Gautham Karthik, Priya Anand, Vivek Aishwarya R. Dhanush Tamil [18]
Thani Oruvan Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara, Arvind Swami Mohan Raja Tamil [19]
2017 Kavan Vijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna Sebastian K. V. Anand Tamil [20]
Thiruttu Payale 2 Bobby Simha, Prasanna, Amala Paul Susi Ganesan Tamil [21]
2019 Bigil Vijay, Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff Atlee Kumar Tamil [22]
2022 Naai Sekar Sathish, Bruno, Pavithra Lakshmi Kishore Rajkumar Tamil [23]
Love Today Pradeep Ranganathan, Ivana, Raveena Ravi Pradeep Ranganathan Tamil [24]
2023 Conjuring Kannappan Sathish, Regina Cassandra, Saranya Ponvannan Selvin Raj Xavier Tamil [25]
2024 The Greatest of All Time Vijay, Prashanth, Mohan Venkat Prabhu Tamil 25th Film [26]
2025 Loveyapa Khushi Kapoor, Junaid Khan Advait Chandan Hindi Hindi debut [27]
Dragon Pradeep Ranganathan, Anupama Parameswaran, Kayadu Lohar Ashwath Marimuthu Tamil [28]
Lion † Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Arya Atlee Hindi
Tamil 		Bilingual Film
TBA Thani Oruvan 2 † Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara Mohan Raja Tamil
TBA STR51 † Silambarasan Ashwath Marimuthu Tamil

Distribution

List of films distributed by AGS Entertainment
YearTitleDirectorNotes
2009 Kandhakottai S. Sakthivel [29]
2010 Inidhu Inidhu K. V. Guhan
Mynaa Prabhu Solomon [30]
2011 Payanam Radha Mohan [31]
Avan Ivan Bala [11]
2014 Tenaliraman Yuvaraj Dhayalan [15]
2015 Anegan K. V. Anand [17]
Thani Oruvan Mohan Raja [19]
2017 Kavan K. V. Anand [32]
2019 Bigil Atlee [33]
2024 Pushpa 2: The Rule Sukumar [34]

Multiplexes

List of AGS Entertainment multiplexes
YearMultiplex Name# of ScreensLocalityCityStateRef.
2013AGS Cinemas, Villivakkam5 Villivakkam Chennai Tamil Nadu [3]
2014AGS Cinemas, Navalur4 Navalur Chennai
2016AGS Cinemas, T Nagar4 T Nagar Chennai
2018AGS Cinemas, Maduravoyal5 Maduravoyal Chennai [35]

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  11. 1 2 "Lots to listen to". The Hindu. 2 May 2011. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  19. 1 2 "Mohan Raja announces 'Thani Oruvan 2'; Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara to face a mystery villain in sequel". The Hindu. 29 August 2023. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  23. ↑ "'Naai Sekar' Box Office Collection: Sathish starrer mints Rs. 4 crores within the first 4 weeks". The Times of India. 10 February 2022. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  24. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (20 February 2023). "Tamil Blockbuster 'Love Today' Gets Bollywood Remake From Phantom, AGS (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  34. ↑ "Pushpa 2's Tamil version acquired by this leading banner". 123telugu.com. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  35. ↑ Pillai, Sreedhar (2 October 2018). "Why Chengalpet is the biggest territory for Kollywood box office". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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