AGS Entertainment

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AGS Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded2006
Headquarters
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
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
YearTitleCastDirectorSynopsisNotes
2006 Thiruttu Payale Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Malavika Susi Ganesan Manikkam captures a video of illicit affair between businessman's wife and her lover and threatens her for money. She also tries to outsmart him. [3]
2008 Santosh Subramaniam Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj Mohan Raja A man who feels irritated by over influence of his father wants to make his own decisions of his life and falls in love. [4]
2009 Maasilamani Nakul, Sunaina, Pawan R. N. R. Manohar A good hearted gangster is hated by a girl due to his nature, he adopts a different persona pretending to be a twin to impress the girl. [5]
2010 Madrasapattinam Arya, Amy Jackson, Nassar A. L. Vijay The film is set in 1940s during country's struggle for independence, Parithi a villager falls in love with Amy, daughter of British General. [6]
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam Raghava Lawrence, Raai Laxmi, Sandhya Chimbu Deven Cowboys bring a lookalike of deceased cowboy Singam to rescue village from thieves. [7]
Bale Pandiya Vishnu Vishal, Pia Bajpiee, Vivek Siddharth ChandrasekharA man who faces ill luck approaches a gangster to murder him, the gangster who is surprised by his decision gives him a chance to be happy for few days through which he gains a new lease of life after falling in love but ends up in a different problem. [8]
2011 Engeyum Kaadhal Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani, Suman Prabhu Deva Young Celloist living in a Paris who loves a man coming from India, but he doesn't believe her love. [9]
Yuddham Sei Cheran, Dipa Shah, Y. G. Mahendran Mysskin A cop who is deeply depressed by the disappearance of his sister investigates the case of missing girls and series of murders in the city. [10]
Avan Ivan Vishal, Arya, Janani Iyer Bala Two stepbrothers avenges the death of village zamindar. [11]
Vellore Maavattam Nandha, Poorna, Santhanam R. N. R. Manohar [12]
2012 Maatrraan Suriya, Kajal Aggarwal, Sachin Khedekar K. V. Anand Two conjoined twins discover a shocking secret about their birth. [13]
2013 Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham Jai, Nivetha Thomas, VTV Ganesh K. ChandruLord Shiva decides to teach lesson to a gang of friends and make them realize their life. [14]
2014 Tenaliraman Vadivelu, Meenakshi Dixit, Radha Ravi Yuvaraj Dhayalan [15]
Irumbu Kuthirai Atharvaa, Priya Anand, Raai LaxmiYuvraj [16]
2015 Anegan Dhanush, Karthik, Amyra Dastur K. V. AnandA boy and a girl realizes they were lovers in their previous generation. [17]
Vai Raja Vai Gautham Karthik, Priya Anand, Vivek Aishwarya R. Dhanush Man with extrasensory perception uses his talent to earn money through gambling which lands him in trouble. [18]
Thani Oruvan Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara, Arvind Swami Mohan RajaA honest cop is on pursuit to apprehend a cruel businessman. [19]
2017 Kavan Vijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna Sebastian K. V. AnandLeading TV channel goes on the extent of publishing false news to raise TRPs however his own employees go against him and exposes his true colours. [20]
Thiruttu Payale 2 Bobby Simha, Prasanna, Amala Paul Susi GanesanCop who earns money by overhearing other conservations meets face to face with a rich hacker who harasses cop's wife. [21]
2019 Bigil Vijay, Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff Atlee Kumar Mobster and Former football player decides to coach a girls football team whose coach get attacked by his rivals. [22]
2022 Naai Sekar Sathish, Bruno, Pavithra Lakshmi Kishore RajkumarA guy gets bitten by a dog and starts to behave like a dog [23]
Love Today Pradeep Ranganathan, Ivana, Raveena Ravi Pradeep Ranganathan Lovers' phones swapped by the girls father for a day to expose them to each other. [24]
2023 Conjuring Kannappan Sathish, Regina Cassandra, Saranya Ponvannan Selvin Raj XavierAfter clumsily plucking feathers off a spooky dreamcatcher, a family finds itself in a nightmarish realm where injuries and death manifest in reality. [25]
2024 The Greatest of All Time Vijay, Prashanth, Mohan Venkat Prabhu Gandhi, the former leader of Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS), who reconciles with his squad members to address the problems which were stemmed from their previous actions. [26]
TBA Dragon †Pradeep Ranganathan, Mysskin, K. S. Ravikumar Ashwath Marimuthu
TBA Thani Oruvan 2 †Jayam Ravi, NayantharaMohan Raja

Distribution

List of films distributed by AGS Entertainment
YearTitleDirectorNotes
2009 Kandhakottai S. Sakthivel [27]
2010 Inidhu Inidhu K. V. Guhan
Mynaa Prabhu Solomon [28]
2011 Payanam Radha Mohan [29]
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 [30]
2019 Bigil Atlee Kumar [31]
2024 Pushpa 2: The Rule Sukumar [32]

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 [33]

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