Amigos Creations

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Amigos Creations Pvt Ltd
Type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded Hyderabad, Telangana in 1999
Headquarters,
India
Key people
Sekhar Kammula
Products Films
Owner Sekhar Kammula
Website

Amigos Creations is an Indian film production company established by Sekhar Kammula in 1999. The company is based in Hyderabad. The first movie that was made under the banner was Dollar Dreams , which won the National Award (Indira Gandhi Gold Medal) for the Best Debut Film of a Producer/Director.

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Film production

NoYearFilmCastDirector
12000 Dollar Dreams [1] Satya Krishnan, Anish Kuruvilla Sekhar Kammula
22004 Anand [2] Raja, Kamalinee Mukherjee Sekhar Kammula
32006 Godavari [3] Sumanth, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Neetu Chandra Sekhar Kammula
42007 Happy Days [4] Varun Sandesh, Tamanna Bhatia, Nikhil Siddharth, Sonia Deepti, Kamalinee Mukherjee Sekhar Kammula
62012 Life Is Beautiful [5] Shriya Saran, Anjala Zaveri, Amala Akkineni, Abijeet Duddala Sekhar Kammula
72018 Fidaa [6] Sai Pallavi, Varun Tej Sekhar Kammula
82021 Love Story Naga Chaitanya, Sai Pallavi Sekhar Kammula

Film distribution

NoYearFilmNote
12004 Anand Nizam
22008 Ashta Chamma Overseas (other than India)
32008 Avakai Biryani Overseas (other than India)

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