Avni Cinemax

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Avni Cinemax
Company type
Industry Entertainment
Founded2004
Founder
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Key people
  • Khushbu Sundar (director)
  • Sundar C (director)
  • Avantika Trishala (director) [1]
Products Tamil films, serials

Avni Cinemax, also operating as Avni Movies and Avni Telemedia, is an Indian film production and film distribution company run by the married couple Khushbu Sundar and Sundar C. Established in 2004, the company's name is inspired by the first two letters of their daughter Avantika's name. [2]

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Khushbu made her debut as a film producer with the 2004 action drama Giri , directed by her husband. The film, starring Arjun Sarja, Reemma Sen and Ramya, performed well at the box office. Encouraged by this, Khushbu continued her role as a producer, taking on numerous projects further listed in this article. [3]

Filmography

As producer

Avni Cinemax production credits
YearTitleDirectorCastRef.
2004 Giri Sundar C Arjun, Reemma Sen, Divya Spandana, Vadivelu [4]
2006 Rendu Sundar C Madhavan, Reemma Sen, Anushka Shetty, Vadivelu [5]
2009 Ainthaam Padai Badri Sundar C, Aditi Choudhary, Simran, Vivek [6]
2010 Nagaram Marupakkam Sundar CSundar C, Anuya Bhagwat, Vadivelu [7]
2012 Kalakalappu Sundar C Vemal, Shiva, Anjali, Oviya, Santhanam [8]
2013 Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru Sundar C Siddharth, Hansika Motwani, Ganesh Venkatraman, Santhanam [9]
2016 Aranmanai 2 Sundar CSundar C, Trisha Krishnan, Siddharth, Hansika Motwani, Poonam Bajwa [10]
2016 Hello Naan Pei Pesuren S. Baskar Vaibhav Reddy, Oviya, Aishwarya Rajesh [11]
2016 Muthina Kathirika Venkat RaghavanSundar C, Poonam Bajwa, Sathish [12]
2017 Meesaya Murukku Hiphop Tamizha Hiphop Tamizha, Aathmika, Vivek [13]
2018 Kalakalappu 2 Sundar C Jiiva, Jai, Shiva, Catherine Tresa, Nikki Galrani [14]
2019 Natpe Thunai Parthiban DesinguHiphop Tamizha, Anagha, Karu Pazhaniappan [15]
2020 Naan Sirithal RaanaHiphop Tamizha, Iswarya Menon [16]
2020 Naanga Romba Busy Badri Prasanna, Shaam, Ashwin Kakumanu, Yogi Babu, Shruti Marathe, Rittika Sen, VTV Ganesh [17]
2021 Aranmanai 3 Sundar CSundar C, Arya, Raashii Khanna, Sakshi Agarwal. [18]
2022 Pattampoochi BadriSundar C, Jai, Honey Rose [19]
2022 Coffee with Kadhal Sundar CJai, Jiiva, Srikanth, Amritha Aiyer, Malvika Sharma, Raiza Wilson [20]
2024 Aranmanai 4 Sundar CSundar C, Tamannaah Bhatia, Raashii Khanna [21]

As distributor

Avni Cinemax distribution credits
YearTitleDirectorCastRef.
2007 Veerappu Bhadran Sundar C, Gopika, Prakash Raj, Vivek, Santhanam [22]

Television

Avni Cinemax television credits
YearTitleCastNetworkRef.
2004–2007 Kalki Khushbu Sundar Jaya TV [23]
2008–2009 Naanal Sonia Agarwal Kalaignar TV [24]
2009–2010RudraKhushbu Sundar Zee Tamil [25]
2012–2014 Paartha Gnabagam Illayo Kalaignar TV [26]
2017–2018 Nandini Nithya Ram, Adhithri, Malavika Wales, Rahul Ravi Sun TV, Udaya TV [27]
2018 Maya Ayesha, Nakshatra SrinivasSun TV [28]
2018–2020 Lakshmi Stores Khushbu Sundar, Nakshatra Nagesh, Hussain Ahmed KhanSun TV, Gemini TV [29]
2021 Jothi Meghasri, Chandana ShettySun TV [30]
2022 Meera Khushbu Sundar Colors Tamil [31]

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