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Duet Movies aka Prakash Raj Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and owned by actor Prakash Raj. The company was established in 1999 with their first production venture being Anthapuram . [1]

In 2001, Prakash Raj changed the company's name from Duet Cinema to Duet Movies for numerological reasons. [2] It was changed as Silent Movies in Payanam and later changed as Prakash Raj Productions.

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageDirectorSynopsisNotes
1999 Anthapuram Telugu Krishna Vamsi A girl who arrives to her husband's village with him and child gets embroiled in faction
1999 Anthapuram Tamil
2002 Dhaya TamilSenthilnathan
2003 Naam Tamil Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy
2004 Azhagiya Theeye Tamil Radha Mohan The girl who wants to escape from forced marriage arranged by her father lies to her fiance that she's married
2005 Kanda Naal Mudhal Tamil V. Priya A boy and girl who hate the sight of each other later fall in love
2006 Poi Tamil K. Balachander
2007 Mozhi TamilRadhamohanKarthik, a musician falls in love with Archana, speech hearing impaired girl however she rejects him due to her past fearing it would happen to her too
2008 Velli Thirai TamilVijiA struggling actor steals the script of his friend and becomes a star
2008 Abhiyum Naanum TamilRadhamohanThe film revolves around the relationship between father and his daughter
2010 Inidhu Inidhu Tamil K. V. Guhan
2010 Naanu Nanna Kanasu Kannada PrakashrajDirectorial Debut,
Kannada remake of Abhiyum Naanum
2011 Payanam TamilRadhamohan
2012 Dhoni TamilPrakashrajFourteen-year-old Kartik is passionate about cricket and considers cricketer Dhoni as his idol. But his father does not approve of it and wants him to pursue an MBA degree instead.
2012Telugu
2012 Mayilu Tamil M. Jeevan
2013 Gouravam TamilRadhamohan
2013Telugu
2014 Un Samayal Arayil TamilPrakashraj
2014 Ulavacharu Biryani Telugu
2014 Oggarane Kannada
2016 Manavoori Ramayanam TeluguPrakashraj
2016 Idolle Ramayana Kannada

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References

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  2. "Nilacharal". www.nilacharal.com.