Company type | Private |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | 1972Hyderabad, India | in
Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Allu Aravind Allu Arjun Allu Venkatesh Allu Sirish |
Products | Films |
Owner | Allu Aravind |
Subsidiaries | GA2 Pictures |
Website | www |
Geetha Arts is an Indian film production and distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is one of the largest and most successful production houses in South Indian cinema. [1] [2] It was established in 1972 by Allu Aravind. [3] It has produced around 60 films majority of them in Telugu in addition to a few films in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada languages.
Geetha Arts marked its beginning through the 1974 Teugu film Bantrothu Bharya . The company has produced films featuring actors such as Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth, Aamir Khan, Ravichandran, Pawan Kalyan, Allu Arjun, Ganesh, Nani, Ram Charan, and Kartik Aaryan. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] It has also expanded its presence into film distribution, exhibition and digital content. [9]
Geetha Arts is an Indian film production and distribution company established in 1972 by Allu Aravind, the son of veteran Telugu comedian Allu Ramalingaiah. [3] The company was named after the Hindu philosophical text Bhagavad Geeta which inspired Allu Aravind. [10] It is formerly known as Geetha Art Productions, Geetha Cine Enterprises, Geetha Creative Arts.
Allu Aravind in association with MyHome Group owner Rameswar Rao Jupally started an OTT service named Aha which went live on February 8, 2020. [11] [9]
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† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Language | Director | Ref(s). |
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1982 | Subhalekha | Telugu | K. Viswanath |
Year | Film | Language | Director | Ref(s). |
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1991 | Rowdy Alludu | Telugu | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
2000 | Annayya | Telugu | Muthyala Subbaiah |
Year | Film | Language | Director | Ref(s). |
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1996 | Pelli Sandadi | Telugu | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
1997 | Mere Sapno Ki Rani | Hindi | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
1998 | Paradesi | Telugu | K. Raghavendra Rao | |
Ninaithen Vandhai | Tamil | K. Selva Bharathy | [4] | |
2003 | Pellam Oorelithe | Telugu | S. V. Krishna Reddy | [4] |
Gangotri | Telugu | K. Raghavendra Rao | [4] | |
Calcutta Mail | Hindi | Sudhir Mishra | ||
2004 | Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari | Telugu | K. Vasu |
Year | Film | Language | Director | Ref(s). |
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1999 | Kaun? | Hindi | Ram Gopal Varma |
Year | Film | Language | Director | Ref(s). |
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2005 | Bunny | Telugu | V. V. Vinayak |
GA2 Pictures is the indie production arm of Geetha Arts, on which they produce small and medium-budgeted films, managed by Bunny Vas.
Year | Film | Language | Director | Ref(s). |
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2017 | Next Nuvve | Telugu | ETV Prabhakar |
Year | Film | Language | Director | Ref(s). |
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2022 | Ghani | Telugu | Kiran Korrapati |
Year | Film | Language | Director | Notes | Ref(s). |
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2022 | Jersey | Hindi | Gowtham Tinnanuri | Co-produced with Dil Raju Productions, Sithara Entertainments & Brat Films | [8] |
2023 | Shehzada | Hindi | Rohit Dhawan | Co-produced with Haarika & Haasini Creations, T-Series & Brat Films |
Geetha Film Distributors (GFD), a subsidiary of Geetha Arts has released over 300 Telugu, Hindi and English films in Andhra Pradesh.
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aha is an Indian over-the-top streaming service which offers Telugu and Tamil-language content. It is owned by Arha Media & Broadcasting Private Limited, a joint venture between Geetha Arts and My Home Group. The service was soft launched on 25 January 2020 and launched officially on 25 March 2020, coinciding with Ugadi, the Telugu New Year.
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