Geetha Arts

Geetha Arts

Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	1972;53 years ago (1972) in Hyderabad, India
Headquarters	Hyderabad, Telangana , India
Key people	Allu Aravind Allu Arjun Allu Venkatesh Allu Sirish
Products	Films
Owner	Allu Aravind
Subsidiaries	GA2 Pictures GAP Live TV & Movies
Website	www.geethaarts.com

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, Tamil, and Kannada languages.

Geetha Arts marked its beginning through the 1974 Telugu film Bantrothu Bharya . The company has produced films featuring actors such as Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth, Aamir Khan, Pawan Kalyan, Ram Charan, Allu Arjun, Ganesh, Nani, Ravichandran, Govinda and Kartik Aaryan. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} It has also expanded its presence into film distribution, exhibition and digital content. ^[9]

History

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.

Online streaming service

Main article: Aha (streaming service)

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]}

Film production

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Geetha Arts

Year	Film	Language	Director	Notes	Ref(s).
1974	Bantrothu Bharya	Telugu	Dasari Narayana Rao	Produced as Geetha Art Productions
1975	Devude Digivaste	Telugu	Dasari Narayana Rao	Produced as Geetha Art Productions
1979	Maavullo Mahasivudu	Telugu	Raja Chandra	Produced as Geetha Cine Enterprises
1982	Yamakinkarudu	Telugu	Raj Bharat	Produced as Geetha Creative Arts
1984	Hero	Telugu	Vijaya Bapineedu
1985	Vijetha	Telugu	A. Kodandarami Reddy		[4]
1987	Aradhana	Telugu	Bharathiraja
	Pasivadi Pranam	Telugu	A. Kodandarami Reddy
1989	Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu	Telugu	A. Kodandarami Reddy
	Mappillai	Tamil	Rajasekhar
1990	Pratibandh	Hindi	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
1993	Mechanic Alludu	Telugu	B. Gopal
1994	The Gentleman	Hindi	Mahesh Bhatt
1996	Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi	Telugu	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
1997	Master	Telugu	Suresh Krissna		[4]
1998	Mangalyam Tantunanena	Kannada	V. S Reddy		[4]
2000	Kunwara	Hindi	David Dhawan
2001	Daddy	Telugu	Suresh Krissna
2002	Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai	Hindi	K. Muralimohana Rao
2003	Johnny	Telugu	Pawan Kalyan		[4]
2005	Andarivaadu	Telugu	Srinu Vaitla
2006	Happy	Telugu	A. Karunakaran
2008	Jalsa	Telugu	Trivikram Srinivas	Santosham Best Film Award
	Ghajini	Hindi	AR Murugadoss		[5]
2009	Magadheera	Telugu	S.S. Rajamouli	National Film Award for Best Special Effects Nandi Award for Best Popular Feature Film Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu Co-produced with B. V. S. N. Prasad	[4]
2011	100% Love	Telugu	Sukumar
	Badrinaath	Telugu	V. V. Vinayak
2014	Kotha Janta	Telugu	Maruthi
	Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham	Telugu	A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary	Co-produced with Sri Venkateswara Creations
2015	Darling	Tamil	Sam Anton
2016	Sarrainodu	Telugu	Boyapati Srinu	Co-produced with Shanam Naga Ashok Kumar	[4]
	Srirastu Subhamastu	Telugu	Parasuram
	Dhruva	Telugu	Surender Reddy	Co-produced with N. V. Prasad	[4]
2020	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	Telugu	Trivikram Srinivas	Co-produced with Haarika and Hassine Creations
2025	Thandel	Telugu	Chandoo Mondeti
TBA	Single †	Telugu	Caarthick Raju	Co-production with Kalya Films
TBA	The Girlfriend †	Telugu	Rahul Ravindran	Co-production with Dheeraj Mogilineni Entertainment and Mass Movie Makers
TBA	AA22 †	Telugu	Trivikram Srinivas	Co-production with Haarika and Hassine Creations
TBA	Ramayana †	Hindi	Nitesh Tiwari Ravi Udyawar	Co-production with Phantom Studios and Prime Focus

Prashanthi Creations (Sastry, Aravind)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Ref(s).
1982	Subhalekha	Telugu	K. Viswanath

Sri Sai Ram Arts (Venkateswara Rao, Aravind)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Ref(s).
1991	Rowdy Alludu	Telugu	K. Raghavendra Rao
2000	Annayya	Telugu	Muthyala Subbaiah

Sri Raghavendra Movie Corporation and United Producers (Dutt, Aravind, Raghavendra Rao)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Ref(s).
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	Gangotri	Telugu	K. Raghavendra Rao	[4]

Kshitij Production Combines (Mukesh, Aravind)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Ref(s).
1999	Kaun?	Hindi	Ram Gopal Varma

Siri Media Arts (Dutt, Aravind)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Ref(s).
2003	Pellam Oorelithe	Telugu	S. V. Krishna Reddy	[4]
	Calcutta Mail	Hindi	Sudhir Mishra
2004	Intlo Srimathi Veedhilo Kumari	Telugu	K. Vasu

Siri Venkateswara Productions (Satyanarayana, Aravind)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Ref(s).
2005	Bunny	Telugu	V. V. Vinayak

GA2 Pictures

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	Cast	Notes	Ref(s).
2015	Bhale Bhale Magadivoy	Telugu	Maruthi	Nani, Lavanya Tripathi	Co-production with UV Creations [7]
2016	Sundaranga Jaana	Kannada	Ramesh Aravind	Ganesh, Shanvi Srivastava	Co-production with Rockline Entertainments
2018	Geetha Govindam	Telugu	Parasuram	Vijay Devarakonda, Rashmika Mandanna
	Taxiwaala		Rahul Sankrityan	Vijay Deverakonda, Priyanka Jawalkar, Malavika Nair	Co-production with UV Creations
2019	Prati Roju Pandage		Maruthi	Sai Dharam Tej, Rashi Khanna	Co-production with UV Creations
2021	Chaavu Kaburu Challaga		Koushik Pegallapati	Kartikeya Gummakonda, Lavanya Tripathi
	Most Eligible Bachelor		Bhaskar	Akhil Akkineni, Pooja Hegde
2022	Pakka Commercial		Maruthi	Gopichand, Raashi Khanna	Co-production with UV Creations
	Urvasivo Rakshasivo		Rakesh Shashii	Allu Sirish, Anu Emmanuel	Co-production with Shri Tirumala Production Pvt. Ltd
	18 Pages		Palnati Surya Pratap	Nikhil Siddharth, Anupama Parameswaran	Co-production with Sukumar Writings
2023	Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu Katha		Murali Kishor Abburu	Kiran Abbavaram, Kashmira Pardesi
	Kotabommali PS		Teja Marni	Srikanth, Rahul Vijay, Shivani Rajasekhar
2024	Ambajipeta Marriage Band		Dhushyanth Katikaneni	Suhas
	Aay		Anji K. Maniputhra	Narne Nithin

V4 Movies (GA2 and Studio Green)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Ref(s).
2017	Next Nuvve	Telugu	ETV Prabhakar

Allu Bobby Company (Bobby and Aravind)

Year	Film	Language	Director	Ref(s).
2022	Ghani	Telugu	Kiran Korrapati

Allu Entertainment

Year	Film	Language	Director	Notes	Ref(s).
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
	Three Of Us	Hindi	Avinash Arun	Co-produced with Matchbox Pictures

Film distribution

Geetha Film Distributors

Geetha Film Distributors (GFD), a subsidiary of Geetha Arts has released over 300 Telugu, Hindi and English films in Andhra Pradesh.

• Chhaava (2025, dubbed version)
• UI by Upendra (Telugu Version) (2024)
• Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu Katha (2023)
• Malikappuram (2023, dubbed version)
• Kantara (2022, dubbed version)
• Naane Varuvean (2022, dubbed version)
• Zombie Reddy (2021)
• Mamangam (2019, dubbed version))
• Nuvvu Thopu Raa (2019)
• Kurukshetram (2019, dubbed version)
• Paper Boy (2018)
• Bhadram Be Careful Brotheru (2016)
• Yevadu (2014)
• Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu ^[12] (2012)
• Khaleja (2010)
• Komaram Puli (2010)
• Leader (2010)
• Magadheera (2009)
• Ghajini (2008)
• Parugu (2008)
• Jalsa (2008)
• Desamuduru (2006)
• Stalin (2006)
• Happy (2006)
• Andarivaadu (2005)
• Johnny (2003)
• Annayya (2000)
• Iddaru Mitrulu (1999)
• Tholi Prema (1998)
• Bavagaru Bagunnara? (1998)
• Paradesi (1998)
• Pelli Sandadi (1996)
• Big Boss (1995)
• Mechanic Alludu (1993)
• Rowdy Alludu (1991)
• Gang Leader (1991)
• Stuartpuram Police Station (1991)
• Raja Vikramarka (1990)
• Kodama Simham (1990)
• Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu (1989)
• Trinetrudu (1988)
• Khaidi No. 786 (1988)
• Yamudiki Mogudu (1988)
• Rudraveena (1988)
• Jebu Donga (1987)
• Pasivadi Pranam (1987)

References

1. "Clans in Indian Cinema: The Allu-Konidela Family of Telugu Superstars and Film Producers". News18 . 19 April 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
2. "Allu Aravind Turns 74: The Veteran Producer Who Gave us Chiranjeevi And Pawan Kalyan". News18. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
3. "Clans in Indian Cinema: The Allu-Konidela Family of Telugu Superstars and Film Producers". News18. 19 April 2021.
4. "Allu Sirish announces new film". Mint. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
5. "Allu Aravind is proud of son Allu Arjun". The Indian Express. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
6. "AR Murugadoss to direct Allu Arjun soon?". The Times of India.
7. "Bhale Bhale Magadivoy , a Family entertainer". The Hans India. 3 March 2015.
8. Jha, Lata (5 May 2022). "Southern studios take a slice of business from their remakes for northern markets". Mint. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
9. V, Narayanan (15 April 2022). "OTT platform aha eyeing pan-India expansion". Business Line . Retrieved 12 August 2022.
10. "Allu Sirish Revealed the Secret Behind Geetha Arts Name". Tupaki. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
11. "Regional OTT platform aha forays into Tamil market". Business Line . 15 April 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
12. "Timesofap Redirecting ..."

External links

• Official website