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| Company type | Film distribution, production |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Akkineni Manohar Prasad Akkineni Anand Prasad |
| Website | www.gemini360.in [www.geminivfx.com] |
Gemini Film Circuit is a film distribution and production studio unit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
The company was founded by Ravi Shankar Prasad who also owned Anand Cine Services and it went on to produce and distribute many successful Tamil films including the remakes of Rajkumar Hirani films like Vasool Raja MBBS, Shankar Dada MBBS, Shankar Dada Zindabad & Nanban. [lower-alpha 1] However the failure of Mani Ratnam's Kadal (2013) affected company's finances after the venture became a surprise failure at the box office, and distributors of Kadal wanted compensation before Madha Gaja Raja was released. [1] [2] The company made its comeback co-producing and distributing the Malayalam film Unda (2019).
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Director | Cast | Synopsis | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Vasool Raja MBBS | Saran | Kamal Haasan, Prabhu, Sneha, Prakash Raj, Crazy Mohan, Nagesh, Rohini Hattangadi | A goon pretends to be a doctor to impress his parents however after his true colors are exposed he decides to join medical college to prove his worth | Tamil | A remake of Rajkumar Hirani's Munna Bhai M. B. B. S. (2003) |
| Shankar Dada MBBS | Jayanth C. Paranjee | Chiranjeevi, Srikanth, Sonali Bendre, Paresh Rawal, Surya Bhagwandas, Girish Karnad, Venniradai Nirmala | A goon pretends to be a doctor to impress his parents however after his true colors are exposed he decides to join medical college to prove his worth | Telugu | A remake of Rajkumar Hirani's Munna Bhai M. B. B. S. (2003) | |
| 2006 | Shankar Dada Zindabad | Prabhu Deva | Chiranjeevi, Srikanth, Karishma Kotak, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Sayaji Shinde | A gangster pretends to be a professor to win over a radio jockey however him seeing the reflection of Gandhi changes his life altogether. | Telugu | A remake of Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) |
| 2010 | Kutty | Mithran Jawahar | Dhanush, Shriya Saran, Sameer Dattani | When a girl falls in love with politician's son after he threatens to jump off, other boy too falls in love with her however the girl reject him | Tamil | |
| 2011 | Mayakkam Enna | Selvaraghavan | Dhanush, Richa Gangopadhyay | An aspiring photographer becomes mentally affected after the photographer whom he claims as his inspiration took credit for the photos he had taken | Tamil | |
| 2012 | Nanban | S. Shankar | Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyaraj, Sathyan | Tamil | A remake of Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots (2009) | |
| Podaa Podi | Vignesh Shivan | Silambarasan, Varalaxmi | Tamil | |||
| 2013 | Kadal | Mani Ratnam | Gautham Karthik, Thulasi Nair, Arjun Sarja, Arvind Swamy, Lakshmi Manchu | Tamil | ||
| 2019 | Unda | Khalid Rahman | Mammootty | Malayalam |
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Director | Cast | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Periya Kudumbam | K. S. Ravikumar | Prabhu, Kanaka, Vineetha | Tamil |
| 2007 | Dhee | Srinu Vytla | Vishnu Vardhan Babu, Genelia D'Souza, Srihari | Telugu |
| 2008 | Krishna | V. V. Vinayak | Ravi Teja, Trisha Krishnan, Mukul Dev | |
| Swagatam | Dasaradh | Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty, Bhumika Chawla | ||
| Ready | Sreenu Vaitla | Ram, Genelia D'Souza | ||
| King | Sreenu Vaitla | Nagarjuna, Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas | ||
| 2011 | Mayakkam Enna | Selvaraghavan | Dhanush, Richa Gangopadhyay | Tamil |
| Rajapattai | Suseenthiran | Vikram, K. Vishwanath, Deeksha Seth | ||
| 2012 | Thuppakki | A. R. Murugadoss | Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal | |
| 2013 | Kadal | Mani Ratnam | Arjun, Gautham Karthik, Arvind Swamy, Thulasi Nair | |
| 2019 | Unda | Khalid Rahman | Mammotty | Malayalam |
| Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy | Surender Reddy | Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara, Tamannaah | Telugu |
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