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| Type | Film production Film distribution |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Elred Kumar |
| Products | Motion pictures (Tamil) |
RS Infotainment is an Indian film production and distribution company headed by Elred Kumar. The studio has produced films made in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. [1]
Elred Kumar was first announced as "a businessman passionate about the film industry" in an article by the Economic Times in 2009, RS Infotainment are the producers of Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) alongside VTV Ganesh and Escape Artists Motion Pictures' Madan. [2]
After having enjoyed success with their initial ventures such as Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010), Ko (2011) and Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014), their recent ventures have been less profitable. [3] [4]
| Title | Year | Director | Cast | Synopsis | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa | 2010 | Gautham Vasudev Menon | Silambarasan, Trisha | An aspiring filmmaker goes through the ups and downs of a romance when he falls for a Christian woman who says she only wants to be friends. | [5] |
| Nadunisi Naaygal | 2011 | Gautham Vasudev Menon | Veera, Sameera Reddy | Having suffered sexual abuse as a child, Veera grows into a psycho who is obsessed with sex and kills for pleasure. | [6] |
| Ko | 2011 | K. V. Anand | Jiiva, Ajmal, Piaa Bajpai, Karthika Nair | A photographer becomes involved in the political campaign of a young doctor in the local elections. | [7] |
| Veppam | 2011 | Anjana Ali Khan | Nani, Karthik Kumar, Nithya Menen, Bindu Madhavi | Three slum-dwelling friends become caught up in violence. | [8] |
| Ekk Deewana Tha | 2012 | Gautham Vasudev Menon | Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson | An aspiring filmmaker goes through the ups and downs of a romance when he falls for a Christian woman who says she only wants to be friends. | [9] |
| Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal | 2012 | Elred Kumar | Atharvaa, Amala Paul | An IT professional falls in love with a girl, who appears to have a mysterious background. | [10] |
| Neethaane En Ponvasantham | 2012 | Gautham Vasudev Menon | Jiiva, Samantha | Varun and Nithya fall in and out of love during three stages of their lives. | [11] |
| Yaamirukka Bayamey | 2014 | Deekay | Kreshna, Rupa Manjari, Oviya, Karunakaran | A new hotelier is in for a surprise when he discovers his new property could be haunted. | [12] |
| Namo Bhootatma | 2014 | Murali | Komal, Iswarya Menon, Harish Raj, Gayathri Iyer | A new hotelier is in for a surprise when he discovers his new property could be haunted. | [13] |
| Yaan | 2014 | Ravi K. Chandran | Jiiva, Thulasi Nair | A young man who travels to earn money abroad becomes imprisoned in a rogue state. | [14] |
| Ko 2 | 2016 | Sarath Mandava | Bobby Simha, Nikki Galrani | A man kidnaps the chief minister of the state, without explaining why he did so. | [15] |
| Kavalai Vendam | 2016 | Deekay | Jiiva, Kajal Aggarwal, Sunaina, Bobby Simha | When his estranged wife demands his signature on a divorce document, a hill-town cook agrees only if she lives with him for a week. | [16] |
| Veera | 2018 | Rajaraman | Kreshna, Iswarya Menon, Karunakaran | A youngster who dreams of becoming popular gets entangled in a tussle between two rowdies. | [17] |
| Viduthalai Part 1 | 2023 | Vetrimaaran | Soori, Vijay Sethupathi | Thriller | [18] |
| Viduthalai Part 2 | 2024 | Vetrimaaran | Soori, Vijay Sethupathi | Thriller | [20] |
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