S. S. Chakravarthy

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S. Shajahan Chakravarthy (died 29 April 2023) was an Indian film producer in Tamil cinema. He produced a number of Tamil films through his production company, NIC Arts. Most of his films starred actors Ajith Kumar. [1] [2] [3] His son Johnny (also known as Imran Chakravarthy) debuted as an actor in Renigunta, which he produced, along with Johnny's subsequent film, 18 Vayasu. Chakravarthy also had a daughter, Shakeel Nila Chakravarthy.

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Death

Chakravarthy died on 29 April 2023. [4]

Filmography

Producer

YearFilmCastDirectorLanguage
1997 Raasi Ajith Kumar, Rambha, Prakash Raj Murali AbbasTamil
1999 Vaali Ajith Kumar, Simran, Jyothika S. J. Suryah Tamil
2000 Mugavaree Ajith Kumar, Jyothika, Raghuvaran V. Z. Durai Tamil
2001 Citizen Ajith Kumar, Meena, Vasundhara Das Saravana Subbiah Tamil
2002 Red Ajith Kumar, Priya Gill Ram Sathya Tamil
2002 Villain Ajith Kumar, Meena, Kiran K. S. Ravikumar Tamil
2003 Kadhal Sadugudu Vikram, Priyanka Trivedi, Prakash Raj V. Z. DuraiTamil
2003 Anjaneya Ajith Kumar, Meera Jasmine, Raghuvaran N. Maharajan Tamil
2005 Ji Ajith Kumar, Trisha N. Linguswamy Tamil
2006 Varalaru Ajith Kumar, Asin, Kanika K. S. RavikumarTamil
2008 Kaalai Silambarasan, Vedhika Tarun Gopi Tamil
2009 Renigunta Johnny, Sanusha R. Panneerselvam Tamil
2012 18 Vayasu Johnny, Gayathrie R. PanneerselvamTamil
2015 Vaalu Silambarasan, Hansika, Santhanam VijaychanderTamil

Actor

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