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.
Chakravarthy died on 29 April 2023. [4]
Year | Film | Cast | Director | Language |
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1997 | Raasi | Ajith Kumar, Rambha, Prakash Raj | Murali Abbas | Tamil |
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. Durai | Tamil |
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. Ravikumar | Tamil |
2008 | Kaalai | Silambarasan, Vedhika | Tarun Gopi | Tamil |
2009 | Renigunta | Johnny, Sanusha | R. Panneerselvam | Tamil |
2012 | 18 Vayasu | Johnny, Gayathrie | R. Panneerselvam | Tamil |
2015 | Vaalu | Silambarasan, Hansika, Santhanam | Vijaychander | Tamil |
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