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| Company type | Film production and distribution |
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| Industry | Motion pictures and television |
| Founded | 1977 |
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| Website | sathyajyothifilms |
Sathya Jyothi Films is an Indian film production and distribution company in Tamil Nadu. It was established in 1977 by T. G. Thyagarajan.
Sathya Jyothi Films was founded by T. G. Thyagarajan in the 1970s. Thyagarajan, an MBA graduate from the United States, is the son of film producer, late Venus T. Govindarajan, who had made films from the 1960s to the 1980s under Venus Pictures. [1] Thyagarajan initially ventured into film productions under the studio Sathya Movies, production company of his father-in-law R. M. Veerappan before founding Sathya Jyothi Films to make "slightly offbeat films". [2] The first film distributed by the company was the Tamil-dubbed version of Yashoda Krishna . [3] [4] The company's first film as producers was Moondram Pirai (1982). [5]
| Year | Film | Director | Cast | Synopsis | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Moondram Pirai | Balu Mahendra | Kamal Haasan, Sridevi | A young woman suffers a major head injury in a car accident after which she begins behaving like a child. Trapped at a brothel, she finds hope in a lonely school teacher who decides to rescue her. | ||
| 1985 | Pagal Nilavu | Mani Ratnam | Murali, Revathi, Sathyaraj | Selvam is indebted to Devarajan, a big shot in town, for saving his mother. When he falls in love with the sister of the new police inspector, Devarajan plans to make good use of the situation. | [6] | |
| 1986 | Manithanin Marupakkam | K. Rangaraj | Sivakumar, Radha, Jayashree | Sujatha, a journalist, covers the story of Ravi who has been sentenced for murdering his wife Kala, Sujatha's sister. However, a day before his scheduled execution, Ravi escapes the prison. | ||
| Sathya Jyothi | K. Rangaraj | Vishnuvardhan, Sumalatha, Urvashi | Kannada film | |||
| 1988 | Jeeva | Pratap Pothen | Sathyaraj, Amala | Jeeva, an unemployed youth, lives an ordinary life with his widowed mother and younger sister. His life turns upside down when his family gets murdered. | [7] | |
| 1990 | Kizhakku Vaasal | R. V. Udayakumar | Karthik, Revathi, Khushbu | When an influential man from the village tries to molest Thaayamma, an orphan, she escapes from his clutches and is saved by Ponnurangam. Eventually, they fall in love. | [8] | |
| 1991 | Idhayam | Kathir | Murali, Heera | When a medical student from a middle-class family falls in love with an affluent English-speaking pretty girl, he is unable to express his love to her due to his inferiority complex. | [9] | |
| 1992 | Endrum Anbudan | Bhagyanathan | Murali, Sithara, Heera | Thyagu, a singer and music instructor, lives as a tenant where a young woman is a co-tenant. Their lives change when Thyagu shares shocking information about his past. | [10] | |
| 1993 | Vedan | Suresh Krissna | Sarathkumar, Khushbu | Vijay, a policeman, is on a mission to apprehend Bhoopathy, a criminal. He infiltrates the gang to become his right-hand man. But in the bargain, he ends up witnessing the killing of his mentor. | [11] | |
| 1994 | Honest Raj | K. S. Ravi | Vijayakanth, Gautami, Aamani | Raj, an honest police officer, awakens from a coma after four years. He yearns to exact revenge against his best friend who turned into a criminal and murdered his wife and mother. | [12] | |
| 1998 | Harichandra | Cheyyar Ravi | Karthik, Meena | Hari, a compulsive liar, falls in love with Nandini, an honest school principal. Though she accepts him for who he is, his habit of lying creates problems in their relationship. | ||
| 2003 | Parthiban Kanavu | Karu Palaniappan | Srikanth, Sneha | Parthiban, a marketing executive, discovers that the woman he has fallen in love with is the same one that his parents want him to marry. However, after marriage, he learns an unexpected truth. | [13] | |
| 2006 | Em Magan | Thirumurugan | Bharath, Gopika, Nassar | Krishna is always worried and sad as his strict father does not miss a chance to scold him. His father goes overboard by chasing him out of the house when he learns about Krishna's love life. | ||
| 2008 | Jayamkondaan | R. Kannan | Vinay, Bhavana, Lekha Washington | When Arjun relocates from London to Chennai to start a business, he finds out that his late father had a second family and that his half-sister Brinda is trying to sell their ancestral property. | ||
| 2010 | Baana Kaathadi | Badri Venkatesh | Atharvaa, Prasanna, Samantha | Ramesh spends his time flying kites and playing games along with his friends on the streets. However, his life takes a turn for the better when he accidentally meets an aspiring designer, Priya. | ||
| 2016 | Thodari | Prabhu Solomon | Dhanush, Keerthy Suresh | Love blossoms between a pantry boy and a makeup artist aboard a speeding train bound for Chennai. The journey turns topsy-turvy when the moving train is taken over by a gang of dacoits. | ||
| 2017 | Sathriyan | S. R. Prabhakaran | Vikram Prabhu, Manjima Mohan, Aishwarya Dutta | Guna, a local boy, falls in love with Niranjana, the daughter of Samuthiram, a deceased mafia leader. However, Niranjana's family does not approve of their relationship. | ||
| Vivegam | Siva | Ajith Kumar, Vivek Oberoi, Kajal Aggarwal, Akshara Haasan | Ajay Kumar, a former counter-terrorism agent, is called for a special mission. However, he is betrayed by his friends and is accused of extremely treasonous acts. | |||
| 2019 | Viswasam | Siva | Ajith Kumar, Nayanthara, Jagapathi Babu | Thookku Durai, a chieftain, gets separated from his wife, Niranjana, after their daughter, Swetha, gets injured during a fight. Years later, he tries to protect Swetha by joining as her car driver without revealing his identity. | ||
| 2020 | Pattas | R. S. Durai Senthilkumar | Dhanush, Mehreen Pirzada | A young man is separated from his mother at an early age and becomes a petty thief. However, he soon realises his past and decides to learn an ancient form of martial arts to defeat an old foe. | ||
| 2021 | Sivakumarin Sabadham | Hiphop Tamizha | Hiphop Tamizha Adhi, Madhuri | A young man from a weaving family vows to restore it to its past glory by taking on a textile magnate. | Co-produced by Indie Rebels | [14] |
| 2022 | Anbarivu | Aswin Raam | Hiphop Tamizha Adhi, Kashmira Pardeshi, Napoleon | Anbu and Arivu are twins, separated as infants. Anbu stays with his mom and grandpa. Arivu lives with his father in Canada. Incidents force twins to switch family to attempt the reuniting of their family. | [15] | |
| Maaran | Karthick Naren | Dhanush, Malavika Mohanan, Samuthirakani, Smruthi Venkat, Krishna Kumar, Mahendran | Mathimaaaran, an honest journalist, exposes a fraud by Pazhani, a politician. As a result, it lands his career in trouble, while also threatening his family's safety. | [16] | ||
| 2023 | Veeran | ARK Saravan | Hiphop Tamizha, Athira Raj, Vinay Rai | A 15-year-old Kumaran, a resident of Veeranor, is struck by lightning and experiences a brief coma. After he has recovered, he eventually comes to understand that he possesses lightning and mind-controlling supernatural abilities. | [17] | |
| 2024 | Captain Miller | Arun Matheswaran | Dhanush, Sundeep Kishan, Priyanka Arul Mohan | A renegade Captain and his unconventional outlaws execute daring heists in the 1930s and 1940s. Miller must decide whether to continue running or confront the challenges head-on. | [18] |
Pagal Nilavu is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language gangster film directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Murali, Revathi and Sathyaraj. It is about a carefree youth caught between his loyalty to a mafia don and his love for a police officer's sister.
Kuruthipunal is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed and filmed by P. C. Sreeram, and co-produced and written by Kamal Haasan. The film, which stars Haasan, Arjun, Nassar, Gautami and Geetha, is a remake of the Hindi film Drohkaal (1994), and revolves around two police officers seeking to curb a terrorist group.
Moondram Pirai is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, directed and filmed by Balu Mahendra. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Sridevi, while Y. G. Mahendran, Silk Smitha and Poornam Viswanathan played supporting roles. It revolves around a school teacher who rescues a woman with retrograde amnesia, from a brothel, and protects her in his house located in Ketti. The rest of the film shows how the woman recovers her memory with the teacher's help.
Hiphop Tamizha is an Indian musical duo based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The duo consists of Rangadhithya "Adhi" Ramachandran Venkatapathy and R. Jeeva.
Hip Hop Tamizhan is the debut album of the Indian music duo Hiphop Tamizha, consisting of Adhi and Jeeva. It was released on 17 August 2012.
The soundtrack of the Tamil film Moondram Pirai (1982) was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Meesaya Murukku is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age musical comedy-drama film written and directed by Hiphop Tamizha Adhi in his directorial debut. He stars as the lead along with newcomer Aathmika as the female lead, while Vivek, RJ Vigneshkanth and Vijayalakshmi play supporting roles. The film, a partly fictionalised biopic of Adhi's early life, was released on 21 July 2017 to mostly positive reviews and became a box office hit. It was later remade in Kannada in 2019 as Padde Huli.
Natpe Thunai is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language sports film directed by D. Parthiban Desingu in his directorial debut, while Sreekanth Vasrp and Devesh Jeyachandran have written the film's story, screenplay and dialogues. Produced by Sundar C. and Kushboo under the banner Avni Movies, the film stars Adhi, Harish Uthaman, newcomer Anagha and Karu Pazhaniappan alongside actors Sha Ra, Pandiarajan and Kausalya. It is based on the sport of hockey. In 2021, it was remade in Telugu as A1 Express.
This is the discography of Hiphop Tamizha, an Indian musical duo consisting of Adhi and Jeeva.
Pattas (transl. Firecracker) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language martial arts film written and directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. It stars Dhanush in a dual role, along with Sneha, Mehreen Pirzada, and Naveen Chandra while Nassar, Munishkanth, and Manobala play supporting roles. The film has music composed by Vivek-Mervin. It marks the second collaboration between Dhanush and director Durai Senthilkumar after Kodi. The film depicts Adimurai, an ancient martial art that was practiced in Tamil Nadu. For their roles, Dhanush and Sneha underwent martial arts training prior to the commencement of the filming.
Naan Sirithal is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Raana in his directorial debut. Following the success of Meesaya Murukku and Natpe Thunai, Sundar C co-produced Adhi's third film and it became a hat-trick hit. Hiphop Tamizha and Iswarya Menon and K. S. Ravikumar is playing a villain role, while Badava Gopi and Eruma Saani Vijay are playing supporting roles. It is a feature film version of Raana own short film Keka Beka Keka Beka. The film released on 14 February 2020 to mixed reviews from critics
Kashmira Pardeshi is an Indian actress who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu language films. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film Nartanasala (2018), and Tamil with Sivappu Manjal Pachai (2019).
T. G. Thyagarajan is an Indian film producer. He made his debut as film producer with critically acclaimed film Moondram Pirai. He is the founder of the production and distribution company Sathya Jyothi Films. He has produced over 30 films and few television series with the production studio. His father Venus Govindarajan was also a reputed film producer.
Naa Oru Alien is the second studio album of the Indian music duo Hiphop Tamizha, consisting of Adhi and Jeeva. The album was released on 14 August 2020.
Sivakumarin Sabadham is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language musical comedy drama film written and directed by Adhi of Hiphop Tamizha who co-produced the film with Sathya Jyothi Films in the banner Indie Rebels. Adhi also stars as the lead alongside Prankster Rahul in his debut and Madhuri Jain. The film was released on 30 September 2021 to mixed reviews and did average collections.
Thani Oruvan is the soundtrack album for the 2015 Tamil film of the same name starring Jayam Ravi, Arvind Swamy and Nayanthara and directed by Mohan Raja. The album has five songs in total, all of them being composed by Hiphop Tamizha, and also wrote four out of five tracks, with Mohan Raja penning one of the tracks from the album. It is Hiphop Tamizha's third feature film as a composer, after Aambala and Indru Netru Naalai. The soundtrack album was unveiled by Sony Music India on 25 July 2015, and received positive response from critics and audiences. Thani Oruvan was listed as the most streamed Tamil album and the second best Tamil album of iTunes of the year 2015, followed by O Kadhal Kanmani.
Anbarivu is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language family drama film written and directed by Aswin Raam in his directorial debut and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. The film stars Hiphop Tamizha Adhi in his first dual role, Kashmira Pardeshi, and Shivani Rajashekar, with Napoleon, Vidharth, Sai Kumar, Asha Sharath, and Arjai in supporting roles. The film's music and the score is composed by Hiphop Tamizha with cinematography handled by Madhesh Manickam and editing done by Pradeep E. Ragav. The film was released via Disney+ Hotstar on 7 January 2022.
Captain Miller is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language epic action adventure film directed by Arun Matheswaran and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. The film is the first part of a planned trilogy, and stars Dhanush in the title role, with Shiva Rajkumar, Priyanka Arul Mohan, Aditi Balan, Sundeep Kishan, Edward Sonnenblick and John Kokken in supporting roles. Set in the 1930s, during the British Raj, it follows a former British Army soldier trying to save his home village from destruction by the British Army.
Veeran (transl. Warrior) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language superhero film written and directed by ARK Saravan of Maragadha Naanayam fame and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. The film stars Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi, Vinay Rai and Athira Raj with Munishkanth, Kaali Venkat, R.Badree and Sassi Selvaraj in supporting roles.