Shalom Studios

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Shalom Studios

Industry	Entertainment
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Key people	John Max
Services	Film Production
Website	www.shalomstudios.in

Shalom Studios is an Indian film production company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established by John Max and Prabhu Solomon. Its first Production Mynaa(2010), directed by Prabhu Solomon was critically acclaimed and commercially successful. Prabhu Solomon and John Max joined hands for their next film Saattai(2012) under the banner. The movie received good reviews and had decent initial collections. ^[1]

In 2013, Prabhu Solomon stepped out of the production house and handed the entire production work to his friend John Max ^[2]

John Max had produced several films under the banner which includes Sowkarpettai(2016) and Pottu(2019), both the films opened to negative reviews. ^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Cast	References
2010	Mynaa	Prabhu Solomon	Amala Paul, Vidharth	[5]
2012	Saattai	M. Anbazhagan	Yuvan, Mahima Nambiar	[6]
2014	Mosakutty	M. Jeevan	Mahima Nambiar, Veera	[7]
2016	Sowkarpettai	V. C. Vadivudaiyan	Raai Laxmi, Srikanth
2019	Pottu	V. C. Vadivudaiyan	Bharath, Ineya
2024	Kaa – The Forest	Nanjil	Andrea Jeremiah, Salim Ghouse	[8]
TBA	Sambavam†	Ranjith Parijatham	Srikanth	[9]

Awards

Movie	Ceremony	Category
Mynaa	58th Filmfare Awards South [10]	Filmfare Award for Best Film - Tamil
	Vijay Awards	Vijay Award for Best Crew
	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards [11]	Best Film
	Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards	Best Film
	Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards [12]	Best Film
Saattai	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards [11]	Best Film

References

1. "Saattai: Cracking the whip differently". The Hindu. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
2. "Prabhu Solomon quits…". Behindwoods. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
3. "Sowcarpettai Movie Review – Times of India". The Times of India. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
4. "Pottu Movie Review – Times of India". The Times of India. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
5. "Film – IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
6. "Film – IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
7. "Risky Stunts are the Highlight of Mosakutty, says Veera". The New Indian Express. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
8. "Andrea-Jeremiah starrer Kaa to release in April". The New Indian Express. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
9. "Dinesh and Srikanth join hands!". IndiaGlitz. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
10. "Nominees of Idea Filmfare Awards South". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
11. "TN Govt. announces Tamil Film Awards for six years". The Hindu. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
12. "Tamil films in Oslo?". The Times of India. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2025.