Studio Green

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Studio Green
Company typePrivate
IndustryFilm, Producer
Founded2005;19 years ago (2005)
Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Key people
K. E. Gnanavel Raja (owner)
Products Film Production
Film Distribution
Parent Film

Studio Green is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai. [1] The company was founded in 2006 by K. E. Gnanavel Raja, relative of actor Sivakumar and many of their films feature his sons Suriya and Karthi. They have produced several Tamil films and also distributed films across India. [2]

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History

The company first produced and distributed the film Sillunu Oru Kaadhal starring Suriya, in 2006. Next they distributed Paruthiveeran , introducing Karthik Sivakumar, younger brother of Suriya. It ran for more than a year in screens in Tamil Nadu. [3] Following this success, Singam was produced. The Hari directed action film, starring Suriya, also went on to become highly successful at the box office, emerging as one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of that year. Their following production was Naan Mahaan Alla starring Karthi and Kajal Agarwal which also became a commercial success. Their next production was Siruthai starring Karthi and Tamannaah Bhatia, which released on 14 January 2011, coinciding with the Pongal festival and turned out to be another milestone in his career. Simultaneously, they distributed Yamudu, the dubbed Telugu version of Singam and Aawara, that of Paiyaa , in Andhra Pradesh. The former managed to run for 50 days in screens all over the state [4] while Aawara also received good response and ran more than 100 days. [5]

Studio Green distributed the Karthi starrer film, Saguni in 2012. They also started venturing into small scale films in the same year by purchasing and distributing Attakathi and Kumki . [6] Its first production in 2013, Alex Pandian starring Karthi opened to negative reviews while the first distribution Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga was a commercial success. They also distributed Soodhu Kavvum which opened to highly positive critical reaction. [7] The studio produced another film starring Karthi, All in All Azhagu Raja directed by M. Rajesh. The film was released in November and attracted negative reviews. It failed to emulate the success of the director's previous films. [8]

Filmography

Production

YearTitleCastDirectorNotes
2006 Sillunu Oru Kaadhal Suriya, Jyothika, Bhoomika Chawla N. Krishna
2007 Paruthiveeran Karthi, Priyamani Ameer Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil
Vijay Award for Best Film
Nominated – Vijay Award for Favourite Film
2010 Singam Suriya, Anushka Shetty Hari Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year
Naan Mahaan Alla Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal Suseenthiran Nominated – Vijay Award for Favourite Film
2011 Siruthai Karthi, Tamannaah Siva Nominated – Vijay Award for Favourite Film
2013 Alex Pandian Karthi, Anushka Shetty Suraj
All in All Azhagu Raja Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal M. Rajesh
Biriyani Karthi, Hansika Motwani Venkat Prabhu
2014 Madras Karthi, Catherine Tresa Pa. Ranjith Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South
2015 Darling G. V. Prakash Kumar, Nikki Galrani Sam Anton
Komban Karthi, Lakshmi Menon M. Muthaiah
Massu Engira Masilamani Suriya, Nayantara, Pranitha Subhash Venkat Prabhu
Indru Netru Naalai Vishnu Vishal, Miya, Karunakaran R. Ravikumar
2016 Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum Vijay Sethupathi, Madonna Sebastian Nalan Kumarasamy
Iraivi S. J. Surya, Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha, Anjali Karthik Subbaraj
Darling 2 Kalaiyarasan, Rameez Raja, Kaali Venkat, Ramdoss Sathish Chandrasekaran
2017 Si3 Suriya, Shruti Haasan, Anushka Shetty Hari
2018 Thaanaa Serndha Koottam Suriya, Keerthy Suresh, Ramya Krishnan Vignesh Shivan
Ghajinikanth Arya, Sayyeshaa Santhosh P. Jayakumar
NOTA Vijay Devarakonda, Mehreen Pirzada, Sathyaraj, Nassar Anand Shankar
2019 Mehandi Circus Madhampatty Rangaraj, Shweta Tripathi, Vela Ramamoorthy Raju Saravanan
Devarattam Gautham Karthik, Manjima Mohan, M. Muthaiah
Magamuni Arya, Mahima Nambiar, Indhuja Ravichandran Santhakumar
Mr. Local Sivakarthikeyan, Nayanthara M. Rajesh
2021 Teddy Arya, Sayyeshaa Shakti Soundar Rajan 25th film
2022 Kaatteri VaibhavDeekay
Theal Prabhu Deva, Samyuktha Hegde Harikumar
2023 Pathu Thala Silambarasan, Gautham Karthik N. Krishna [9]
2024 Rebel G. V. Prakash Kumar, Mamitha Baiju Nikesh RS
Vaa Vathiyarey Karthi , Krithi Shetty Nalan KumarasamyPost-Production
Thangalaan Vikram, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Malavika Mohanan Pa. Ranjith Post-Production [10] [11]
Kanguva Suriya, Disha Patani Siva Post-production [12]

Distribution

YearTitleCast/CrewLanguageNotes
2007Nuvvu Nennu Prema Suriya, Jyothika, Bhumika Chawla TeluguDubbed version of Sillunu Oru Kaadhal
2010Yuganiki Okkadu Karthi, Reema Sen, Andrea Jeremiah TeluguDubbed version of Aayirathil Oruvan
2010Aawara Karthi, Tamannaah, Milind Soman TeluguDubbed version of Paiyaa
2010Yamudu Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj TeluguDubbed version of Singam
2011Naa Peru Shiva Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal, Jayaprakash TeluguDubbed version of Naan Mahaan Alla
2012 Saguni Karthi, Pranitha Tamil
2012 Attakathi Attakathi Dinesh, Nandita Swetha Tamil
2012 Kumki [13] Vikram Prabhu, Lakshmi Menon Tamil
2013 Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga Vimal, Sivakarthikeyan, Bindu Madhavi, Regina Cassandra Tamil
2013 Soodhu Kavvum Vijay Sethupathi, Sanchita Shetty Tamil
2013Yamudu II Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani TeluguDubbed version of Singam II
2013 Pizza II: Villa Ashok Selvan, Sanchita Shetty Tamil
2014 Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham Santhanam, Ashna Zaveri Tamil
2015 O Kadhal Kanmani Mani Ratnam, A. R. Rahman, Dulquer Salmaan, Nithya Menen Tamil
2015 36 Vayathinile Rosshan Andrrews, Jyothika, Rahman Tamil
2015 Uttama Villain Kamal Haasan, K.Balachander, Ramesh Aravind, Urvashi, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Parvathi Menon, Parvathy Nair Tamil
2015 Baahubali: The Beginning Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Tamil
2015 Trisha Illana Nayanthara Adhik Ravichandran, G. V. Prakash Kumar, Anandhi, Manisha Yadav, Simran Tamil
2015 Pasanga 2: Haiku Nishesh, Vaishnavi, Suriya, Amala Paul Tamil
2016 24 Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Nithya Menen, Vikram Kumar Tamil
2017 Hara Hara Mahadevaki Gautham Karthik, Nikki Galrani Tamil
2018 Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu Gautham Karthik, Vaibhavi Shandilya Tamil
2019 Mr. Local Siva Karthikeyan, Nayanthara Tamil
2022 Kaatteri Vaibhav Reddy, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Sonam Bajwa Tamil
2022Onai Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon TamilDubbed version of Bhediya

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