Vikram Singh (producer)

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Vikram Singh is a film producer who works in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi-language films.

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Career

Singh made his film debut as a producer with the 1986 Telugu-language film Naya Anubhav. He later became associated with producer Boney Kapoor from the making of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) and worked as an executive producer for several Hindi and Tamil films including Judaai (1997) and The Terrorist (1997). His final project with Kapoor was when working as an online producer and taking care of the United States shoot for Pukar (2000). [1]

Following conversations with an associate, director Priyadarshan, Singh opted to begin work as a producer in Tamil cinema, and debuted with 12B (2001). He produced the film under the studio, Film Works. [2] Debutante Shaam was signed for the lead role after meeting with the director, Jeeva and with him. [3] [4] After the release of 12B, Singh produced the Telugu dubbed version of the film. [5] The promotions of 12B garnered acclaim with Shaam gaining film offers before the film's release. [6] After this, Singh went on to work with Shaam and music director Harris Jayaraj again for Priyadarshan's Lesa Lesa (2003). The film was a remake of the successful Malayalam film Summer in Bethlehem (1998). [7] [8] To concentrate on the venture, Singh put the film Acham Thavir starring Madhavan and Jyothika on hold. [9] [10] To avoid piracy, he released the soundtrack of Lesa Lesa at a cheap rate. [11] [12] [13]

Filmography

As a producer

YearFilmLanguageNotes
1986Naya AnubhavTeluguDebut as film producer
2001 12B Tamil [lower-alpha 1]
2003 Lesa Lesa Tamil [lower-alpha 1]

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  7. ↑ "Dhool, the only real Tamil hit: Lesa Lesa jinxed". Rediff.
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  9. ↑ "Screen vs. studies". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 6 October 2003. Archived from the original on 17 November 2003.
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  13. ↑ "Selling music on the beach". The Hindu. 14 July 2002 – via www.thehindu.com.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 The film was produced for Film Works.
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