Madras Talkies

Madras Talkies
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1995 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Founders
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Key people
ProductsFilms
OwnerMani Ratnam
Websitemadrastalkies.com

Madras Talkies is an Indian entertainment company, which was established by director Mani Ratnam and his brother G. Srinivasan as partners in 1995. Madras Talkies has actively involved in production of films and television serials, which are distributed all over the world. The company has produced fifteen feature films and six television serials.

Prior to Madras Talkies, Ratnam previously served as a film producer on several projects with Aalayam Productions, alongside S. Sriram. Through his own directorial venture, Iruvar (1997), Madras Talkies made its debut as Ratnam's official production studio.

Films

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List of Madras Talkies film credits
Year Title Language Director Cast Synopsis Ref.
1997 Iruvar Tamil Mani Ratnam Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj, Tabu A struggling actor gradually grows into the Tamil film industry's leading actor and enters politics to become Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister. [1]
Nerukku Ner Vasanth Vijay, Suriya, Kausalya, Simran Following the break up of a passport official and his wife, their respective brothers become enemies. The pair are later forced to reconcile to save their niece, who gets kidnapped by an MLA, who wants to avenge the passport official. [2]
1998 Dil Se.. Hindi Mani Ratnam Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta Set in the backdrop of the insurgency in Northeast India, an executive of All India Radio falls in love with a mysterious woman, who turns out to be a Liberationists suicide bomber. [3]
2000 Alaipayuthey Tamil R. Madhavan, Shalini Karthik and Shakthi fall in love against the wishes of their parents in suburban Chennai. Following their secret marriage, the pair experience the tensions of married life and the maturing of their love. [4]
2001 Dumm Dumm Dumm Azhagam Perumal R. Madhavan, Jyothika An unhappy groom and bride draw up plans to stop their wedding, but they fizzle out. Just when they begin to fall in love, a real fight stops the wedding. The pair subsequently rekindle in Chennai. [5]
2002 Kannathil Muthamittal Mani Ratnam R. Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Keerthana A child of Sri Lankan Tamil parentage, who is adopted by Indian parents, demands to return to North Sri Lanka to meet her biological mother in the midst of the Sri Lankan Civil War. [6]
2002 Five Star Susi Ganesan Prasanna, Kanika, Krishna Four college friends investigate the whereabouts of another friend, who was forced into a marriage by his father. After discovering that he fled from his new wife, they decide to try to find him in London. [7]
2002 Saathiya Hindi Shaad Ali Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerji Aditya and Suhani fall in love against the wishes of their parents in suburban Mumbai. Following their secret marriage, the pair experience the tensions of married life and the maturing of their love. [8]
2004 Aayutha Ezhuthu / Yuva Tamil Mani Ratnam Suriya, R. Madhavan, Siddharth, Esha Deol, Meera Jasmine, Trisha A goon – who dreams of making it big in life, a student leader – who strives to keep politicians away from college election and a youngster – who wants to settle abroad, have their lives change after an incident on a bridge. [9]
2004 Hindi Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukherji, Kareena Kapoor, Esha Deol [10]
2007 Guru Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mithun Chakraborty An ambitious man leaves his small village behind to pursue his dream of opening his own business. He gradually grows into India's largest business magnate and is faced with questions concerning the integrity of his success. [11]
2010 Raavan / Raavanan Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister. The kidnapped woman later begins to develop feelings for her kidnapper, blurring the line of who is good and who is evil. [12]
Tamil Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj [13]
2013 Kadal Gautham Karthik, Thulasi Nair, Arjun, Arvind Swamy A wayward youth believes that bad will triumph over good. He implicates his classmate, who is good hearted and god fearing, into a case of adultery and murder after several years. The pair consequently influence the life of a young fisherman. [14]
2015 O Kadhal Kanmani Dulquer Salmaan, Nithya Menen, Prakash Raj, Leela Samson Aditya and Tara opt to briefly have a live-in relationship, before they go their separate ways for their respective careers. The pair's reflection on the idea of marriage gets gradually influenced by the intimacy of their elderly landlords. [15]
2017 Ok Jaanu Hindi Shaad Ali Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Leela Samson Aditya and Tara opt to briefly have a live-in relationship, before they go their separate ways for their respective careers. The pair's reflection on the idea of marriage gets gradually influenced by the intimacy of their elderly landlords. [16]
Kaatru Veliyidai Tamil Mani Ratnam Karthi, Aditi Rao Hydari A military pilot, being held as a prisoner of war in Pakistan, remembers his intense romance with a local doctor. [17]
2018 Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Arvind Swami, STR, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay, Jyothika, Aditi Rao Hydari A family of gangsters go through a power struggle as they attempt to find the assassin who killed their father. [18]
2020 Vaanam Kottatum Dhana Sekhar Sarathkumar, Radhika, Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Rajesh, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Madonna Sebastian A man's relationship with his wife and kids is jeopardised by a revelation from his past. [19]
2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Various Various OTT film [20]
2022 Ponniyin Selvan: I Mani Ratnam Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi Based on the epic 5 part novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, the crown prince of the powerful Chola Empire battles enemy kingdoms with the aid of his shrewd siblings while regional chieftains and disgruntled members of royalty conspire to usurp the throne by overthrowing the ailing emperor, whose past secrets are about to change the realm's present and future.
2023 Ponniyin Selvan: II Mani Ratnam Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha The conclusion to the saga as foes turn friends and allies become adversaries in 10th century South India. In the aftermath of wars, political gamesmanship and covert regal intrigue, one man will rise above all to become a legend among kings, flying the flag of his forefathers to lands beyond and establishing a legacy that will stand the test of time.
2025 Thug Life † Mani Ratnam Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha, Abhirami [21]
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Web series

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Key
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List of series produced by Madras Talkies
Title Year Director Cast Language OTT Ref.
Navarasa 2021 Arvind Swami, Bejoy Nambiar, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Halitha Shameem, K. V. Anand, Karthick Naren, Karthik Subbaraj, Ponram, Rathindran R. Prasad Suriya, Siddharth, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Pavel Navageethan, Rajesh Balachandran, Sree Raam, Ammu Abhirami, Vijay Sethupathi, Prakash Raj, Revathi, Vikranth, Aishwarya Rajesh, Arvind Swami, Prasanna, Sai Siddharth, Shamna Kasim, Bobby Simha, Sananth, Gautham Karthik, Saravanan, Robo Shankar, Azhagam Perumal, Nithya Menen, Riythvika, Ashok Selvan, Ramesh Thilak, Vidhu Tamil Netflix

Television serials

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List of Madras Talkies television serials
Serial Director No. of episodes Channel Frequency Ref.
Ganesh & Vasanth Suhasini, V. Priya 43 Sun TV Weekly [22]
Panchavarnam Manobala 39
Anbulla Snegidheiye V. Priya 127 Daily [23]
Punnagai Manobala 30 [24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nerukku Ner". indolink.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Movie review: Dil Se.., starring Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala : FILMS – India Today 31081998". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Film Review: Alaipayuthey". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Film Review: Dumm...Dumm...Dumm...". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  5. ^ "The Rediff review: Kannathil Muthamittal". in.rediff.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  6. ^ thmrn. "Five Star". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 February 2003. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  7. ^ "The Rediff Review: Saathiya". rediff.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  8. ^ thmrn. ""Aayudha Ezhuthu"". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 November 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Yuva: a welcome relief from Mani Ratnam". rediff.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Polyester and Power at Play for a Mogul and His India". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Raavan review – Chennai – The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  12. ^ "A masterstroke yet again – The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Kadal: At times at sea – The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  14. ^ "OK Kanmani: Mani Ratnam has regained his touch – The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Aditya, Shraddha wrap up 'OK Jaanu'". 30 May 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2017 – via www.thehindu.com.
  16. ^ Menon, Vishal (7 April 2017). "Kaatru Veliyidai: prisoners of love and war". Retrieved 1 October 2017 – via www.thehindu.com.
  17. ^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (27 September 2018). "Chekka Chivantha Vaanam review: Guns, greed and glory" – via www.thehindu.com.
  18. ^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (17 August 2019). "How team 'Vaanam Kottatum' shot on busy city roads when it rained heavily" – via www.thehindu.com.
  19. ^ "dna". DNA India. 5 October 2020.
  20. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (6 November 2023). "'Thug Life' is the title of Kamal Haasan-Mani Ratnam's 'KH234'; Trisha, Dulquer Salmaan, Jayam Ravi join cast". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 November 2023. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  21. ^ TAMIL TALKIES - Events & Happenings at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 December 2000)
  22. ^ TamilTalkies " Anbulla Snegidhiye" at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 December 2001)
  23. ^ Madras Talkies Presents... PUNNAGAI at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 December 2000)
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