Red Giant Movies

From Justapedia, unleashing the power of collective wisdom
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Red Giant Movies
TypeFilm production
Film distribution
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2008
Headquarters,
Area served
Tamil Nadu
Puducherry
Key people
Udhayanidhi Stalin (Chairman & MD)
ProductsMotion pictures (Tamil)

Red Giant Movies is an Indian film production and distribution company headed by actor, politician and businessman Udhayanidhi Stalin.

History

The proposed venture of the studio was meant to be a collaboration between director Thamizhvaanan and actor Vishal, but the film never took off.[1] Subsequently, the first production of Red Giant Movies was the action comedy Kuruvi (2008) starring Vijay, following which the studio financed K. S. Ravikumar's Aadhavan (2009) starring Suriya.[2] The studio later worked on big budget films including the Kamal Haasan-starrer Manmadan Ambu (2010) and AR Murugadoss's 7aum Arivu (2011).

The studio received acclaim in 2010, when all four of its distribution projects, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, Madrasapattinam, Boss Engira Bhaskaran and Mynaa became commercial successes.[3] In the case of Mynaa, the studio received praise for backing and choosing to purchase a small budget film and helping market it as a bigger film.[4] From the end of 2011, Red Giant Movies has concentrated solely on producing films starring Udhayanidhi Stalin in the lead role.[5][6]

Filmography

Films produced

Title Year Director Cast Synopsis Ref.
Kuruvi 2008 Dharani Vijay, Trisha, Suman, Vivek A man embarks on a quest to save his father who has been kept captive by a gangster. [7]
Aadhavan 2009 K. S. Ravikumar Suriya, Nayanthara, Rahul Dev, Vadivelu An assassin poses as a servant to murder a judge who happens to be his father. [8]
Manmadan Ambu 2010 K. S. Ravikumar Kamal Haasan, Trisha, Madhavan, Sangeetha Suspicious boyfriend sets up a detective to spy on his girlfriend. [9]
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa 2010 Gautham Vasudev Menon Silambarasan, Trisha, VTV Ganesh An ambitious engineer falls in love with a pretty girl.
7aum Arivu 2011 AR Murugadoss Suriya, Shruti Haasan, Johnny Tri Nguyen Circus artist who comes from the lineage of Bodhidharma join hands with a doctor against people who spread diseases. [10]
Oru Kal Oru Kannadi 2012 M. Rajesh Udhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam Youth who is torn between his best friend and girlfriend. [11]
Neerparavai 2012 Seenu Ramasamy Vishnu Vishal, Sunaina, Nandita Das, Samuthirakani Fisherman's wife waits for the return of her husband who is presumed to be dead. [12]
Vanakkam Chennai 2013 Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi Shiva, Priya Anand, Rahul Ravindran A boy and girl who is forced to stay in the same place initially hates each other but falls in love. [13]
Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal 2014 S. R. Prabhakaran Udhayanidhi Stalin, Nayanthara, Santhanam A man along with his friend together indulges to unite both of his families. [14]
Nannbenda 2015 Jagadish Udhayanidhi Stalin, Nayanthara, Santhanam, Sherin A man along with his friend are on a quest to prove their innocence for a murder which they haven't committed. [15]
Gethu 2016 Thirukumaran Udhayanidhi Stalin, Amy Jackson, Sathyaraj, Vikranth A man is on a quest to save his father who is wrongly accused of murdering someone. [16]
Manithan 2016 I. Ahmed Udhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Prakash Raj A struggling young lawyer decides to take up the hit-and-run case where he is pitted against a successful lawyer. [17]
Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen 2017 Ezhil Udhayanidhi Stalin, Regina Cassandra, Srushti Dange, Soori In order to woo his childhood sweetheart, a man seeks the help of his college mate's ghost to solve it. [18]
Kanne Kalaimaane 2019 Seenu Ramasamy Udhayanidhi Stalin, Tamannaah Kamalakannan, an organic farmer, marries to Bharathi, a bank manager. However, Kamalakannan's grandmother does not want Bharathi to work after marriage, that leads to a tussle between them.
Maamannan dagger 2022 Mari Selvaraj Vadivelu, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Keerthy Suresh, Fahadh Faasil Filming
Kazhaga Thalaivan dagger 2022 Magizh Thirumeni Udhayanidhi Stalin, Nidhhi Agerwal Filming

Films distributed

In addition to the films produced by Red Giant Movies since 2008, the following films from other banners were distributed by the company:

Title Year Director Cast Ref.
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa 2010 Gautham Vasudev Menon Silambarasan, Trisha
Madrasapattinam 2010 A. L. Vijay Arya, Amy Jackson
Boss Engira Bhaskaran 2010 M. Rajesh Arya, Nayanthara, Santhanam
Mynaa 2010 Prabhu Solomon Vidharth, Amala Paul
Mankatha 2010 Venkat Prabhu Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja, Trisha , Andrea Jeremiah
Ko 2011 K. V. Anand Jiiva, Ajmal, Karthika, Piaa Bajpai
Maaveeran 2009 S. S. Rajamouli Ram Charan, Srihari, Kajal Aggarwal, Dev Gill.
The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Christopher Nolan Christian Bale
Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya 2013 KS Manikandan Santhanam, Vishakha Singh, Dr. Srinivasan
Udhayam NH4 2013 Manimaran Siddharth, Ashrita Shetty
Neram 2013 Alphonse Puthren Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, Bobby Simha
Kutti Puli 2013 M. Muthaiah Sasikumar, Lakshmi Menon
Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer 2013 Suseenthiran Santhosh Ramesh, Manisha Yadhav
Thagaraaru 2013 Ganesh Vinaayac Arulnithi, Poorna
Endrendrum Punnagai 2013 I. Ahmed Jiiva, Trisha, Vinay, Santhanam, Andrea Jeremiah
Nedunchaalai 2014 N. Krishna Aari Arujunan, Sshivada
Saivam 2014 A. L. Vijay Nassar, Vidya Pradeep
Aranmanai 2014 Sundar C Sundar C, Hansika Motwani, Vinay Rai, Andrea Jeremiah
Tamiluku En Ondrai Aluthavum 2015 Ramprakash Rayappa Nakul, Attakathi Dinesh, Bindu Madhavi, Aishwarya Dutta
Inimey Ippadithan 2015 Muruganand Santhanam, Ashna Zaveri, Akhila Kishore
Ippadai Vellum 2017 Gaurav Narayanan Udhayanidhi Stalin, Manjima Mohan,
Nimir 2018 Priyadarshan Udhayanidhi Stalin, Namitha Pramod, Parvati Nair
Oru Kuppai Kathai 2018 Kaali Rangaswamy Dinesh, Manisha Yadhav
Silukkuvarupatti Singam 2018 Chella Ayyavu Vishnu Vishal, Regina Cassandra
Nerkonda Paarvai 2019 H. Vinoth Ajith Kumar, Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami Venkatachalam
Namma Veettu Pillai 2019 Pandiraj Sivakarthikeyan, Anu Emmanuel, Aishwarya Rajesh
Bakrid 2019 Jagadeesan Subu Vikranth, Vasundhara Kashyap
Psycho 2020 Mysskin Udhayanidhi Stalin, Nithya Menen, Aditi Rao Hydari
Aranmanai 3 2021 Sundar C Sundar C, Arya, Raashii Khanna
Annaatthe 2021 Siva Rajinikanth, Khushbu, Meena, Nayanthara, Keerthy Suresh
FIR 2022 Manu Anand Vishnu Vishal, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Manjima Mohan, Reba Monica John
Etharkkum Thunindhavan 2022 Pandiraj Suriya, Priyanka Mohan, Vinay Rai
Radhe Shyam 2022 Radha Krishna Kumar Prabhas, Pooja Hegde
Beast 2022 Nelson Vijay, Pooja Hegde
Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal 2022 Vignesh Shivan Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, Samantha
Don 2022 Cibi Chakaravarthi Sivakarthikeyan, Priyanka Mohan, SJ Suryah
Nenjuku Needhi 2022 Arunraja Kamaraj Udhayanidhi Stalin, Shivani Rajashekar
Vikram 2022 Lokesh Kanagaraj Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 2022 R. Madhavan R. Madhavan, Simran
Gulu Gulu 2022 Rathna Kumar Santhanam, Adhulya Chandran
Laal Singh Chaddha (Tamil) 2022 Advait Chandan Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor
Thiruchitrambalam 2022 Mithran R Jawahar Dhanush, Raashii Khanna
Diary 2022 Innasi Pandiyan Arulnithi, Pavithra Marimuthu
Cobra 2022 R. Ajay Gnanamuthu Vikram, Srinidhi Shetty
Captain 2022 Shakti Soundar Rajan Arya, Aishwarya Lekshmi
Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu 2022 Gautham Vasudev Menon Silambarasan, Siddhi Idnani
Sardar 2022 P. S. Mithran Karthi, Raashii Khanna
Coffee with Kadhal 2022 Sundar C. Jai, Jiiva, Amritha Aiyer
Vaathi 2022 Venky Atluri Dhanush, Samyuktha Menon
Indian 2 TBA S. Shankar Kamal Haasan, Kajal Aggarwal, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Rakul Preet Singh

References

  1. ^ "How to impress Udhayanidhi Stalin? – Behindwoods.com Tamilvaanan Udhayanidhi Red Giant Movies Kuruvi Vishal Kalvanin Kadhali S J Suryah PICTURE IMAGE GALLERY STILLS WALLPAPERS". www.behindwoods.com.
  2. ^ "Surya to star in the second venture of Red Giant Movies". 17 February 2009 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "Udhayanidhi Stalin: Right Heir, Right Now". India Today.
  4. ^ "Udhayanidhi Stalin – Tamil Movie News – Udhayanidhi Stalin had sleepless nights – Udhayanidhi Stalin – Mynaa – Prabhu Solomon – D Imman – Behindwoods.com". www.behindwoods.com.
  5. ^ "Trisha to be Udhayanidhi's heroine". Archived from the original on 19 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Udhayanidhi Stalin speaks about him becoming a hero". 28 March 2010.
  7. ^ "What happened Dharani? – Kuruvi". 9 May 2008 – via www.thehindu.com.
  8. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (22 October 2009). "Sprightly jump and then a hobble!" – via www.thehindu.com.
  9. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (26 December 2010). "Cruising with Kamal" – via www.thehindu.com.
  10. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (29 October 2011). "Does Seven make complete Sense?" – via www.thehindu.com.
  11. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (14 April 2012). "Rock-solid humour" – via www.thehindu.com.
  12. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (1 December 2012). "Neerparavai: Soaring high" – via www.thehindu.com.
  13. ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (12 October 2013). "Naiyaandi and Vanakkam Chennai: Crazy little thing called love" – via www.thehindu.com.
  14. ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (15 February 2014). "Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal: Laughing through tears" – via www.thehindu.com.
  15. ^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (2 April 2015). "Nanbenda: A comedy that isn't funny" – via www.thehindu.com.
  16. ^ Srinivasan, Sudhir (14 January 2016). "Gethu: A beautifully shot thriller that isn't particularly thrilling" – via www.thehindu.com.
  17. ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (29 April 2016). "Manithan: Court of the day" – via www.thehindu.com.
  18. ^ Anantharam, Chitra Deepa (12 May 2017). "'Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen' review: comedy of horrors" – via www.thehindu.com.

External links