Sivaji Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai. Established in 1956, it was involved mainly in Tamil and Hindi-language films until 2010.
History Sivaji Productions company is owned by Prabhu and his brother Ramkumar Ganesan. It is named after their father, the thespian Sivaji Ganesan. Notable films released under their banner includes Puthiya Paravai, Vietnam Veedu, Thanga Pathakkam, Thirisoolam, Aruvadai Naal, Vetri Vizha, Mannan, Chandramukhi and Aasal.
Sivaji Productions was started in 1956 by Dr. Sivaji Ganesan and his brother Sri V.C. Shanmugam. It was first started as a distribution company and distributed many of Dr. Sivaji's movies. In 1958, Sivaji Productions co-produced its first film Amardeepam which was a Hindi remake of Amardeep. Its first solo production was Puthiya Paravai in 1964 with Dr. Sivaji in the lead role.
Since then, Sivaji Productions has produced about 18 films till date.
After Sri V.C. Shanmugam's death in 1986, Dr. Sivaji's son Mr. G.Ramkumar took over Sivaji Productions.
Sivaji Productions has also ventured into the production of television serials. It has produced two serials, Kokila engey Pogirral in Tamil and Seethama Maeyamma in Telugu and is currently producing a Tamil serial called Thavam for Kalaingar TV.
During the success meet of the P. Vasu-directed Mannan (1992), Rajinikanth announced that he would act in Sivaji Productions' 50th film. However, following their 49th film Rajakumaran, Sivaji Productions went on hiatus for 12 years. In September 2004, Rajinikanth was impressed with Vasu's Kannada film Apthamitra (2004) and wanted to remake it in Tamil with Sivaji Productions producing. The remake, titled Chandramukhi, became Sivaji Productions' 50th film. The film received positive reviews from critics and became a successful venture at the box-office.
Their next project was initially announced with Gautham Vasudev Menon as director. However, the film's production failed to take off, with repeated dates being announced by the directors for the film's first schedule throughout 2009. Subsequently, Menon was removed from the project by the producers due to the film's inactivity, with directors Dharani, Vishnuvardhan and Saran leading the race to take over.
In January 2009, the film was reannounced as Asal by Prabhu and the story was subsequently changed with Saran being signed up as the film's director. The film received negative reviews from critics and became a failure at box-office.Review: Asal is for Ajith fans – Rediff.com Movies . Movies.rediff.com (5 February 2010). Retrieved on 21 February 2014.
Filmography Films Year Film Language Director Notes1958 Amar Deep Hindi T. Prakash Rao Co Production with Venus Pictures Uthama Puthiran Tamil Distributed in Madras Circuit1962 Rakhi Hindi A. Bhimsingh Co Production with Prabhuram Pictures1963 Kunkhumam Tamil Krishnan–Panju Distributed by Sivaji Productions1964 Puthiya Paravai Dada Mirasi 1965 Santhi A. Bhimsingh1969 Deiva Magan A. C. TirulokchandarAnbalippu1970 Vietnam Veedu P. Madhavan1974 Thanga Pathakkam 1977 Annan Oru Koyil K. Vijayan1979 Thirisoolam 1980 Ratha Paasam 1982 Vaa Kanna Vaa D. Yoganand 1983 Sandhippu C. V. Rajendran 1985 Needhiyin Nizhal Bharathi-Vasu 1986 Anandha Kanneer K. Vijayan Aruvadai Naal G. M. Kumar 1987 Anand C. V. Rajendran 1988 En Thamizh En Makkal Santhana Bharathi 1989 Vetri Vizha Pratap Pothan1990 My Dear Marthandan 1991 Thalattu Ketkuthamma Rajkapoor 1992 Mannan P.Vasu 1993 Kalaignan G. B. Vijay 1994 Rajakumaran R. V. Udayakumar 2005 Chandramukhi Tamil P.Vasu 2007 Delhii Heights Hindi Anand Kumar 2010 Aasal Tamil Saran Television Kokila Enge Pogiraal (Sun TV) Thavam (Kalaignar TV)
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