AGS Entertainment
AGS Entertainment is an Indian film production, distribution company, and multiplex chain in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2006 by the three Kalpathi brothers: S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh, and S. Suresh.
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Entertainment (motion pictures, movie theatres) |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Kalpathi S. Aghoram Kalpathi S. Ganesh Kalpathi S. Suresh |
| Revenue | 1.5 Billion |
| Owner | Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh, Kalpathi S. Suresh |
Number of employees | 133 Employees |
| Parent | Kalpathi Investments |
| Website | Ags cinemas |
History
AGS Entertainment ventured into film production in 2006 with Susi Ganesan's Thiruttu Payale,[1] which was followed by Santosh Subramaniam, both emerging commercial successes.[2] Their subsequent productions included the masala flick Maasilamani, Chimbudevan's Western comedy Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam, the period piece Madrasapattinam, Bale Pandiya, Myshkin's crime thriller Yudham Sei, Bala's comedy entertainer Avan Ivan, Prabhu Deva directed romance film Engeyum Kadhal, Vellore Maavattam starring Nandha, the K. V. Anand-Suriya project Maattrraan and Atlee directed sports action film Bigil, while the distribution of films includes Kandhakottai , Inidhu Inidhu, Mynaa and Payanam.
Productions
| Year | Film | Cast | Director | Synopsis | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Thiruttu Payale | Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Abbas, Malavika | Susi Ganesan | Manikkam captures a video of illicit affair between businessman's wife and her lover and threatens her for money. She also tries to outsmart him. | |
| 2008 | Santosh Subramaniam | Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj | Mohan Raja | A man who feels irritated by over influence of his father wants to make his own decisions of his life and falls in love. | |
| 2009 | Maasilamani | Nakul, Sunaina | R. N. R. Manohar | Good hearted gangster is hated by a girl due to his nature, he adopts a different persona pretending to be a twin to impress the girl. | |
| 2010 | Madrasapattinam | Arya, Amy Jackson | A. L. Vijay | The film is set in 1940s during country's struggle for independence, Parithi a villager falls in love with Amy, daughter of British General. | |
| Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam | Raghava Lawrence, Raai Laxmi, Sandhya | Chimbu Deven | Cowboys bring a lookalike of deceased cowboy Singam to rescue village from thieves. | ||
| Bale Pandiya | Vishnu Vishal, Pia Bajpiee, Vivek | Siddharth Chandrasekhar | A man who faces ill luck approaches a gangster to murder him, the gangster who is surprised by his decision gives him a chance to be happy for few days through which he gains a new lease of life after falling in love but ends up in a different problem. | ||
| 2011 | Engeyum Kaadhal | Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani | Prabhu Deva | Young Celloist living in a Paris who loves a man coming from India, but he doesn't believe her love. | |
| Yuddham Sei | Cheran, Dipa Shah | Myshkin | A cop who is deeply depressed by the disappearance of his sister investigates the case of missing girls and series of murders in the city. | ||
| Avan Ivan | Vishal, Arya, Janani Iyer, Madhu Shalini | Bala | Two stepbrothers avenges the death of village zamindar. | ||
| Vellore Maavattam | Nandha, Poorna | R. N. R. Manohar | |||
| 2012 | Maatrraan | Surya Sivakumar, Kajal Aggarwal | K. V. Anand | Two conjoined twins discover a shocking secret about their birth. | |
| 2013 | Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham | Jai, Niveda Thomas | K. Chandru | Lord Shiva decides to teach lesson to a gang of friends and make them realize their life. | |
| 2014 | Tenaliraman | Vadivelu, Meenakshi Dixit | Yuvaraj Dhayalan | ||
| Irumbu Kuthirai | Atharvaa, Priya Anand, Raai Laxmi | Yuvraj | |||
| 2015 | Anegan | Dhanush, Amyra Dastur | K. V. Anand | A boy and a girl realizes they were lovers in their previous generation. | |
| Vai Raja Vai | Gautham Karthik, Priya Anand | Aishwarya R. Dhanush | Man with extrasensory perception uses his talent to earn money through gambling which lands him in trouble. | ||
| Thani Oruvan | Jayam Ravi, Nayantara, Arvind Swami | Mohan Raja | A honest cop is on pursuit to apprehend a cruel businessman. | ||
| 2017 | Kavan | Vijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna Sebastian, Vikranth | K. V. Anand | Leading TV channel goes on the extent of publishing false news to raise TRPs however his own employees go against him and exposes his true colours. | |
| Thiruttu Payale 2 | Bobby Simha, Prasanna, Amala Paul | Susi Ganesan | Cop who earns money by overhearing other conservations meets face to face with a rich hacker who harasses cop's wife. | ||
| 2019 | Bigil | Vijay, Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff, Vivek, Yogi Babu | Atlee Kumar | Mobster and Former football player decides to coach a girls football team whose coach get attacked by his rivals. | |
| 2022 | Naai Sekar | Sathish, Pavithra Lakshmi | Kishore Rajkumar | ||
| Love Today | Pradeep Ranganathan, Ivana | Pradeep Ranganathan | Lovers' phones swapped by the girls father for a day to expose them to each other. | ||
| 2024 | Thalapathy 68 | Vijay, Prasanth, Prabhu Deva | Venkat Prabhu | [3] | |
| Conjuring Kannappan | Sathish, Regina Cassandra, Nassar, Saranya Ponvannan | Selvin Raj Xavier | |||
| Thani Oruvan 2 | Jayam Ravi, Nayantara | Mohan Raja | |||
Distribution
| Year | Film | Cast | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kandhakottai | Nakul, Poorna | S. Sakthivel | |
| 2010 | Inidhu Inidhu | Narayan, Arun Iswaran, Vimal, Sharan Sharma, Reshmi Menon, Sonia Deepti | K. V. Guhan | |
| Mynaa | Vidharth, Amala Paul, Sethu, Thambi Ramaiyaa | Prabhu Solomon | ||
| 2011 | Payanam | Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur | Radha Mohan | |
| Avan Ivan | Vishal , Arya | Bala | ||
| 2014 | Tenaliraman | Vadivelu, Meenakshi Dixit | Yuvaraj Dhayalan | |
| 2015 | Anegan | Dhanush, Amyra Dastur | K. V. Anand | |
| Thani Oruvan | Jayam Ravi, Nayantara | Mohan Raja | ||
| 2017 | Kavan | Vijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna Sebastian, Vikranth | K. V. Anand | |
| 2019 | Bigil[4] | Vijay, Nayanthara, Kathir | Atlee Kumar | |
Multiplexes
| Multiplex Name | Number of Screens | Locality | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGS Cinemas,Maduravoyal | 5 | Maduravoyal | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| AGS Cinemas,Villivakkam | 5 | Villivakkam | Chennai | |
| AGS Cinemas,T Nagar | 4 | T Nagar | Chennai | |
| AGS Cinemas,Navalur | 4 | Navalur | Chennai | |
References
- "Yet another 'Jeyam' Ravi-Raja combination". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- "Season". Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- "'Thalapathy 68': Vijay, Venkat Prabhu team up for their next". The Hindu. 21 May 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- "Thalapathy Vijay and Nayanthara starrer Bigil gets a re release in Pondicherry | PINKVILLA". www.pinkvilla.com.
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