PRK Productions

PRK Productions
Company typePrivate Limited company
IndustryMotion pictures
FoundedJuly 20, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-07-20)
FounderPuneeth Rajkumar
Headquarters
Bangalore
,
India
Key people
Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar[1]
ProductsFilm production
ServicesFilm production
Music
SubsidiariesPRK Audio

PRK Productions is an Indian film production company founded by Puneeth Rajkumar and managed by his wife, Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar.[2][3]

History

PRK Productions was founded on 20 July 2017.[1] The production house made its feature film debut with Kavaludaari (2019), a neo-noir thriller film starring Rishi and Anant Nag.[4] The studio's next film was Mayabazar 2016 (2020), which featured an ensemble cast of Raj B. Shetty, Vasishta N. Simha, and Prakash Raj.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production house's next two ventures, Law and French Biriyani, were directly released on Amazon Prime Video in 2020.[3] Law marked the film debut of Ragini, Prajwal Devaraj's wife.[6] French Biriyani starred Danish Sait and Sal Yusuf marked the film debut of TikToker Disha Madan.[7]

The next three films of the banner- One Cut Two Cut starring Danish Sait, Family Pack starring Likith Shetty and Amrutha Iyengar and Man of the Match directed by D.Satya Prakash of Rama Rama Re fame were a direct release on Amazon Prime Video.[8][9] Their next release was Gandhadagudi, the last film of late Puneeth Rajkumar, directed by the National Award winner AmoghaVarasha JS.[10]

Ashwini took over the production house fully after Puneeth's death in October 2021 and continued their objective of supporting and bring in fresh faces and ideas into the industry.[11] In 2023, they released the comedy drama movie Aachar & Co. directed and acted by Sindhu Sreenivas Murthy with a majority of cast as newbies and women.[12][13] The movie opened to positive to mixed reviews from critics but ran to full theatres with family audience across Karnataka for around 25 days.[14][15]

To celebrate the birth anniversary of Puneeth, Ashwini joined hands with KRG Studios to re-release one of his most celebrated movie Jackie on 15 March 2024.[16]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of film credits
Year Title Director Cast Notes Ref.
2019 Kavaludaari Hemanth M. Rao Rishi, Anant Nag, Roshni Prakash, Achyuth Kumar [4]
2020 Mayabazar 2016 Radhakrishna Reddy Raj.B.Shetty, Vasishta, Achyuth Kumar, Chaithra Rao [5]
Law Raghu Samarth Ragini Prajwal [17]
French Biriyani Pannaga Bharana Danish Sait, Sal Yusuf [18]
2022 One Cut Two Cut Vamshidhar Bhograj Danish Sait, Samyukta Hornad [19]
Family Pack Arjun Kumar S Likith Shetty, Amrutha Iyengar [20]
Man of the Match D. Satya Prakash Nataraj S Bhat, Dharmanna Kadooru [21]
Gandhada Gudi Amoghavarsha JS Puneeth Rajkumar, Amoghavarsha JS [22]
2023 Aachar & Co Sindhu Srinivasa Murthy Sindhu Srinivasa Murthy, Ashok, Sudha Belawadi and others [23][24]
2024 O2 Raaghav Nayak
Prashanth Raj 		Ashika Rangnath, Praveen Tej and Others [25]

References

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  2. ^ Prasad S., Shyam (30 January 2020). "Puneeth Rajkumar: Mayabazar will decide future productions". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Sharadhaa, A. (16 July 2020). "Celebration of watching films in theatres will never fade: Puneeth Rajkumar". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Nagaraj, Suma (12 April 2019). "'Kavaludaari' review: Rishi's film all the way". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "PRK productions second film titled Maya Bazaar". The New Indian Express. 21 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. ^ Sharadhaa, A. (14 July 2020). "Law best debut I could have had: Ragini Prajwal". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  7. ^ Yerasala, Ikyatha (13 January 2019). "Disha Madan's Kannada film industry debut". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  8. ^ Jha, Lata (27 January 2022). "Amazon Prime Video acquires three films from late Kannada actor's company". mint. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  9. ^ DHNS. "Three films of PRK Productions to stream on Prime". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  10. ^ Khajane, Muralidhara (28 October 2022). "'Gandhada Gudi' documentary review: Puneeth Rajkumar's beautiful ode to Karnataka's biodiversity". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Exclusive | Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar on PRK Productions investing in new talent, OTT boom & more". OTTPlay. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  12. ^ M, Shashiprasad S. (4 July 2023). "Exclusive: 'Aachar & Co' is a slice-of-life comedy spearheaded by women, says Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy". The South First. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Aachar & Co's Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy on why she's got a newbie cast onboard". OTTPlay. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  14. ^ S, Pranati A. "Kannada cinema: Debut directors shine in 2023". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  15. ^ Giriprakash, K. (10 August 2023). "How Kannada film Achar & Co weaves modern problems into a 1960s milieu". thefederal.com. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Puneeth Rajkumar's Jackie re-release: One of Appu's most celebrated films; will get wide release, says Karthik Gowda". OTTPlay. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  17. ^ Joy, Prathibha (10 July 2020). "Law reaffirms our commitment to making good Kannada cinema: Puneeth Rajkumar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  18. ^ Handoo, Ritika (14 July 2020). "Kannada movie 'French Biriyani' trailer to be out on this date!". Zee Kannada. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  19. ^ Anandraj, Shilpa (2 February 2022). "The Kannada film 'One Cut Two Cut' gets digital release". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  20. ^ "It's a wrap for 'Family Pack'". The New Indian Express. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Vasuki Vaibhav plays a cameo in 'Man of The Match'". The New Indian Express. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Puneeth Rajkumar's dream project with Amoghavarsha titled Gandhada Gudi". The Times of India. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  23. ^ Basavarajaiah, Harish (28 May 2022). "Exclusive: Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy plays out Puneeth's dream with debut film". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  24. ^ "ಈ ವಾರ ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ ಪುನೀತ್‌ ರಾಜ್‌ಕುಮಾರ್ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ ʻಆಚಾರ್ ಆ್ಯಂಡ್ ಕೋʼ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತೆರೆಗೆ!". Vistara news. 26 July 2023.
  25. ^ "Ashika Ranganath starrer 'O2' to go on floors today". The Times of India. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2021.