AGS Entertainment

AGS Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2006
Headquarters
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Chennai
Tamilnadu
Key people
Kalpathi S. Aghoram
Kalpathi S. Ganesh
Kalpathi S. Suresh
Archana Kalpathi CEO
Revenue1.5 Billion
OwnerKalpathi Family
Number of employees
133 Employees
ParentKalpathi Investments
WebsiteAgs cinemas

AGS Entertainment is an Indian film production, distribution company, and multiplex chain in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2006 by Kalpathi brothers: S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh, and S. Suresh. AGS has four multiplex movie theaters across Chennai.

History

AGS Entertainment ventured into film production in 2006 with Susi Ganesan's Thiruttu Payale (2006),[1] which was followed by Santosh Subramaniam (2008), both emerging commercial successes.[2][3] Their subsequent productions included the masala flick Maasilamani (2009), Chimbudevan's Western comedy Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam (2010), the period piece Madrasapattinam, Bale Pandiya (2010), Myshkin's crime thriller Yuddham Sei (2011), Bala's comedy entertainer Avan Ivan (2011), Prabhu Deva directed romance film Engeyum Kadhal (2011), Vellore Maavattam (2011) starring Nandha, the K. V. Anand-Suriya project Maattrraan (2012) and Atlee directed sports action film Bigil (2019), while the distribution of films includes Kandhakottai, Inidhu Inidhu, Mynaa and Payanam.

In 2013, AGS Entertainment started their first movie theatre in Villivakkam, Chennai. Subsequently, in the following year, they launched AGS OMR, and in 2016, another theater in T Nagar.[3] and in 2018, another theatre in Maduravoyal.

Productions

  • All films are in Tamil, unless mentioned otherwise.
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of AGS Entertainment film productions
Year Title Cast Director Synopsis Notes
2006 Thiruttu Payale Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, 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. [3]
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. [4]
2009 Maasilamani Nakul, Sunaina, Pawan R. N. R. Manohar A 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. [5]
2010 Madrasapattinam Arya, Amy Jackson, Nassar 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. [6]
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam Raghava Lawrence, Raai Laxmi, Sandhya Chimbu Deven Cowboys bring a lookalike of deceased cowboy Singam to rescue village from thieves. [7]
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. [8]
2011 Engeyum Kaadhal Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani, Suman Prabhu Deva Young Celloist living in a Paris who loves a man coming from India, but he doesn't believe her love. [9]
Yuddham Sei Cheran, Dipa Shah, Y. G. Mahendran Mysskin 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. [10]
Avan Ivan Vishal, Arya, Janani Iyer Bala Two stepbrothers avenges the death of village zamindar. [11]
Vellore Maavattam Nandha, Poorna, Santhanam R. N. R. Manohar [12]
2012 Maatrraan Suriya, Kajal Aggarwal, Sachin Khedekar K. V. Anand Two conjoined twins discover a shocking secret about their birth. [13]
2013 Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham Jai, Nivetha Thomas, VTV Ganesh K. Chandru Lord Shiva decides to teach lesson to a gang of friends and make them realize their life. [14]
2014 Tenaliraman Vadivelu, Meenakshi Dixit, Radha Ravi Yuvaraj Dhayalan [15]
Irumbu Kuthirai Atharvaa, Priya Anand, Raai Laxmi Yuvraj [16]
2015 Anegan Dhanush, Karthik, Amyra Dastur K. V. Anand A boy and a girl realizes they were lovers in their previous generation. [17]
Vai Raja Vai Gautham Karthik, Priya Anand, Vivek Aishwarya R. Dhanush Man with extrasensory perception uses his talent to earn money through gambling which lands him in trouble. [18]
Thani Oruvan Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara, Arvind Swami Mohan Raja A honest cop is on pursuit to apprehend a cruel businessman. [19]
2017 Kavan Vijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna Sebastian 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. [20]
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. [21]
2019 Bigil Vijay, Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff Atlee Kumar Mobster and Former football player decides to coach a girls football team whose coach get attacked by his rivals. [22]
2022 Naai Sekar Sathish, Bruno, Pavithra Lakshmi Kishore Rajkumar A guy gets bitten by a dog and starts to behave like a dog [23]
Love Today Pradeep Ranganathan, Ivana, Raveena Ravi Pradeep Ranganathan Lovers' phones swapped by the girls father for a day to expose them to each other. [24]
2023 Conjuring Kannappan Sathish, Regina Cassandra, Saranya Ponvannan Selvin Raj Xavier After clumsily plucking feathers off a spooky dreamcatcher, a family finds itself in a nightmarish realm where injuries and death manifest in reality. [25]
2024 The Greatest of All Time Vijay, Prashanth, Mohan Venkat Prabhu Gandhi, the former leader of Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS), who reconciles with his squad members to address the problems which were stemmed from their previous actions. [26]
TBA Dragon † Pradeep Ranganathan, Mysskin, K. S. Ravikumar Ashwath Marimuthu
TBA Thani Oruvan 2 † Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara Mohan Raja
TBA STR49 † Silambarasan Ashwath Marimuthu

Distribution

List of films distributed by AGS Entertainment
Year Title Director Notes
2009 Kandhakottai S. Sakthivel [27]
2010 Inidhu Inidhu K. V. Guhan
Mynaa Prabhu Solomon [28]
2011 Payanam Radha Mohan [29]
Avan Ivan Bala [11]
2014 Tenaliraman Yuvaraj Dhayalan [15]
2015 Anegan K. V. Anand [17]
Thani Oruvan Mohan Raja [19]
2017 Kavan K. V. Anand [30]
2019 Bigil Atlee Kumar [31]
2024 Pushpa 2: The Rule Sukumar [32]

Multiplexes

List of AGS Entertainment multiplexes
Year Multiplex Name # of Screens Locality City State Ref.
2013 AGS Cinemas, Villivakkam 5 Villivakkam Chennai Tamil Nadu [3]
2014 AGS Cinemas, Navalur 4 Navalur Chennai
2016 AGS Cinemas, T Nagar 4 T Nagar Chennai
2018 AGS Cinemas, Maduravoyal 5 Maduravoyal Chennai [33]

References

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  5. ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra. "Maasilamani has its moments". Rediff. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Gautaman Bhaskaran's Review: Madharasapattinam". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  7. ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra. "Welcome to the Wild West, Tamil-style!". Rediff. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Helming Bale Pandiya". Rediff. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Engeyum Kaadhal: High on expectations". Yahoo News. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Easy on the ears". The Hindu. 28 January 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Lots to listen to". The Hindu. 2 May 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  12. ^ "This cop is from Vellore!". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Eros International acquires Tamil theatrical rights for Maatran". BusinessLine. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Jai pins hope on 'Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham'". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Vadivelu's Tenaliraman in controversy". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Atharva to rock as a biker in Irumbu Kuthirai". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Dhanush's 'Anegan' get tax exemption". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  19. ^ a b "Mohan Raja announces 'Thani Oruvan 2'; Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara to face a mystery villain in sequel". The Hindu. 29 August 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Kavan movie: audience review". OnManorama. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  21. ^ "Thiruttu Payale 2: Five reasons to watch the Amala Paul and Bobby Simha starrer". The Indian Express. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Did Atlee go overboard with Bigil's budget? Producer Archana Kalpathi reveals the truth". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  23. ^ "'Naai Sekar' Box Office Collection: Sathish starrer mints Rs. 4 crores within the first 4 weeks". The Times of India. 10 February 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  24. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (20 February 2023). "Tamil Blockbuster 'Love Today' Gets Bollywood Remake From Phantom, AGS (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  25. ^ "'Conjuring Kannappan' to star Regina Cassandra and Sathish". The Hindu. 18 September 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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