Sivaji Productions

Sivaji Productions was 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.

Sivaji Productions

Company type	Film production Film distribution
Industry	Entertainment, Software
Founded	1956
Defunct	2010
Headquarters	Chennai, India
Key people	Ramkumar Ganesan Prabhu
Products	Motion pictures (Tamil) Motion pictures (Hindi)

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.^[1] 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.^[2] The film received positive reviews from critics and became a successful venture at the box-office.^[3][4]

Their next project was initially announced with Gautham Vasudev Menon as director.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] The film received negative reviews from critics and became a failure at box-office.^[8]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Language	Director	Notes
1958	Amar Deep	Hindi	T. Prakash Rao	Co Production with venus Pictures
	Uthama Puthiran	Tamil		Distributed in Madras circuit
1962	Rakhi	Hindi	A. Bhimsingh	Co Production with Prabhuram pictures
1964	Puthiya Paravai	Tamil	Dada Mirasi	Distributed by Sivaji Productions
1969	Deiva Magan		A. C. Tirulokchandar
1970	Vietnam Veedu		P. Madhavan
1974	Thanga Pathakkam
1977	Annan Oru Koyil		K. Vijayan
1979	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 Pothan
1990	My Dear Marthandan
1991	Thalattu Ketkuthamma		Rajkapoor
1992	Mannan		P.Vasu
1993	Kalaignan		G. B. Vijay
1994	Rajakumaran		R. V. Udayakumar
2005	Chandramukhi		P.Vasu
2007	Delhii Heights	Hindi	Anand Kumar
2010	Aasal	Tamil	Saran

Television

• Kokila Enge Pogiraal (Sun TV)
• Thavam (Kalaignar TV)

References

1. Baskaran, S. Theodore (2015) [2008]. Sivaji Ganesan: Profile of an Icon. Wisdom Tree. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9788183281096.
2. Warrier, Shobha (4 October 2004). "Rajnikanth's new film!". Rediff. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
3. Kamath, Sudhish (15 April 2005). "Return of the king". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
4. Rangarajan, Malathi (22 April 2005). "The Superstar strikes in style". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
5. Moviebuzz (2008). "Ajith & Gautham come together in Surangani". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
6. Moviebuzz (2008). "Breaking News- Gautham parts way with Ajit". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
7. Moviebuzz (2009). "Ajith's Asal". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
8. Review: Asal is for Ajith fans – Rediff.com Movies Archived 2016-03-15 at the Wayback Machine. Movies.rediff.com (5 February 2010). Retrieved on 21 February 2014.