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{{Infobox company
| name = Stray Factory
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Entertainment]]
| foundation = July 2010
| founder = [[Mathivanan Rajendran]]
| location_city = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| key_people = [[Venkatesh Harinathan]]
[[Rajiv Rajaram]]
| products = [[Films]], [[Performing Arts]]
| services = [[Film production]]
| owner =
| location_country = India
}}
'''Stray Factory''' is an Indian [[Independent film|Independent]] [[Filmmaking|entertainment]] company founded on July 17, 2010 by [[Mathivanan Rajendran]] as a performing arts company before diversifying into online media in 2014 and independent film in 2017.<ref name="hindu1">{{Citation|title=Title unknown|date=2010-05-17|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/17/stories/2010051751820200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521092130/http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/17/stories/2010051751820200.htm|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=2010-05-21}}</ref> Upcoming films include ''[[Nirvana Inn]]'' (2019) & ''[[Nasir (2020)|Nasir]]'' (2020).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreen.in/features/mathivanan-rajendran-on-how-adil-hussain-starrer-nirvana-inn-raised-funds-without-compromising-on-the-makers-vision-filming-in-the-himalayas-and-more/|title=Mathivanan Rajendran On How Adil Hussain Starrer ‘Nirvana Inn’ Raised Funds Without Compromising On The Maker’s Vision|first=Krupa |last=Ge |date=2019-10-23|website=Silverscreen.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref>

== Overview ==

=== 2010–2014: Theatre and early years ===
After a few scripted plays, the company made a departure from traditional scripted work to devised theatre. The first of which was seen in their 2011 production of ''Great Indian Blogologues'' which took blogs from the public and adapted them to stage.

Stray Factory's biggest achievements have been in the short format, particularly at International [[Short and Sweet (festival)|Short and Sweet]] festivals, notable plays include ''My Name is Cine-Ma''<ref name="hindu1" />''Carpouram'', ''Typist with Destiny,'' ''Lost Audition'', ''Chairpersons'' & ''[[Maya from Madurai]]''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Short Plays|url=http://strayfactory.com/productions/short-plays/}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=The Hindu|date=2013-07-08|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/a-short-and-sweet-debut/article4894784.ece}}</ref> The group has performed at ''Short and Sweet'' Festivals in Sydney, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Los angeles<ref>{{Citation|title=About us|url=http://strayfactory.com/about-us/}}</ref> and at other International festivals such as the ''Auckland Fringe Festival, The Park New Festival of Contemporary Arts, Hollywood Fringe Festival & [[National Arts Festival]] in [[Grahamstown]], Kakiseni Theatre Festival'' in Kuala Lumpur and the ''Hindu Metroplus Theatre Festival''.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Hindu|date=2012-07-26|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/theatre-fest-edition-eight/article3686999.ece}}</ref>

In 2016, the group was awarded the Emerging Artist Award at the Short and Sweet Festival in Hollywood, California.

A number of Stray Factory's members have forayed into films including [[Pooja Devariya]] [[Mathivanan Rajendran]], [[Rajiv Rajaram]], [[Venkatesh Harinathan]]. Performers who have worked with the group have transitioned to film like [[Hiphop Tamizha]] [[Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli]], [[Rishi (Tamil actor)|Rishi Raj]], [[Amzath Khan]], [[Ma Ka Pa Anand]] and [[Vidyullekha Raman]].

Director [[M. Manikandan]] developed short theatre scenes by improvising with the group and represented a fictional version of the group in [[Aandavan Kattalai (2016 film)|Andavan Kattalai]].

=== 2014–2017: Youtube and webseries ===
Stray Factory launched [[Rascalas]] on [[YouTube]] in 2014 in partnership with Culture Machine to focus on South Indian content. The first video was launched on November 4, 2014 and subsequently garnered 2 million views and is widely recognised{{by whom|date=December 2017}} as the first viral video from South India. In 2016, it produced one of South India's first web series with [[Black Sheep (2016)]] and first non-fiction web series, Stray Stories. These shows and other content have been syndicated to several OTT platforms including [[YuppTV]] and [[TVF (The Viral Fever)|TVF Play]].

=== 2017–present: Independent film and international co-productions ===
Stray Factory's primarily works on International Co-productions having worked with films attached to the [[Hubert Bals Fund]], [[Busan International Film Festival|Asian Project Market]], [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]] co-production market and [[Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival|BIFAN]] IT Project. Current films in production are ''[[Arun Karthick|Nasir &]] [[Nirvana Inn]].''

== Filmography ==

=== Series ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Cast
!Creator
|-
|2016
|[[Black Sheep (2016)|''Black Sheep'']]
|Shyam Renganathan, [[Janaki Sabesh]], [[Jeeva Ravi|Jiva Ravi]]
|Bhargav Prasad
|-
|2019
|''Speakeasy''
| [[Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli]], [[Ashok Selvan]], [[Rishi (Tamil actor)|Rishi Raj]], Abishek George
|Drishya Gautham, Tarana Reddy
|}

=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Director
!Cast
!Notes
|-
|2019
|[[Nirvana Inn]]
|Hindi
|[[Vijay Jayapal]]
|Selection Asian Project Market 2018
Winner Asian Cinema Fund 2019

[[24th Busan International Film Festival|24th Busan International Film Festival 2019]]
|-
|2020
|[[Nasir]]
|Tamil
|[[Arun Karthick]]
|Selection [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC Film Bazaar]] Co-production Market 2017
[[Hubert Bals Fund|Hubert Bals]] Script & Development Fund HBF + NFF Coproduction Grant

NETPAC winner [[International Film Festival Rotterdam|International Film Festival of Rotterdam]]
|-
|2020
|B.Selvi & Daughters
|Tamil
|
|Short Film
|-
|2019
|Freddies Piano
|English
|Aakash
|
|-
|2021
|Aasaimugam
|Tamil
|[[Arun Karthick]]
|
|}

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