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SP Cinemas
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| Industry | Film |
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| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder(s)s | SP Sankar Santha Priya |
| Headquarters | , India |
Key people | SP Sankar Kishore Naren Udaykumar T |
| Products | Film production, distribution, promotion |
| Website | Official website |
SP Cinemas is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2017 by S. P. Sankar. Since then, it has produced three Tamil films: K-13,[1]> Oh Manapenne,[2][3] and distributed K-13 and Baaram.[4][5][6] The team Sankar, Kishore and Naren, worked for PVP Cinema, where they handled production, distribution and marketing, later branched out to start their own production house, SP Cinemas.
History[edit]
SP Cinemas was set up by SP Sankar in 2017. Its first production was Barath Neelakandan's K-13 (2019) starring Arulnithi and Shraddha Srinath. Along with production, SP Cinemas also has distribution, which they started with K-13.[7] The company then went on to distribute the 2020 film Baaram, directed by Priya Krishnaswamy. The film was based on Thalaikoothal, a traditional practice of senicide observed in some parts of southern districts of Tamil Nadu.[8] The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Their next production was Maara, directed by Dhilip Kumar starring Madhavan and Shraddha Srinath and it is the remake of the Malayalam film Charlie (2015). The movie was released through Amazon Prime Video on 8 January 2021.[9] The next film produced by the company is Oh Manapenne, the Tamil remake of the 2015 Telugu film Pelli Choopulu.[10] It is directed by Kaarthik Sundar with Harish Kalyan and Priya Bhavani Shankar starring.[11]
Filmography[edit]
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| Year | Title | Director | Production | Distribution | |
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| 2019 | K-13 | Barath Neelakantan | 
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| 2020 | Baaram | Priya Krishnaswamy |
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Oh Manapenne
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Karthik Sundar |
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References[edit]
- ↑ "K-13 Review". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ "Harish Kalyan-Priya Bhavani Shankar's film shoot wrapped up". The Times of India. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ "'Pelli Choopulu' Tamil remake shooting wrapped up". The News Minute. 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ S, Srivatsan (13 February 2020). "Vetri Maaran on why he decided to present 'Baaram'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ "Director Ram is the major reason behind Baaram getting its release". The Times of India. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ "I thank Sivakarthikeyan and Vijay Sethupathi for supporting Baaram: Priya". The Times of India. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ↑ "Sam CS replaces Darbuka Siva in K-13". The New Indian Express. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ Magnier, Mark (15 January 2013). "In southern India, relatives sometimes quietly kill their elders". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ "Madhavan-starrer Maara gets a new release date". The New Indian Express. 15 December 2020. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ↑ "'Pelli Choopulu' Tamil remake titled 'Oh Mana Penne'". The News Minute. 4 October 2020. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ "Oh Manapenne: Harish Kalyan and Priya Bhavani Shankar team up for Pelli Choopulu Tamil remake". India Today. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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