Seventh Channel Communications
Company typeFilm production
Film distribution
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1985
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Key people
Manickam Narayanan
ProductsMotion pictures
(Tamil)

Seventh Channel Communications is an Indian film production and distribution company formed in 1985. It produced several Tamil language television serials films in the 1990s, and is headed by Manickam Narayanan.[1][2]

History

Seventh Channel Communications was set up in 1985 by Manickam Narayanan. After beginning his career as a photographer, Manickam went on to make programmes for Doordarshan. The studio went on to become a premier producer for Tamil television serials and films in the 1990s. During the peak of its operation, the studio was able to attract several film actors to work on television serials including Sivakumar, Roja and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam.[3][4] The studio has also been involved in the restaurant business, the hosting of live entertainment shows, the International Tamil Film Awards, and the Tamil Nadu Film Festival.[5][6][7][8]

In 2005, Seventh Channel Communications stepped in to take over the production of Gautham Vasudev Menon's Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006) starring Kamal Haasan, after the producers at Roja Combines and Oscar Films opted out.[9]

The studio produced Magizh Thirumeni's Mundhinam Paartheney (2010) featuring newcomers Sanjay, Ekta Ghosla, Lizna, Pooja and Vithagan (2011) starring Parthiban and Poorna.[10][11] In the early 2010s, Seventh Channel collaborated with Star Vijay to dub and release Mahabharat (2013) in the Tamil language.[12]

Filmography

Films as producer
Title Year Language Director Cast Synopsis Ref.
Pudhiya Thendral 1993 Tamil Prabhakar Ramesh Aravind, Sivaranjani, Radhika
Coolie 1995 Tamil P. Vasu Sarathkumar, Meena, Kavitha Vijayakumar
Maanbumigu Maanavan 1996 Tamil S. A. Chandrasekhar Vijay, Swapna Bedi, Mansoor Ali Khan
Seenu 2000 Tamil P. Vasu Karthik, Malavika, P. Vasu
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu 2006 Tamil Gautham Vasudev Menon Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee [13]
Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan 2008 Tamil Thambi Ramaiah Vadivelu, Yamini Sharma, Suja Varunee [14]
Mundhinam Paartheney 2010 Tamil Magizh Thirumeni Sanjay, Ekta Ghosla, Lizna, Pooja [15]
Vithagan 2011 Tamil R. Parthiban Parthiban, Poorna, Milind Soman [16]
Television series as producer

References

  1. ^ Franko, Judy (22 July 2010). "Raj TV ropes in Mala Manian as COO". exchange4media.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  2. ^ Narayanan, Sujatha (8 September 2016). "From an idiot box to a productive package". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "List Of Awards Won". seventhchannel.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015.
  4. ^ Shekar, Anjana (25 February 2019). "The mega serial: TV actors Devadarshini, Shylaja discuss how the medium has changed". The News Minute. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. ^ "About_us". seventhchannel.com. 27 April 2006. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016.
  6. ^ Tamil (15 September 2008). "Bombay Talkies restaurant in Chennai". IndiaGlitz.com.
  7. ^ "Enjoy world cinema at this film festival". The New Indian Express. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Four-day International Film Festival, Al Gore and more". www.behindwoods.com. 25 December 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ^ Warrier, Shobha (9 March 2006). "Release of Vettayadu Vilayadu stayed". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Vithagan releases on Nov 18". Sify. Retrieved 18 April 2021.[dead link]
  11. ^ "Mun Dhinam Paartheney on March 19". Sify. Retrieved 18 April 2021.[dead link]
  12. ^ "Will Mahabharatham walk the talk?". Indian Television Dot Com. 29 October 2013.
  13. ^ Kumar, Krishna (1 September 2006). "Haasan is brilliant in Vettaiyadu Vilaiyadu". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Indiralokathil Na Azhagappan". Sify. 5 March 2008. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  15. ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra (22 March 2010). "Mundhinam Parthene is worth watching". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  16. ^ Srinivasan, Pavithra (18 November 2011). "Review: Vithagan is silly". rediff.com. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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