Thirrupathi Brothers
Company typeFilmmaking
IndustryMotion pictures
Founded2006
FounderN. Subash Chandrabose
N. Lingusamy
HeadquartersTamil Nadu, India.,
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
,
India
Key people
N. Subash Chandrabose
N. Lingusamy
Number of employees
30

Thirrupathi Brothers is an Indian Tamil film production company owned by brothers N. Subash Chandrabose and N. Lingusamy and was founded in 2006.[1]

History

The first venture of Thirrupathi Brothers was Deepavali, directed by Ezhil with Jayam Ravi and Bhavana in lead roles.[2] It was a moderate success.[3] Then it was Pattalam, starring Nadhiya and a host of new faces.[4]

The next venture, Paiyaa (2010) was directed by N. Lingusamy himself. The film brought together Karthi and Tamannaah and Bollywood actor Milind Soman. It showcased a journey the lead couple undertake on the request of the heroine. The ups and downs the duo undergo during the journey and how they bond during the same forms the story.

Lingusamy's next Vettai (2012) was also produced by Thirrupathi Brothers. It starred Madhavan, Arya, Sameera Reddy and Amala Paul. It is their highest-grossing film to date.[5][6]

The banner's next offering Vazhakku Enn 18/9 was critically acclaimed.[7][8][9] The film marked the comeback of Balaji Sakthivel after a brief hiatus. Hosting a number of newbies in the lead the movie with a realistic approach takes a dig on love and so called love among today's young intertwined with a MMS crime plot. It was remade in Malayalam as Black Butterflies[10] and Kannada as Case No.18/9.[11]

Thirrupathi Brothers produced Kumki (2012) with Prabhu Solomon which starred Vikram Prabhu in the lead and marked his foray in Tamil cinema.[12] Thirrupathi Brothers also produced films like Ivan Veramathiri, Goli Soda, Manja Pai and Sathuranga Vettai.

Financial problems

In 2014, Lingusamy produced Suriya-starrer Anjaan, which was directed by himself, and Kamal Haasan's Uttama Villain (2015), which was directed by Ramesh Aravind. The producer suffered losses, because of the failure of Anjaan, which affected the production of the latter. Hence, in order to overcome the losses, Thirrupathi Brothers, sold the rights of Uttama Villain and the Sivakarthikeyan-starrer Rajinimurugan (2015), to Eros International, and also borrowed money from local distributors, during the release of Uttama Villain. However, a week before its release, producer R. Thangaraj of Thangam Cinemas, filed a case to stay the release of the film, since Lingusamy had to pay an amount of ₹2 crore, to the producer. But, as per sources, the company has a deficit ₹20 crore, at the time of the release, which led to a wrangle between financiers and producers. Due to the dispute, the film which was initially slated to release on 1 May 2015, had a delayed release, leading to a loss of ₹12 crore. The film was a failure upon its release, leading to huge financial crisis for the production house.[13]

The banner's next production Rajinimurugan, which was initially slated to release in September 2015, had a delay, because of the financial crisis, and the producer, who has to settle payment for Eros International, which ballooned the amount to ₹20 crore, after the failure of Uttama Villain.[14] After setting disputes, the film was released in January 2016, and was a commercial success. But the financial crisis of the company, led to halt their other projects; Idam Porul Yaeval, which was directed by Seenu Ramasamy, starring Vijay Sethupathi and Vishnu Vishal, remained unreleased,[15] and other two projects Ra Ra Rajashekhar and Naan Thaan Siva, were ultimately halted.

Filmography

Year Title Director Cast Synopsis Notes
2007 Deepavali Ezhil Jayam Ravi, Bhavana A gangster who meets his lover after a long time finds out that she has lost her memory.
2009 Pattalam Rohan Krishna Nadhiya, Irfan, Deepthi Nambiar The film revolves around bunch of school student and their school life.
2010 Paiyaa N. Lingusamy Karthi, Tamannaah, Milind Soman A boy and a girl who embarks on a road trip realizes that they are being followed by gangsters.
2012 Vettai N. Lingusamy Arya, Madhavan, Sameera Reddy, Amala Paul Younger brother is on a mission to make his coward elder brother into a brave guy.
Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Balaji Sakthivel Mithun Murali, Sri, Urmila Mahanta, Manisha Yadav The paths of a rich boy and a poor boy intersects after an unfortunate incident.
Kumki Prabu Solomon Vikram Prabhu, Lakshmi Menon In order to tame a ferocious elephant Komban, Kumki elephant is brought to a village to complete the job.
2013 Ivan Veramathiri M. Saravanan Vikram Prabhu, Surabhi, Vamsi Krishna, Ganesh Venkatraman A youngster kidnaps the brother of a minister as part of injustice which he was associated with.
2014 Goli Soda Vijay Milton Kishore, Sree Raam, Pandi, Murugesh Group of young boys who lose their identity because of a loan shark teams up together to regain their lost identity.
Manja Pai N. Ragavan Vimal, Lakshmi Menon, Rajkiran Old man who stays with his grandson in the city finds it difficult to adjust with the city's atmosphere.
Sathuranga Vettai H. Vinoth Natarajan Subramaniam, Ishara Nair, Ponvannan A con man who cheats various kinds of people ends up being troubled by the same people who got cheated by him.
Anjaan N. Lingusamy Suriya, Samantha, Vidyut Jamwal, Manoj Bajpai Gangster who gets betrayed by his own gang members arrives posing as his crippled younger brother to avenge the death of his friend.
2015 Uthama Villain Ramesh Aravind Kamal Haasan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Parvathy A superstar who is on the final stages of his life decides to do a historical film before his death.
Vanna Jigina Nandha Periyasamy Vijay Vasanth, Sanyathara A taxi driver who is insecured about his looks befriends a girl through social media on the pretext of a good looking guy.
2016 Rajini Murugan Ponram Sivakarthikeyan, Keerthi Suresh, Rajkiran, Samuthirakani A young man fights against a money lender who claims to be the long lost grandson of his grandfather.
2023 Beginning Jagan Vijaya Vinoth Kishan, Gouri G. Kishan Two people -An autistic teenager living with his mother and A young woman abducted by an unknown group. Distributors only
TBA Idam Porul Yaeval Seenu Ramasamy Vijay Sethupathi, Vishnu Vishal, Nandita Swetha, Aishwarya Rajesh

References

  1. ^ "Deepavali Review | Deepavali Tamil Movie Review by Mythily Ramachandran".
  2. ^ "Family entertainer". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 10 February 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Deepavali in Telugu". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Pattalam – The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  5. ^ "Full on Cinema". 6 December 2021.
  6. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/tag/thirrupathi-brothers/[dead link]
  7. ^ "Vazhakku Enn wins another award | Deccan Chronicle". www.deccanchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Vazhakku Enn 18/9 – The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  9. ^ "Review: Vazhakku En 18/9 is a must-watch – Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  10. ^ "vazhakku enn 18/9remade in malayalam – deccanchronicle". deccanchronicle.com. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Case No.18/9: Kannada remake of Tamil film 'Vazhakku Enn 18/9'". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Tamil director, Linguswamy signs three film deal - Movies News - Tamil - ibnlive". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  13. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (2 May 2015). "Trouble in Kollywood". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Rajini Murugan to be delayed until Lingusamy settles Eros". www.moviecrow.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  15. ^ "Seenu Ramasamy on a filmmaking spree". Cinema Express. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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