Ayngaran International
| Type | Film production Film distribution |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment, Software |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Key people | K. Karunamoorthy C. Arunpandiyan |
| Products | Motion pictures, home video (VHS, CD, DVD, Blu-ray}, computer software |
| Website | www.ayngaran.com |
Ayngaran (Tamil: ஐங்கரன்) is a film distribution and production company of Tamil films, based in the United Kingdom. The company has distributed various Indian-produced Tamil films in Europe and North America. It is also responsible for the production of Tamil films into home media, such as VHS, DVD, and blu-ray disc. They also operate a chain of retail video stores located in Canada, France, and Singapore. The largest retail store is located in Toronto, Canada.
As of 2008, the company debuted as an independent film studio, opening offices in India. Their first production was the 2008 film, Aegan.
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[edit] Home media
[edit] Television
The company have two channel which are Ayngaran TV basically programs adopted from Kalaingar TV and Ayngaran Plus which is based on Jayatv program.
[edit] VHS/Audio Cassettes
The company first started to produce and distribute films, customized home videos (such as Isai Thendral), and soundtrack albums in these formats. Ayngaran VHS films also did not have subtitles. VHS distribution stopped when DVD use began.
[edit] DVDs
The company started distributing films in 1987 and started producing movies in 1996. It also produces and releases certain entertainment videos, namely:
- Digital Isai Thendral - Also known as Isai Thendral on VHS. It is a collection of video songs from new films. It is released in volumes.
- Hits of (Actor's/singer's/musician's name goes here) - Songs that star a specific lead actor/actress, singer or musician. Example: Hits of Vijay or Hits of Ajith.
- Comedy Kadambam - A collection of comedy scenes from the latest films. This is also released in volumes.
In 1998 Ayngaran International, under the supervision of Sunny Audit, began releasing Tamil movies on DVD in their original aspect ratio, with proper anamorphic enhancement. This practise was soon followed by other Indian distributors and has become the norm of Indian home video releases. Ayngaran also introduced the higher quality DTS audio codec and progressive encoding to the Indian home entertainment scene.
[edit] Audio CDs
Ayngaran produces multiple soundtrack albums for the same film. They normally have more than one album on the same audio CD. The different combinations for an audio CD are:
- 2 or more newly released movies (e.g. songs of Pokkiri and Aalwar)
- 1 newly released movie and a selection of songs from older movies (e.g. Guru and Hits of A.R. Rahman)
- 1 newly released movie and another with the same lead actor (e.g. Sivaji: The Boss and Chandramukhi)
Some audio albums contain random selected songs released at a time period and is given a special name, such as Konja Neram Konja Neram released in 2005.
[edit] Blu-ray Discs
From 2007 Ayngaran released films on the Blu-ray format. The debut release was ‘‘Sivaji: The Boss.This became a landmark as it was the first ever Tamil film to be officially released on a HD format. Consecutive BD releases were;
- 01.Sivaji: The Boss First original Tamil Blu-Ray Disc.
- 02.Billa
- 03.Pokkiri
- 04.Villu
- 05.Kuruvi
- 06.Ayan
- 07.Kanthaswamy
- 08.Unnai Pol Oruvan + Eeenadu First Time in 2 in 1 Blu-Ray Disc.
- 09.Aadhavan
- 10.Peranmai
- 11.Digital Musical Rays Vol.01
- 12.Paiyaa
- 13.Angadi Theru
- 14.Singam
- 15.Raavanan
- 16.Best songs of 2010 Vol.02
- 17.Naan Mahaan Alla
- 18.Kavalan
- 19.Digital Musical Rays 2011 Vol.3
- 20.Madrasapattinam
- 21.Boss Engira Bhaskaran
- 22.Ko
- 23.Engeyum Kaadhal
- 24.Mankatha
The discs are the first of its kind to be made directly from the DPX source, without further compression from tape based formats like HDcamSR. This process is currently supervised by Shahran Sunny Audit and encoded by AP International.
[edit] Retail stores
Ayngaran International has several retail stores across the world, located in cities such as London, Toronto, Paris and Singapore. Other partner sites are located in Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
[edit] Filmography
Ayngaran introduced the six track DTS sound system to Indian Cinema Industry through their inaugural production feature Karuppu Roja in 1996.
| As Producer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Director | Cast | Notes |
| 1996 | Karuppu Roja | Ramki, Vinitha | ||
| 2008 | Mayabazaar | Thomas Sebastian | Mammootty, Tisca Chopra | Malayalam film; in association with Akhil Films |
| Aegan | Raju Sundaram | Ajith Kumar, Nayantara | Release 25 October | |
| 2009 | Villu | Prabhu Deva | Vijay, Nayantara | Release 12 January |
| Sarvam | Vishnuvardhan | Arya, Trisha Krishnan | Release 15 May | |
| Peranmai | S. P. Jananathan | Jayam Ravi, Roland Kickinger | Release 16 October | |
| 2010 | Angaadi Theru | Vasanthabalan | Mahesh, Anjali, A. Venkatesh | Release 26 March |
| Nandalala | Myshkin | Myshkin, Ashwath Ram, Snigdha Akolkar | Release 26 November | |
| 2011 | Murattu Kaalai | Selvabarathy | Sundar C., Sneha, Sindhu Tolani | Delayed |
| Arjunan Kadhali | Parthi Bhaskar | Jai, Poorna | Delayed | |
| Kalavadiya Pozhudugal | Thangar Bachan | Prabhu Deva, Bhumika Chawla | Delayed | |
