Sivaji Productions

Sivaji Productions

Company type	Film production Film distribution
Industry	Entertainment, Software
Founded	1987
Headquarters	Chennai, India
Key people	Ramkumar Ganesan Prabhu Ganesan
Products	Motion pictures (Tamil) Motion pictures (Hindi)
Website	http://www.sivajiproductions.com

Sivaji Productions is a film distributing and producing company of Tamil and Hindi language films.

History

Sivaji Productions company is owned by Prabhu Ganesan and his brother Ramkumar Ganesan. It is named after their father, the thespian Sivaji Ganesan. Notable films released under their banner includes Chandramukhi and Delhii Heights.

Sivaji Productions was started in 1956 by Dr. Sivaji Ganesan and his brother Sri V.C. Shanmugam. It was first started as a distribution company and distributed many of Dr. Sivaji's movies. In 1958, Sivaji Productions co-produced its first film Amardeep which was a Hindi remake of Amardeepam. Its first solo production was Vietnam Veedu in 1969 with Dr. Sivaji in the lead role.

Since then, Sivaji Productions has produced about 18 films till date. The last being Chandramukhi-the biggest blockbuster of 2005 and the longest run film in South India.

After Sri V.C. Shanmugam’s death in 1986, Dr. Sivaji's son Mr. G.Ramkumar took over Sivaji Productions.

Sivaji Productions has also ventured into the production of television serials. It has produced two serials, Kokila engey Pogirral in Tamil and Seethama Maeyamma in Telugu and is currently producing a Tamil serial called Thavam for Kalaingar TV.

In 2009, they began work on a project with Ajith Kumar, titled Asal. It didn't go well at the box office, but Prabhu confirmed that he will do another movie with Ajith and it is Billa II, directed by Chakri Toleti.

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Director	Cast	Notes
1958	Amar Deep	Hindi	T. Prakash Rao	Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Padmini, Pran	Co Production with venus Pictures
1962	Rakhi	Hindi	A. Bhimsingh	Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Waheeda Rehman	Co Production with Prabhuram pictures
1970	Vietnam Veedu	Tamil	P. Madhavan	Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, Nagesh, srikanth	Was a super hit film that ran for over 100 days in Chennai, Kovai, Trichy and Salem
1974	Thanga Pathakkam	Tamil	P.Madhavan.	Sivaji Ganesan, K.R.Vijaya, Cho Ramasamy, Srikanth	Celebrated over 100 days in Chennai(3), Madurai, Trichy, Selam, Kovai, Vellor, Tanjore, Kumbakonam, Tirunelveli, Erode & Over 175 Days in Chennai and Trichy
1977	Annan Oru Kovil	Tamil	K. Vijayan	Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Sumitra	Super Hit film ran for over 100 days in Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, Salem, Coimbatore, Tanjore and Kudandhai
1979	Thirisoolam	Tamil	K.Vijayan	Sivaji Ganesan, K.R.Vijaya, Thengai Srinivasan	Sivaji’s 200th film One of the all time BlockBuster that ran over 200 days in Tamil Nadu and Grossed over 5 Cr revenue for the first time ever in the history of Tamil Cinema
1980	Rakthapasam	Tamil		Sivaji Ganesan, Thengai Srinivasan, Manorama
1982	Vaa Kanna Vaa	Tamil	D. Yoganand	Sivaji Ganesan, sujatha, nagesh,jai ganesh	One of the Super hit Film that ran over 100 days.
1983	Santhippu	Tamil	C. V. Rajendran	Sivaji Ganesan, Sridevi,Prabhu	Another Silve Jubilee film and was a big grosser after Thirisoolam. Ran for over 175 days in Chennai,Madurai and crossed 100 days in all major towns in Tamil Nadu.
1985	Neethiyin Nizhal	Tamil	Bharathi-Vasu	Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu,K.R.Vijaya
1986	Aanandhakkaneer	Tamil	K.Vijayan	Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi,Thengai Srinivasan, Visu
1986	Aruvadai Naal	Tamil	G. M. Kumar	Prabhu, Pallavi, R.P. Viswam, Vadivukarasi, Rasi
1987	Anand	Tamil	C.V.Rajendran	Prabhu, Radha,Sowcar Janaki
1989	Vetri Vizha	Tamil	Pratap K. Pothan	Kamal Hassan, Prabhu,Amala, Khusboo
1990	My Dear Marthandan	Tamil	Pratap Pothen	Prabhu, Khusboo,S.S.Chandran
1991	Thalattu Ketkuthamma	Tamil	Rajkapoor	Prabhu, Kanaka,Senthil, R.P.Viswam, Silk Smitha
1992	Mannan	Tamil	P.Vasu	Rajnikanth, Vijayshanthi,Khusboo
1993	Kalaignan	Tamil	G. B. Vijay	Kamal Haasan, Bindiya, Shivaranjani
1994	Rajakumaran	Tamil	R. V. Udayakumar	Prabhu, Nadia,Meena	Prabhu’s 100th film
2005	Chandramukhi	Tamil	P.Vasu	Rajnikanth, Prabhu,Jothika, Nayanthara
2007	Delhii Heights	Hindi	Anandkumar	Jimmy shiergill, Neha dhupia, om puri
2010	Aasal	Tamil	Saran	Ajith Kumar, Prabhu Ganesan, Sameera Reddy, Bhavana,suresh