AGS Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment (motion pictures, movie theatres)
Founded2006
Headquarters
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Chennai
Tamilnadu
Key people
Kalpathi S. Aghoram
Kalpathi S. Ganesh
Kalpathi S. Suresh
Revenue1.5 Billion
OwnerKalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh, Kalpathi S. Suresh
Number of employees
133 Employees
ParentKalpathi Investments
WebsiteAgs cinemas

AGS Entertainment is an Indian film production, distribution company, and multiplex chain in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2006 by Kalpathi brothers: S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh, and S. Suresh. AGS has four multiplex movie theaters across Chennai.

History

AGS Entertainment ventured into film production in 2006 with Susi Ganesan's Thiruttu Payale (2006),[1] which was followed by Santosh Subramaniam (2008), both emerging commercial successes.[2][3] Their subsequent productions included the masala flick Maasilamani (2009), Chimbudevan's Western comedy Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam (2010), the period piece Madrasapattinam, Bale Pandiya (2010), Myshkin's crime thriller Yuddham Sei (2011), Bala's comedy entertainer Avan Ivan (2011), Prabhu Deva directed romance film Engeyum Kadhal (2011), Vellore Maavattam (2011) starring Nandha, the K. V. Anand-Suriya project Maattrraan (2012) and Atlee directed sports action film Bigil (2019), while the distribution of films includes Kandhakottai, Inidhu Inidhu, Mynaa and Payanam.

In 2013, AGS Entertainment started their first movie theatre in Villivakkam, Chennai. Subsequently, in the following year, they launched AGS OMR, and in 2016, another theater in T Nagar.[3] and in 2018, another theatre in Maduravoyal.

Productions

List of AGS Entertainment film productions
Year Title Cast Director Synopsis Notes
2006Thiruttu PayaleJeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Abbas, MalavikaSusi GanesanManikkam captures a video of illicit affair between businessman's wife and her lover and threatens her for money. She also tries to outsmart him.[3]
2008Santosh SubramaniamJayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash RajMohan RajaA man who feels irritated by over influence of his father wants to make his own decisions of his life and falls in love.[4]
2009MaasilamaniNakul, SunainaR. N. R. ManoharGood hearted gangster is hated by a girl due to his nature, he adopts a different persona pretending to be a twin to impress the girl.[5]
2010MadrasapattinamArya, Amy JacksonA. L. VijayThe film is set in 1940s during country's struggle for independence, Parithi a villager falls in love with Amy, daughter of British General.[6]
Irumbukkottai Murattu SingamRaghava Lawrence, Raai Laxmi, SandhyaChimbu DevenCowboys bring a lookalike of deceased cowboy Singam to rescue village from thieves.[7]
Bale PandiyaVishnu Vishal, Pia Bajpiee, VivekSiddharth ChandrasekharA man who faces ill luck approaches a gangster to murder him, the gangster who is surprised by his decision gives him a chance to be happy for few days through which he gains a new lease of life after falling in love but ends up in a different problem.[8]
2011Engeyum KaadhalJayam Ravi, Hansika MotwaniPrabhu DevaYoung Celloist living in a Paris who loves a man coming from India, but he doesn't believe her love.[9]
Yuddham SeiCheran, Dipa ShahMyshkinA cop who is deeply depressed by the disappearance of his sister investigates the case of missing girls and series of murders in the city.[10]
Avan IvanVishal, Arya, Janani Iyer, Madhu ShaliniBalaTwo stepbrothers avenges the death of village zamindar.[11]
Vellore MaavattamNandha, PoornaR. N. R. Manohar[12]
2012MaatrraanSurya Sivakumar, Kajal AggarwalK. V. AnandTwo conjoined twins discover a shocking secret about their birth.[13]
2013Naveena Saraswathi SabathamJai, Niveda ThomasK. ChandruLord Shiva decides to teach lesson to a gang of friends and make them realize their life.[14]
2014TenaliramanVadivelu, Meenakshi DixitYuvaraj Dhayalan[15]
Irumbu KuthiraiAtharvaa, Priya Anand, Raai LaxmiYuvraj[16]
2015AneganDhanush, Amyra DasturK. V. AnandA boy and a girl realizes they were lovers in their previous generation.[17]
Vai Raja VaiGautham Karthik, Priya AnandAishwarya R. DhanushMan with extrasensory perception uses his talent to earn money through gambling which lands him in trouble.[18]
Thani OruvanJayam Ravi, Nayantara, Arvind SwamiMohan RajaA honest cop is on pursuit to apprehend a cruel businessman.[19]
2017KavanVijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna Sebastian, VikranthK. V. AnandLeading TV channel goes on the extent of publishing false news to raise TRPs however his own employees go against him and exposes his true colours.[20]
Thiruttu Payale 2Bobby Simha, Prasanna, Amala PaulSusi GanesanCop who earns money by overhearing other conservations meets face to face with a rich hacker who harasses cop's wife.[21]
2019BigilVijay, Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff, Vivek, Yogi BabuAtlee KumarMobster and Former football player decides to coach a girls football team whose coach get attacked by his rivals.[22]
2022Naai SekarSathish, Pavithra LakshmiKishore Rajkumar[23]
Love TodayPradeep Ranganathan, IvanaPradeep RanganathanLovers' phones swapped by the girls father for a day to expose them to each other.[24]
2023 Conjuring Kannappan Sathish, Regina Cassandra, Nassar, Saranya Ponvannan Selvin Raj Xavier [25]
TBA The Greatest of All Time † Vijay, Prashanth, Prabhu Deva, Mohan, Meenakshi Chaudhary Venkat Prabhu

Distribution

List of films distributed by AGS Entertainment
Year Title Cast Director Notes
2009KandhakottaiNakul, PoornaS. Sakthivel[26]
2010Inidhu InidhuNarayan, Arun Iswaran, Vimal, Sharan Sharma, Reshmi Menon, Sonia DeeptiK. V. Guhan
MynaaVidharth, Amala Paul, Sethu, Thambi RamaiyaaPrabhu Solomon[27]
2011PayanamNagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Poonam KaurRadha Mohan[28]
Avan IvanVishal , AryaBala[11]
2014TenaliramanVadivelu, Meenakshi DixitYuvaraj Dhayalan[15]
2015AneganDhanush, Amyra DasturK. V. Anand[17]
Thani OruvanJayam Ravi, NayantaraMohan Raja[19]
2017KavanVijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna Sebastian, VikranthK. V. Anand[29]
2019BigilVijay, Nayanthara, KathirAtlee Kumar[30]

Multiplexes

List of AGS Entertainment multiplexes
Year Multiplex Name # of Screens Locality City State Ref.
2013 AGS Cinemas, Villivakkam 5 Villivakkam Chennai Tamil Nadu [3]
2014 AGS Cinemas, Navalur 4 Navalur Chennai
2016 AGS Cinemas,T Nagar 4 T Nagar Chennai
2018 AGS Cinemas, Maduravoyal 5 Maduravoyal Chennai [31]

References

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  2. ↑ "Season". Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Shekar, Anjana (7 May 2018). "'We saw both sides of Tamil film industry strike': Meet the CEO of AGS Entertainment". The News Minute. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  6. ↑ "Gautaman Bhaskaran's Review: Madharasapattinam". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Srinivasan, Pavithra. "Welcome to the Wild West, Tamil-style!". Rediff. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  10. ↑ "Easy on the ears". The Hindu. 28 January 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Lots to listen to". The Hindu. 2 May 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "This cop is from Vellore!". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Eros International acquires Tamil theatrical rights for Maatran". BusinessLine. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Jai pins hope on 'Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham'". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  15. 1 2 "Vadivelu's Tenaliraman in controversy". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  17. 1 2 "Dhanush's 'Anegan' get tax exemption". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Vai Raja Vai first schedule completed". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  19. 1 2 Bureau, The Hindu (29 August 2023). "Mohan Raja announces 'Thani Oruvan 2'; Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara to face a mystery villain in sequel". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  21. ↑ "Thiruttu Payale 2: Five reasons to watch the Amala Paul and Bobby Simha starrer". The Indian Express. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  22. ↑ "Did Atlee go overboard with Bigil's budget? Producer Archana Kalpathi reveals the truth". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  23. ↑ "'Naai Sekar' Box Office Collection: Sathish starrer mints Rs. 4 crores within the first 4 weeks". The Times of India. 10 February 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  24. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (20 February 2023). "Tamil Blockbuster 'Love Today' Gets Bollywood Remake From Phantom, AGS (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  25. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (18 September 2023). "'Conjuring Kannappan' to star Regina Cassandra and Sathish". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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  27. ↑ "'Mynaa' impresses Censor Board". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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