AGS Entertainment

AGS Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Company type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	2006
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Chennai; Tamilnadu
Key people	Kalpathi S. Aghoram ; Kalpathi S. Ganesh ; Kalpathi S. Suresh ; Archana Kalpathi CEO
Revenue	1.5 Billion
Owner	Kalpathi Family
Number of employees	133 Employees
Parent	Kalpathi Investments
Website	Ags 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.

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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.

All films are in Tamil, unless mentioned otherwise.

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†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

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List of AGS Entertainment film productions
Year	Title	Cast	Director	Synopsis	Notes
2006	Thiruttu Payale	Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Malavika	Susi Ganesan	Manikkam 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]
2008	Santosh Subramaniam	Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj	Mohan Raja	A man who feels irritated by over influence of his father wants to make his own decisions of his life and falls in love.	^[4]
2009	Maasilamani	Nakul, Sunaina, Pawan	R. N. R. Manohar	A good 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]
2010	Madrasapattinam	Arya, Amy Jackson, Nassar	A. L. Vijay	The 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 Singam	Raghava Lawrence, Raai Laxmi, Sandhya	Chimbu Deven	Cowboys bring a lookalike of deceased cowboy Singam to rescue village from thieves.	^[7]
	Bale Pandiya	Vishnu Vishal, Pia Bajpiee, Vivek	Siddharth Chandrasekhar	A 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]
2011	Engeyum Kaadhal	Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani, Suman	Prabhu Deva	Young Celloist living in a Paris who loves a man coming from India, but he doesn't believe her love.	^[9]
	Yuddham Sei	Cheran, Dipa Shah, Y. G. Mahendran	Mysskin	A 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 Ivan	Vishal, Arya, Janani Iyer	Bala	Two stepbrothers avenges the death of village zamindar.	^[11]
	Vellore Maavattam	Nandha, Poorna, Santhanam	R. N. R. Manohar		^[12]
2012	Maatrraan	Suriya, Kajal Aggarwal, Sachin Khedekar	K. V. Anand	Two conjoined twins discover a shocking secret about their birth.	^[13]
2013	Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham	Jai, Nivetha Thomas, VTV Ganesh	K. Chandru	Lord Shiva decides to teach lesson to a gang of friends and make them realize their life.	^[14]
2014	Tenaliraman	Vadivelu, Meenakshi Dixit, Radha Ravi	Yuvaraj Dhayalan		^[15]
2014	Irumbu Kuthirai	Atharvaa, Priya Anand, Raai Laxmi	Yuvraj		^[16]
2015	Anegan	Dhanush, Karthik, Amyra Dastur	K. V. Anand	A boy and a girl realizes they were lovers in their previous generation.	^[17]
	Vai Raja Vai	Gautham Karthik, Priya Anand, Vivek	Aishwarya R. Dhanush	Man with extrasensory perception uses his talent to earn money through gambling which lands him in trouble.	^[18]
	Thani Oruvan	Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara, Arvind Swami	Mohan Raja	A honest cop is on pursuit to apprehend a cruel businessman.	^[19]
2017	Kavan	Vijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna Sebastian	K. V. Anand	Leading 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]
2017	Thiruttu Payale 2	Bobby Simha, Prasanna, Amala Paul	Susi Ganesan	Cop who earns money by overhearing other conservations meets face to face with a rich hacker who harasses cop's wife.	^[21]
2019	Bigil	Vijay, Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff	Atlee Kumar	Mobster and Former football player decides to coach a girls football team whose coach get attacked by his rivals.	^[22]
2022	Naai Sekar	Sathish, Bruno, Pavithra Lakshmi	Kishore Rajkumar	A guy gets bitten by a dog and starts to behave like a dog	^[23]
2022	Love Today	Pradeep Ranganathan, Ivana, Raveena Ravi	Pradeep Ranganathan	Lovers' phones swapped by the girls father for a day to expose them to each other.	^[24]
2023	Conjuring Kannappan	Sathish, Regina Cassandra, Saranya Ponvannan	Selvin Raj Xavier	After clumsily plucking feathers off a spooky dreamcatcher, a family finds itself in a nightmarish realm where injuries and death manifest in reality.	^[25]
2024	The Greatest of All Time	Vijay, Prashanth, Mohan	Venkat Prabhu	Gandhi, the former leader of Special Anti-Terrorism Squad (SATS), who reconciles with his squad members to address the problems which were stemmed from their previous actions.	^[26]
TBA	Dragon †	Pradeep Ranganathan, Mysskin, K. S. Ravikumar	Ashwath Marimuthu
TBA	Thani Oruvan 2 †	Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara	Mohan Raja
TBA	STR49 †	Silambarasan	Ashwath Marimuthu

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List of films distributed by AGS Entertainment
Year	Title	Director	Notes
2009	Kandhakottai	S. Sakthivel	^[27]
2010	Inidhu Inidhu	K. V. Guhan
2010	Mynaa	Prabhu Solomon	^[28]
2011	Payanam	Radha Mohan	^[29]
2011	Avan Ivan	Bala	^[11]
2014	Tenaliraman	Yuvaraj Dhayalan	^[15]
2015	Anegan	K. V. Anand	^[17]
2015	Thani Oruvan	Mohan Raja	^[19]
2017	Kavan	K. V. Anand	^[30]
2019	Bigil	Atlee Kumar	^[31]
2024	Pushpa 2: The Rule	Sukumar	^[32]

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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		^[33]

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"Did Atlee go overboard with Bigil's budget? Producer Archana Kalpathi reveals the truth". India Today. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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"'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.
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"'Conjuring Kannappan' to star Regina Cassandra and Sathish". The Hindu. 18 September 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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Ramachandran, Naman (3 September 2024). "Vijay's 'GOAT' Roars: AGS Entertainment's Archana Kalpathi on Its Biggest Venture Yet, 'A Proper Action Entertainer' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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"Season". Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.

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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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"படத்தயாரிப்பு மிகச் சவாலாக இருக்கப் போகிறது: அர்ச்சனா கல்பாத்தி". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 29 May 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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Srinivasan, Pavithra. "Maasilamani has its moments". Rediff. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[6] [6]
"Gautaman Bhaskaran's Review: Madharasapattinam". Hindustan Times. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[7] [7]
Srinivasan, Pavithra. "Welcome to the Wild West, Tamil-style!". Rediff. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[8] [8]
"Helming Bale Pandiya". Rediff. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[9] [9]
"Engeyum Kaadhal: High on expectations". Yahoo News. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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"Easy on the ears". The Hindu. 28 January 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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"Lots to listen to". The Hindu. 2 May 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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"This cop is from Vellore!". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[13] [13]
"Eros International acquires Tamil theatrical rights for Maatran". BusinessLine. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[14] [14]
"Jai pins hope on 'Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham'". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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"Vadivelu's Tenaliraman in controversy". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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"Atharva to rock as a biker in Irumbu Kuthirai". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[:3-17] [17]
"Dhanush's 'Anegan' get tax exemption". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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"Vai Raja Vai first schedule completed". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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"Mohan Raja announces 'Thani Oruvan 2'; Jayam Ravi, Nayanthara to face a mystery villain in sequel". The Hindu. 29 August 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

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