Cloud Nine Movies
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Film production Film distribution | |
| Industry | Films |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Key people |
Dayanidhi Azhagiri Vivek Rathinavel |
| Parent | Kalaignar TV |
Cloud Nine Movies is a Tamil film production and distribution company, based in Chennai. It is owned by Dayanidhi Azhagiri and Vivek Rathinavel and was founded in 2008. He founded another new production company in 2013, Meeka Entertainment.
History
The company first distributed the Gautham Menon-directed Vaaranam Aayiram in 2008, which was a critical as well as commercial success. Next they produced the parody film Thamizh Padam, which became a box-office hit, too,[1] following which Paiyaa was distributed. The N. Linguswamy-directed romantic-action film, starring Karthi, also went to become highly successful at the box office, emerging one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of that year. Subsequently, their next film was the action-drama film Thoonga Nagaram starring Vimal and Anjali becoming their first production. Simultaneously, they first produced Venkat Prabhu directorial's next film, which stars Ajith Kumar as part of an ensemble cast,[2] but later sold the movie to Studio Green for a whopping price. Later, there was news that they sold the movie to Sun Pictures,and satellite signal also sold to Sun Pictures.But its official now that Cloud Nine Movies and Sun Pictures are presenting it.
Filmography
Production
| Year | Title | Actors | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Thamizh Padam | Shiva, Disha Pandey | Tamil | Released Jan 29, 2010 |
| 2011 | Thoonga Nagaram | Vimal, Bharani, Nishanth, Anjali | Tamil | Released Feb 4, 2011 |
| 2011 | Mankatha | Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan | Tamil | Released Aug 31, 2011 |
| 2013 | Thagaraaru | Arulnithi, Poorna | Tamil | Released December 6, 2013 |
Distribution
| Year | Title | Actors | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Vaaranam Aayiram | Surya Sivakumar, Divya Spandana, Sameera Reddy | Tamil | Released Nov 14, 2008 |
| 2010 | Thamizh Padam | Shiva, Disha Pandey | Tamil | Released Jan 29, 2010 |
| Paiyaa | Karthik Sivakumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Milind Soman | Tamil | Released April 2, 2010 | |
| Naan Mahaan Alla | Karthik Sivakumar, Kajal Aggarwal | Tamil | Released August 20, 2010 | |
| Va | Shiva, Lekha Washington | Tamil | Released November 5, 2010 | |
| Ratha Charithram | Surya Sivakumar, Priyamani | Tamil | Tamil version only Released December 3, 2010 | |
| 2011 | Vaanam | Silambarasan, Bharath, Anushka, Prakash Raj, Saranya | Tamil | Release April 29, 2011 |
| Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai | Appukutty, Saranya Mohan | Tamil | Release May 12, 2011 | |
References
- ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/52974.html
- ↑ "Ajith’s 50th movie by Goutham Menon!". IndiaGlitz. 2009. Retrieved December 25, 2009.