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AVM Productions

AVM Productions
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Foundation date 1 january 1945
Creator Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar

AVM Productions is an Indian film production studio. It is the oldest surviving studio in India. The filming studios are located in Vadapalani, Chennai. It has produced over 170 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bollywood cinema. AVM has introduced numerous actors in the Tamil and Telugu film industries, some of the prominent actors are Vyjayanthimala, Sivaji Ganesan, S. S. Rajendran and Kamal Haasan. The AVM Studios besides the shooting floors, has recording, dubbing and a preview theatre with state of the art equipment. The complex also houses facilities for production and post production processing.
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Filmography of AVM Productions (122 films)

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Production

Yejaman
Yejaman (1993)
, 2h33
Directed by R. V. Udayakumar
Genres Drama
Actors Rajinikanth, Meena, Aishwarya, Vijayakumar, Goundamani, Aachi Manorama

Vaanavaraayan (Rajinikanth) plays the role of a feudal chieftain, adored and respected by his village people. He lives with his grandparents (M. N. Nambiar & Manorama). Following his advice, they abstain from voting in the elections and instead, pool the money given by the candidates to get themselves some basic amenities. Vallavaraayan (Napoleon) is his arch enemy. Their enmity is further sharpened when Vaanavaraayan wins the hand of Vaitheeswari (Meena), whom Vallavaraayan had also wished to wed. So Vallavaraayan convinces the priest at the temple to mix a poison in the holy water that Vaitheeswari drinks. As a result she becomes incapable of conceiving. But surprisingly, Vaitheeswari soon becomes pregnant-though she has pretended with the help of the mid-wife (S. N. Lakshmi), to do so to uphold her husband's honor. She takes poison and kills herself unable to bear the grief of being incapable of giving her husband a child and on her deathbed makes Vaanavarayan swear to take Ponni (Aishwariya) as his wife. Vaanavarayan however refuses until Ponni agrees to marry Sembattai (Thalapathi Dinesh)- Vallavarayan's hechman-who abandons her to Vallavarayan's vice. Infuriated Vaanavarayam attacks Vallavarayam and spares his life after giving him a sermon on how to win the heart of people.
Raja Chinna Roja
Raja Chinna Roja (1989)
, 3h
Directed by SP. Muthuraman
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Rajinikanth, Gautami, Arjun Sarja, Raghuvaran, Ravichandran, Chinni Jayanth

An aspiring young wannabe actor Raja (Rajinikanth) from a village get into a fast city which is full of crooks and drug dealers. As he searching for a place in the dream factory, he falls for the daughter of the house owner (Jaiganesh). Charmed by his looks and character, the girl (Gowthami) also falls for him. One day he accidentally meet his childhood friend Bhaskar (Raghuvaran) who is a spoiled rich guy. He offers Raja an acting job, then takes him to his uncle's house. Raja is to be in charge of the administration of the household and take care of five children (Bhaskar's nieces and nephews) each of whom have issues (such as being lazy, not studying etc). Raja finds out that Bhaskar is cheating his uncle out of funds and using him to do the same. Bhaskar involves in drug business along with his associates (Azhagu, Kitty). Ravichandran who has blindness recovers from the problem and pretends to be blind in order to find out the truth of Bhaskar. After finding out the truth, Ravichandran throws Bhaskaran out of the home. In retaliation, Bhaskar takes away his uncle's car resulting in Ravichandran getting arrested for drugs. Raja along with children goes to Bhaskar's den catches him redhandedly.
Thaimel Aanai
Thaimel Aanai (1988)

Genres Action
Actors B. Saroja Devi, Arjun Sarja, Anandaraj, Raghuvaran, Y. G. Mahendran, Ranjini

Thaimel Aanai is the story of a son's revenge on the killers of his mother and sister, but his friend, who is now a Police officer do not like someone taking law in his hands.
Manithan
Manithan (1987)

Directed by SP. Muthuraman
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Rajinikanth, Raghuvaran, Rupini, Senthil, Delhi Ganesh, Jai Ganesh

The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starrer and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan and along with other prominent actor's movies. The story revolves around Raja who grows in Juvenille due to hitting his teacher by table weight for calling him as thief. When his imprisonment years are over, he joins People Welfare Organization in a local community and helps the needy people. In due course, he gets enemies due to his good deeds. The rest of the story how Raja succeeded his enemies and proves the false acclaims on him.
Per Sollum Pillai
Per Sollum Pillai (1987)

Directed by SP. Muthuraman
Actors Kamal Haasan, Manorama, K. R. Vijaya, Raveendran (Ravindher), Jai Ganesh, Ramya Krishnan

Per Sollum Pillai has Kamal Haasan as an orphan, who is adopted by a wealthy family. He gets adopted into the family when he saves the entire family from being deliberately poisoned by a miscreant. K.R.Vijaya, the mother of the family, raises him as one of the family even though others outside the family see him as a servant. Kamal helps to run the family smoothly and looks after his step-parents, brothers and sisters like his own. He remains faithful and grateful to his step-parents for adopting him, an orphan, as their own son. Except for his step-parents and his sister, the other members of his family are jealous of the position his mother gives him in the family. Kamal's step-brothers are pleasure-seeking and lazy and want to live an easy life surviving on their mother's earnings. They also try to exploit a female worker in their house Radhika, whose mother Manorama is the cook of the house.
Mr. Bharath
Mr. Bharath (1986)

Directed by SP. Muthuraman
Genres Drama
Actors Rajinikanth, Sathyaraj, Raghuvaran, Vadivukkarasi, Goundamani, Visu

Bharath (Rajinikanth) a young man unknown who is his father was. Shanti (Sharada) mother of Bharath tells him about his father at her deathbed.
Mella Thirandhadhu Kadhavu
Mella Thirandhadhu Kadhavu (1986)

Directed by R. Sundarrajan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mohan, Radha, Amala Akkineni, Visu, M. N. Nambiar, Chinni Jayanth

Tulasi (Radha) is a village girl. One day she gets a letter from her cousin Subramani(Mohan). She gets excited as they were close friends in childhood but Mohan left with his family to city. Subramani visits the village for his college thesis about folk songs. Tulasi is in love with Subramani but she is confused whether Subramani also loves her. Tulasi's father passes away due to heart attack. When Subramani's mother arranges a marriage for Subramani with Tulsi he refuses. Because of this, her mother died in frustration. Then Tulasi comes to her Uncle's house. Later a flashback comes in which Subramani is in love with Noorjahan (Amala). Since Noorjahan used to come to the music college with veil, Subramani has not seen her face. On a day when they plan to meet, Noorjahan dies after she steps into quick sand. Finally whether Tulasi marries her beloved cousin Subramani is the story.
Samsaram Adhu Minsaram
Samsaram Adhu Minsaram (1986)
, 2h18
Directed by Visu
Actors Lakshmi Narayan, Visu, Raghuvaran, Manorama, Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor), Delhi Ganesh

The film opens into the life of Ammaiyappan Mudaliar (Visu), an ordinary middle-class man who makes a simple living as a Central Government clerk. His family, a typical South Indian joint family, includes his dutiful wife Godavari, his oldest son Chidambaram (Raghuvaran), a junior officer at Indian Oil, and his wife Uma (Lakshmi), his second son Siva (Chandrasekhar), a factory worker, his youngest son Bharathi (a never do good fellow who has failed his high school exams twice) and his daughter Sarojini (Ilavarasi). The modest income from his government job barely provides for his family's needs. His sons contribute some amounts in proportion to their incomes. The family gets by, but Ammaiyappan worries for the future. Siva and Sarojini are not yet married, and Bharathi has a bleak future if he does not graduate high school. Sarojini is a particular worry; her beauty and charm are matched by her arrogance and contempt. She summarily rejects any marriage proposal, and her obstinate demeanor causes great concern to Ammaiyappan. Ammaiyappan nonetheless plows on through life hoping for solutions to his difficulties.
Uyarndha Ullam
Uyarndha Ullam (1985)

Directed by SP. Muthuraman
Genres Drama
Actors Kamal Haasan, Ambika, Radha Ravi, V K Ramasamy, Janagaraj, Sundarrajan

Anand (Kamal Haasan) is a spoilt young man whose parents have died leaving behind a huge inheritance. He spends all his waking hours boozing and gambling with his buddies. One such night, he ends up in a brawl with some rowdies, but a stranger Selvam (Radharavi) comes to his rescue. Selvam beats up the rowdies and takes Anand back to his bungalow. A drunk Anand forces Selvam to spend the night in his house. However, the next day, he has no recollection of the previous night's events. His servant Mani (Janagaraj) and accountant Nagapillai (V. K. Ramasamy) come to Selvam's aid. In appreciation, Anand appoints Selvam as his Personal Assistant.
Naagu
Naagu (1984)

Genres Drama
Actors Radha

Naagu (Chiranjeevi) is a small time criminal by profession. He has Rajani (radha) as his love interest. One day, Rajani falls from the top floor of a hotel and dies. Her death is suspected as murder and doubt falls on Naagu. Naagu's mother later reveals that Naagu's father was killed by a person called Jagapati Rao ( Kongara Jaggayya) and Rajani's murder was also committed by him. Now, its Naagu's turn to prove his innocence by gaining evidence against Jagapati Rao and bring him to justice. How Naagu succeeds in his mission form the climax of this movie.