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Foundation date 1 january 1995
Madras Talkies is a film and television production and distribution company in India that started in 1995 with Mani Ratnam and Suhasini Maniratnam as partners. Madras Talkies is actively involved in production of films and television serials, which are distributed all over the world. The company has produced over nine feature films and six television serials.
Ratnam served as a producer on several films such as Chatriyan, Thiruda Thiruda, Bombay and Aasai under "Aalayam Productions" with S. Sriram before setting up the banner in 1997.
The company is in Alwarpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Filmography of Madras Talkies (22 films)
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Saathiya (2002)
, 2h18Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Rani Mukherjee, Vivek Oberoi, Tanuja, Shahrukh Khan, Tabu, Sharat Saxena
Aditya (Vivek Oberoi) and his friends are searching for Aditya's wife Suhani (Rani Mukherji). She has been missing for hours, a few days after having a fight with Aditya, due to their failing marriage. But Aditya now realizes that he loves her more than anything and is devastated that he can't find her.
Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
, 2h17Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors R. Madhavan, Simran, Prakash Raj, Nandita Das, J. D. Chakravarthy, Pasupathy
The film begins in a small village in Sri Lanka called Mankulam, where Shyama (Nandita Das) is married to Dileepan (J. D. Chakravarthy), who along with few other Sri Lankan Tamils in the village, is part of the Tamil Tigers rebel association. While having a quiet moment, the couple hears sounds of Sri Lankan army troops approaching. He asks Shyama to leave while he remains in the forest. Shyama realizes that she is pregnant and waits in vain for Dileepan’s return. Her villagers begin fleeing to India to seek refugee due to the war. Shyama is initially stubborn to leave since one of the rebels says that he has seen Dileepan with bullet wounds in the forest, but her relatives convince her to seek refuge for her unborn child's sake. The villagers board a to the shores of Rameswaram. While a local collector takes down the names of the refugees, Shyama gives birth to a baby girl. However, the urge to find her husband and be with her people back home overwhelms Shyama and she leaves behind the newborn girl, hoping that the girl will lead a better life.
Dum Dum Dum (2001)
, 2h31Genres Comedy, Action
Actors R. Madhavan, Jyothika, S. Manivannan, Murali, Vivek, V K Ramasamy
Adhi (Madhavan) is a fun-loving city man. Ganga (Jyothika) is a cheerful village belle who wants to do her degree in Engineering. Marriage between the two is fixed by the elders. They resent it and collude to find ways to stop the 'doom' as they see it. Later, they realise that they are interested in one another after all. But it is too late as enmity has arisen between their families. How they resolve the issue works up the rest of the story.
Alaipayuthey (2000)
, 2h36Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors R. Madhavan, Shalini Ajith Kumar, Jayasudha Kapoor, Swarnamalya, Vivek, Pyramid Natarajan
Karthik Varadarajan (Madhavan) is an independent and free-spirited software engineering graduate establishing a software start-up with his friends. At a friend's wedding, he meets Shakti Selvaraj (Shalini), a student of medicine at Madras Medical College. They continue to bump into each other on local trains that they both use on their daily commute, and fall in love. Karthik pursues Shakti aggressively and proposes marriage; Shakthi, however, is reluctant. Karthik manages to convince Shakthi and requests his parents to formally ask Shakti's parents for her hand in marriage; however, when the parents meet, they do not get along, and Shakti calls off the relationship altogether and leaves for an extended medical camp in Kerala.
Dil Se.. (1998)
, 2h31Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, Rape in fiction, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Jiah Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Zohra Sehgal
Amar Kant Varma (Shahrukh Khan) is a Program executive for All India Radio. He is dispatched from New Delhi to cover festivities in Northeast India. On his way there, during a rainy night, Amar stops at Haflong train station to catch Baraks Valley express, as the train runs late, Amar meets a mysterious woman by herself who asks him for a cup of tea. When he returns with the tea, he watches her board the next train with three male passengers. Later, Amar spots the same woman in Silchar. He attempts to talk to her but she says she cannot recall meeting him before. As part of his news reporting assignment, for the occasion of fifty years of Indian Independence, Amar interviews many citizens of Barak Valley, and an extremist leader, who claim that the reason behind human rights violations, and poverty in the region is due to Indian Government, and that the Liberationists do not wish to enter into any dialogue with the government, and further justify their resistance in Utthar Purv.
Iruvar (1997)
, 2h38Directed by Mani Ratnam
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Gautami, Tabu, Madhubala
Set in the 1950s, the film begins with Anandan (Mohanlal), a struggling actor, seeking opportunities which will give him a big break in the film industry. Under his uncle's help, Anandan is given an opportunity to audition for the lead role in a forthcoming film. He arrives in the studio and practices his combat skills with sword props provided on the sets while waiting for the director and the crew. At this, he meets Tamizhselvan (Prakash Raj), a small time writer who enters the studio with some sarcastic poetry and this prompts both into a little debate. The debate turns into a mutual respect into each other, and impressed by Tamizhselvan's skills, Anandan requests Tamizhselvan to write dialogues for him to recite during the audition.
Pagal Nilavu (1985)
, 2h21Directed by Mani Ratnam
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Murali, Revathi, Sarath Babu, Sathyaraj, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Goundamani
Pagal Nilavu is in essence the story of Selvam(Murali) an aimless youth in Muttam(Kanyakumari Dist) who out of a sense of deep gratitude ends up joining the gang of Devaraj aka Periyavar(Sathyaraj) and the complications which arise when he falls in love with Jyothi(Revathi), the sister of Robert Manohar(Sarat Babu) an honest and committed police inspector who is newly posted to the town. Periyavar pretty much runs the town and though he helps people in need, he is a diabolical kingpin who will not compromise on his hold of the town for anything. He wins Selvam’s undying loyalty when he helps him with money and power at a critical juncture to save his mother. In this backdrop Robert takes charge and moves into the town with his sister and daughter. Being uncompromising in his morals, Robert is automatically drawn into a game of oneupmanship with Periyavar and his gang. He also consequentially cannot stand Periyavar’s chief henchman Selvam, and is consequentially drawn into continuous verbal and physical duels with him. Selvam meanwhile falls hook line and sinker to Jyothi(Revathi) and tries every trick in the book to woo her and eventually wins.