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Photon Kathaas is an Indian film production company led by director Gautham Menon. It was established in 2010 by Menon along with Venky Somasundaram and Reshma Ghatala, who since work as the co-promoters. Its name is derived from Gautham Menon's original company Photon Factory, which had previously co-produced several of Menon's films like Vettaiyadu Vilayadu and Kaakha Kaakha, its Telugu remake Gharshana and Pachaikili Muthucharam.

Photon Kathaas's first venture has been Menon's psychological thriller Nadunisi Naaygal, co-produced with R. S. Infotainment. The production house is currently involved in the making of films such as Veppam, Suseenthiran's Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai and Ram's second directorial Thanga Meengal. Furthermore, an audio label named Photon Kathaas Music was launched as a division of the company, with newcomer Vijay Ebenezer's Kanden becoming their first release.
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Filmography of Photon Kathaas (17 films)

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Naanum Rowdydhaan
Naanum Rowdydhaan (2015)
, 2h20
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Gautham Karthik, Vijay Sethupathi, Lavanya Tripathi, Nayantara, Radhakrishnan Parthiban, RJ Balaji

Pandian aka 'Pondy' Pandi (Vijay Sethupathi) is the son of a Puducherry-based police inspector Meena Kumari (Raadhika Sarathkumar). Despite being a police inspector's son, he grew up being friendly with the criminals behind bars and on reaching adulthood, unknown to his mother, he becomes a rowdy, albeit an incompetent one.
Yennai Arindhaal
Yennai Arindhaal (2015)

Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Ajith Kumar, Anushka Shetty, Trisha Krishnan, Arun Vijay, Vivek, Parvathy Nair

The film begins when Thenmozhi (Anushka Shetty) is in Boston where she comes to meet her niece. In the airport, she gets a free upgrade and sits next to Sathyadev (Ajith Kumar). During the flight, she starts vomiting due to overeating and with Satya's help she feels better. The next day, a criminal named Victor (Arun Vijay) comes to a coffee shop to abduct Thenmozhi, but fails due to Sathya subduing him.
Ekk Deewana Tha
Ekk Deewana Tha (2012)
, 2h17
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prateik Babbar, Amy Jackson, Manu Rishi, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shruti Bapna, Sachin Khedekar

Sachin Kulkarni (Prateik Babbar) is a student of mechanical engineering in Mumbai who aspires to become a filmmaker. His friend introduces him to cinematographer Anay (Manu Rishi). With Anay's help Sachin becomes an assistant to director Ramesh Sippy. Sachin's family, who are Marathi Brahmins, rent Jessie Thekekuttu's (Amy Jackson) house. Jessie is from a conservative Malayali Nasrani Christian family from Alappuzha, Kerala, that lives upstairs. Sachin falls in love with Jessie the moment he meets her. Sachin tries to interact with Jessie, who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering Jessie. Unable to hide his feelings for her any longer, Sachin confesses his love for her, to which she does not respond. A few days later, Sachin learns from his sister that Jessie has gone to Kerala to visit her grandmother. He, along with Anay, ends up in Kerala to look for her. After several days, he finds her, apologises and she introduces him to her family in Kerala as her "classmate". Jessie denies she has any feelings for him, but agrees to be his friend. On the train journey back home, however, the two get closer and share a passionate kiss. Sachin is convinced Jessie loves him; the two meet several times and Jessie begins to admit that she also likes Sachin, but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father wouldn't give her hand in marriage to a Hindu. Consequently, due to various misunderstandings between Jessie's brother and Sachin, her parents learn of their supposed affair. They fix a match and schedule her wedding. The day arrives and midway through the ceremony, Jessie refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Sachin, who had, without anyone's knowledge, come to Kerala to witness the wedding is ecstatic and secretly visits Jessie at her home. It is then that Jessie admits she has indeed fallen in love with him. Sachin and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents.
Neethaane En Ponvasantham
Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012)
, 2h25
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jiiva, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Santhanam, Vidyulekha Raman, Ravi Prakash, Anupama Kumar

The film begins with Varun (Jiiva) gaining admission into an engineering college, with his best friend Prakash (Santhanam). He and his friends one day participate in a cultural programme, where Varun finds his childhood sweetheart Nithya (Samantha) participating in a dance show. He begins wooing her by singing on stage and later meets up with her and begins to reminisce their childhood. The film rewinds to their early days when both were aged eight, and shows the pair becoming friends after Varun had helped Nithya retrieve a book which had fallen while she had been playing. However after a minor understanding featuring Nithya's brother, she decides not to meet Varun and makes a vow to never talk with him. However, the pair then meet again in their tenth standard, aged 15. Nithya initially hesitates to talk with Varun, but sheds her inhibitions once Varun breaks the ice between them, and resumes her friendship with him. Nithya is elected as the pupil leader in school and as a pupil leader she is in constant interaction with Deepak, another pupil leader and her classmate, much to the dismay of Varun. As a result, they have another fallout.
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu
Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (2012)

Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nani, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Krishnudu, Vidyulekha Raman, Anupama Kumar, Jiiva

The film begins with Varun (Nani) gaining admission into an engineering college. He and his friends one day participate in a cultural programme, where Varun finds his childhood sweetheart Nithya (Samantha) participating in a dance show. He begins wooing her by singing on stage and later meeting her. As they meet, the film rewinds to their early days when both were in third standard. They become good friends after a small incident and their friendship blossoms. But due to a misunderstanding, Nithya decides not to meet Varun and to never talk with him. However, as destiny would have it, they meet again in their tenth standard. Nithya initially hesitates to talk with Varun, but sheds her inhibitions once Varun breaks the ice between them, and resumes her friendship with him. Nithya is elected as the pupil leader in school and as a pupil leader she is in constant interaction with Deepak, another pupil leader and her classmate, much to the dismay of Varun. As a result, they have another fallout.
Nadunisi Naaygal
Nadunisi Naaygal (2011)
, 1h50
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Thriller
Actors Veera, Sameera Reddy, Ashwin Kakumanu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu

Samar (Veera Bahu), an eight-year-old motherless boy lives with his father in Mumbai who leads a colourful life indulging his sexual passions. Samar is sexually abused by his father and is rescued by his neighbour, a middle aged single woman Meenakshi Amma (Swapna Abraham). She names him Veera, takes him under her wing and protects him. Daunted and chased by the ghosts of his painful past, Veera rapes Meenakshi Amma. She, though reluctant at first, indulges in the act. After coming back to her senses the next morning, she refuses Veera's apology and decides to marry her colleague. On her marriage night, in bed with her husband, Veera stabs the man brutally and sets him and the room on fire. Meenakshi Amma is injured in the fire. After treatment, he brings back the scar-faced woman to his bungalow. After a few weeks, Veera meets a girl named Priya (Priya) on the Internet and they fall for each other. He invites her home and they grow intimate, interrupted by a loud scream from Priya, because Meenakshi Amma stabs her brutally. She orders Veera to cut off Priya's hair as she wants it.
Veppam
Veppam (2011)

Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Nani, Karthik Kumar, Bindu Madhavi, Nithya Menen

The film starts by showing a girl named Revathy (Nithya Menen) forwarding towards the beach and drowning herself in it.The film is then set 18 years back in a slum in Chennai. Balaji (Muthukumar)'s mother dies and his father Jothi (Shimmore), a drunkard, leaves him on the streets. He works hard and ensures a decent living for his younger brother Karthik (Nani) with the help of Revathy's father. Karthik, who studies in an engineering college, spends all his time with his friend Vishnu (Karthik Kumar), who is also brought up in the locality. Revathy in the neighbourhood loves Karthik. Revathy, Karthik and Vishnu are close friends. Vishnu also owns a mechanic shop but is not generating enough income. Vishnu's guardian pesters Vishnu to sell it and to look for a decent job which generates enough income to ensure finacial security for the forseeable future but Vishnu refuses as the shop is the only surviving memory of his late father.

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