Cloud Nine Movies
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| Company type | Film production Film distribution |
|---|---|
| Industry | Films |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Key people | Dayanidhi Azhagiri Vivek Rathinavel |
| Parent | Kalaignar TV |
Cloud Nine Movies was an Indian film production and distribution company, based in Chennai. It is owned by Dayanidhi Azhagiri and Vivek Rathinavel and was founded in 2008 until 2014.[1] He founded another new production company in 2013, Meeka Entertainment.
History
[edit]The company first distributed the Gautham Vasudev 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,[2] 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,[3] but later sold the movie to Studio Green for a whopping[vague] 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
[edit]Production
[edit]| Year | Title | Actors | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Thamizh Padam[4] | Shiva, Disha Pandey | Tamil | Released 29 January 2010 |
| 2011 | Thoonga Nagaram | Vimal, Bharani, Nishanth, Anjali | Tamil | Released 4 February 2011 |
| 2011 | Mankatha | Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan | Tamil | Released 31 August 2011 |
| 2013 | Thagaraaru | Tamil | Released 6 December 2013 Final Film |
Distribution
[edit]| Year | Title | Actors | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Vaaranam Aayiram | Surya Sivakumar, Divya Spandana, Sameera Reddy | Tamil | Released 14 November 2008 |
| 2010 | Thamizh Padam | Shiva, Disha Pandey | Tamil | Released 29 January 2010 |
| Paiyaa | Karthik Sivakumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Milind Soman | Tamil | Released 2 April 2010 | |
| Naan Mahaan Alla | Karthik Sivakumar, Kajal Aggarwal | Tamil | Released 20 August 2010 | |
| Va | Shiva, Lekha Washington | Tamil | Released 5 November 2010 | |
| Ratha Charithram | Surya Sivakumar, Priyamani | Tamil | Tamil version only Released 3 December 2010 | |
| 2011 | Vaanam | Silambarasan, Bharath, Anushka, Prakash Raj, Saranya | Tamil | Release 29 April 2011 |
| Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai | Appukutty, Saranya Mohan | Tamil | Release 12 May 2011 |
References
[edit]- ^ Menon, Amarnath. "What Udhayanidhi Stalin's electoral debut means for DMK and Tamil Nadu politics". India Today.
- ^ "Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil". Archived from the original on 6 January 2010.
- ^ "Ajith's 50th movie by Goutham Menon!". IndiaGlitz. 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
- ^ "Dhayanidhi Alagiri turns director with short film 'Mask'". The News Minute. 6 November 2020.
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