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AGS Entertainment is a film production and distribution company in India. It was established in 2006 by three brothers Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S.Ganesh and Kalpathi S. Suresh, who are basically businessmen working for their Kalpathi Investments, a big business conglomerate.

AGS Entertainment ventured into film production in 2006 with Susi Ganesan
Susi Ganesan
-Early life:He was born in Vannivelampatti, Madurai District in Tamil Nadu to Tamil people Subbiah and Sittappa. He changed his screenname to Susi Ganeshan, his first name being derived from the first two letters from his parents' first names. He graduated from Madras Institute of Technology with a...

's Thiruttu Payale
Thiruttu Payale
Thiruttu Payale is a Tamil film directed by Susi Ganesan. As like other Susi Ganesan films it is a real life experience based entertainer/thriller. The movie stars Kaakha Kaakha fame Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Abbas, Malavika, Vivek, Manoj K Jayan and Charlie...

, which was followed by Santosh Subramaniam
Santosh Subramaniam
Santosh Subramaniam is a 2008 Tamil musical and romantic film which was directed and co-written by Raja Mohan while Kalaprathi S. Agoram produced the film. While Jayam Ravi and Genelia D'Souza played the lead roles, Prakash Raj and Geetha, prominent actors from the south Indian film industry,...

, both emerging commercial successes. Their subsequent productions included the masala flick
Masala (film genre)
Masala is a term given to films of Indian cinema that mix various genres in one film. Typically these films freely mix action, comedy, romance, and drama or melodrama. These films tend to be musicals that include songs filmed in picturesque locations...

 Maasilamani
Maasilamani
Maasilamani is a Tamil film released in 2009, distributed by Sun Pictures. It stars Nakul, Sunaina, Pavan, Santhanam, Srinath, Karunas, M. S. Baskar, Delhi Ganesh, and others...

, Chimbudevan's Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

 comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam, the period piece
Period piece
-Setting:In the performing arts, a period piece is a work set in a particular era. This informal term covers all countries, all periods and all genres...

 Madrasapattinam, Bale Pandiya, Myshkin's crime thriller Yudham Sei, Bala
Bala (director)
Bala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Bala is frequently credited with having "revolutionized Tamil cinema", through his realistic, dark and disturbing films that have garnered high critical acclaim...

's comedy entertainer Avan Ivan
Avan Ivan
Avan Ivan is a 2011 Tamil comedy-drama film written and directed by Bala, who with this project directs his fifth feature film. The film stars Vishal Krishna, Arya, Janani Iyer and Madhu Shalini in the lead roles. The film, produced by Kalpathi S. Agoram's AGS Entertainment, features music by...

, Prabhu Deva directed romance film Engeyum Kaadhal, while the distribution of films includes Kandhakottai
Kandhakottai
Kandhakottai is a 2009 Indian Tamil action film directed by S. Sakthivel, starring Nakul and Poorna in the lead roles, whilst Sampath Raj plays a pivotal role. The film released on December 19, 2009.-Plot:...

 , Inidhu Inidhu
Inidhu Inidhu
Inidhu Inidhu is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic film directed by cinematographer-turned-director K. V. Guhan, starring eight newcomers in lead roles. It is a remake of the successful, award-winning 2007 Telugu film Happy Days, which is produced by Prakash Raj under his banner of Duet Movies...

, Mynaa
Mynaa
The film score and soundtrack for Mynaa was composed by D. Imman. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Yugabharathi and Eknaath. The songs, especially the title track, had become very popular, while the album was widely considered Imman's finest work yet.-Awards:...

 and Payanam
Payanam (film)
Payanam is a 2011 Indian Tamil drama thriller film written and directed by Radha Mohan. Being made simultaneously in Telugu as Gaganam, the film deals with a flight hijacking incident. It stars Nagarjuna in the lead along with Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Iqbal Yaqub, Brahmanandam and...

. Forthcoming releases include Vellore Maavattam starring Nandha
Nandha (actor)
Nandha is a Tamil film actor. He has appeared in ten films, and made his big break with S. Shankar's Eeram.- Filmography :-External links:...

 and the K. V. Anand
K. V. Anand
K. V. Anand is an Indian cinematographer, film director and former photo journalist. After working for a short period as a journalist, he became a cinematographer in the early 1990s, working for about fifteen films in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu...

-Surya project Maatraan
Maatraan
Maatraan is an upcoming Tamil action film directed and co-written by K. V. Anand and scripted by writers Subha. It stars Suriya, portraying five different roles, with Kajal Aggarwal playing the female lead, and features music by Harris Jayaraj. The film, produced by Kalpathi S...

.

Productions

Year Film Cast Director Notes
2006 Thiruttu Payale
Thiruttu Payale
Thiruttu Payale is a Tamil film directed by Susi Ganesan. As like other Susi Ganesan films it is a real life experience based entertainer/thriller. The movie stars Kaakha Kaakha fame Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Abbas, Malavika, Vivek, Manoj K Jayan and Charlie...

 
Jeevan
Jeevan
Jeevan is a Tamil film actor.-Biography:He graduated from the St. Bede's School in Chennai. One of his classmates was actor Surya Sivakumar.-Career:...

, Sonia Agarwal
Sonia Agarwal
Sonia Agarwal is an Indian film actress and model. Having predominantly acted in Tamil films, she is probably best known for her performances as Divya...

, Abbas
Abbas
Abbas, medieval Latin for "abbot", is an element in a number of place names in England and may refer to:- Places :* Abbas Combe, Somerset* Bradford Abbas, Dorset* Cerne Abbas, Dorset* Compton Abbas, Dorset* Itchen Abbas, Hampshire* Melbury Abbas, Dorset...

, Malavika
Malavika
Malavika is the stage name of Shweta Konnur , in Bangalore, an Indian actress. She started out as a model for Fair and Lovely and became an actress in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films....

 
Susi Ganesan
Susi Ganesan
-Early life:He was born in Vannivelampatti, Madurai District in Tamil Nadu to Tamil people Subbiah and Sittappa. He changed his screenname to Susi Ganeshan, his first name being derived from the first two letters from his parents' first names. He graduated from Madras Institute of Technology with a...

 
2008 Santosh Subramaniam
Santosh Subramaniam
Santosh Subramaniam is a 2008 Tamil musical and romantic film which was directed and co-written by Raja Mohan while Kalaprathi S. Agoram produced the film. While Jayam Ravi and Genelia D'Souza played the lead roles, Prakash Raj and Geetha, prominent actors from the south Indian film industry,...

 
Jayam Ravi
Jayam Ravi
Jayam Ravi is an Indian film actor. Ravi has appeared in films including Jayam, M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi, Unakkum Enakkum, Santhosh Subramaniam and Thillalangadi all of which have been directed by his brother, M...

, Genelia D'Souza
Genelia D'Souza
Genelia D'Souza is an Indian actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003...

, Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...

 
M. Raja
M. Raja
Raja Mohan is an Indian film director, primarily working in the Tamil film industry. As of 2011, he has directed seven films, all of them being a remake even velayutham. Notably all his five directorials in Tamil starred his brother Jayam Ravi and were produced by his father, editor Mohan under his...

 
2009 Maasilamani
Maasilamani
Maasilamani is a Tamil film released in 2009, distributed by Sun Pictures. It stars Nakul, Sunaina, Pavan, Santhanam, Srinath, Karunas, M. S. Baskar, Delhi Ganesh, and others...

 
Nakul
Nakul (actor)
Nakul , also known as Nagulan, is a Tamil film actor and playback singer. Brother of former film actress Devayani, he debuted as a lead actor in the 2003 film Boys directed by S...

, Sunaina
Sunaina
Sunaina is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. She got her break in the Tamil film Kadhalil Vizhunthen, which co-starred Nakul. It was a major success in the box office.-Early life:...

 
Manohar
2010 Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam
Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam is a 2010 Indian Tamil western film directed by Chimbu Deven, starring choreographer-turned-actor Lawrence Raghavendra, Sandhya, Lakshmi Rai and Padmapriya in lead roles. The film is a "Western adventure comedy film" based on Cowboy stories, which is set in the 17th...

 
Lawrence Raghavendra
Lawrence Raghavendra
Raghav Murugaiyan is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his first few appearances in supporting actor roles, he got his breakthrough with Style and then Muni...

, Sandhya
Sandhya (actress)
Revathi , known by her stage name Sandhya, is an Indian film actress who acts primarily in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her debut as an actress in the 2004 Tamil film Kaadhal , her performance in which earned her a Filmfare Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award...

, Lakshmi Rai
Lakshmi Rai
Lakshmi Rai is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films. While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam-language films Annan Thambi , 2 Harihar Nagar ,...

, Padmapriya
Padmapriya Janakiraman
J. Padmapriya or Padmapriya JanakiramanInitial system is an Indian film actress and model.A classical Tamil bharatanatyam dancer, Padmapriya made her acting debut in the Telugu-language film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi , following which she appeared in a number of Malayalam and Tamil-language films...

 
Simbudevan 
Madrasapattinam  Arya
Arya (actor)
Arya is an Indian film actor who mainly appears in Tamil films. He is best known for his roles in the films Pattiyal , Naan Kadavul , Madrasapattinam , and Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-Personal life:...

, Amy Jackson
Amy Jackson
Amy Louise Jackson is a British model and film actress. Before starting her acting career, Jackson won the Miss Teen World competition in 2008 and went on to win Miss Liverpool in 2010 and was hotly tipped to be Miss England in 2010 but lost out to Jessica Linley...

 
A. L. Vijay
A. L. Vijay
A. L. Vijay is a Tamil film director. Earlier he worked as an assistant and close associate of director Priyadarshan. His father A. L. Azhagappan was the president of Tamilnadu Producers Council and appeared in the film Eesan. His brother, Udhaya, has also starred in Tamil films. Presently A. L...

 
Bale Pandiya
Bale Pandiya
Bale Pandiya can refer to two Tamil language films:*Bale Pandiya , a film starring Sivaji Ganesan, M. R. Radha and Devika, directed by Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu....

 
Vishnu Vishal
Vishnu Vishal
Vishnu Vishal is an Indian film actor who is seen mainly in Tamil films. He started his acting career as one of the main leads in the popular film Vennila Kabbadi Kuzhu. Since then he appeared in some two other movies of nearly the same genre...

, Piaa Bajpai
Piaa Bajpai
Piaa Bajpai is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. She is best known for her performances as Roshini in Venkat Prabhu's comedy Goa and Saro in K. V. Anand's political thriller Ko...

, Pradeep Rawat
Pradeep Rawat
Pradeep Singh Rawat is an Indian actor. He is a Rajput and notable for playing villainous roles in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil films.Rawat's first appearance was in Mahabharat as 'Ashwathama', Dronacharya's son...

 
Siddharth Chandrasekhar
Siddharth Chandrasekhar
Siddharth Chandrasekhar, born on 2nd April in chennai. He is a publicity designer, has been in the business for 14 years. He has also directed a film called 'Bale Pandiya' produced by AGS Entertainment.-His work in films:* Endhiran* Sivaji...

 
2011 Engeyum Kaadhal  Jayam Ravi
Jayam Ravi
Jayam Ravi is an Indian film actor. Ravi has appeared in films including Jayam, M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi, Unakkum Enakkum, Santhosh Subramaniam and Thillalangadi all of which have been directed by his brother, M...

, Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani is an Indian actress and a former child actress. She has worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films.-Early life:Hansika Motwani was born in Mangalore, India. Her father Pradeep Motwani is a businessman, and her mother is Seema Motwani, a dermatologist...

 
Prabhu Deva 
Yudham Sei  Cheran
Cheran (director)
Cheran is a Tamil film director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has won the Indian National Film Award thrice for Vetri Kodi Kattu , Autograph , and Thavamai Thavamirundhu . Besides he is three-time Filmfare Award winner as well....

, Dipa Shah
Myshkin 
Avan Ivan
Avan Ivan
Avan Ivan is a 2011 Tamil comedy-drama film written and directed by Bala, who with this project directs his fifth feature film. The film stars Vishal Krishna, Arya, Janani Iyer and Madhu Shalini in the lead roles. The film, produced by Kalpathi S. Agoram's AGS Entertainment, features music by...

 
Arya
Arya (actor)
Arya is an Indian film actor who mainly appears in Tamil films. He is best known for his roles in the films Pattiyal , Naan Kadavul , Madrasapattinam , and Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-Personal life:...

, Vishal Krishna
Vishal Krishna
Vishal Krishna is an Indian film actor who has appeared in primarily Tamil cinema. Often starring in his home productions, Vishal became an actor after a stint as an assistant director in films....

, Janani Iyer
Janani Iyer
Janani Iyer is an Indian film actress and model. Starting a modelling career, after her studies, she appeared in over 150 television advertisements, before getting signed by director Bala to essay the lead female role in the upcoming Tamil feature film Avan Ivan.- Early life :Janani was born in...

, Madhu Shalini
Madhu Shalini
Madhu Shalini is an Indian film actress and model, who has appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. She has previously worked as a television anchor as well.- Career :...

 
Bala
Bala (director)
Bala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Bala is frequently credited with having "revolutionized Tamil cinema", through his realistic, dark and disturbing films that have garnered high critical acclaim...

 
Vellore Maavattam
Vellore Maavattam
Vellore Maavattam is a 2011 Tamil action film written and directed by R. N. R. Manohar, starring Nandha and Poorna. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film released on 5 October 2011 on the occasion of the festival of Ayudha Pooja.-Cast:...

 
Nandha
Nandha (actor)
Nandha is a Tamil film actor. He has appeared in ten films, and made his big break with S. Shankar's Eeram.- Filmography :-External links:...

, Poorna
Poorna
Shamna Kasim, also known as Poorna, is an Indian film actress and model. She started her career as a classical dancer and got into media when she was participating at the reality-based dance competition Super Dancer on Amrita TV. She made her acting debut in the 2004 Malayalam film Ennittum and...

 
R. N. R. Manohar  Filming
Maatraan
Maatraan
Maatraan is an upcoming Tamil action film directed and co-written by K. V. Anand and scripted by writers Subha. It stars Suriya, portraying five different roles, with Kajal Aggarwal playing the female lead, and features music by Harris Jayaraj. The film, produced by Kalpathi S...

 
Surya Sivakumar, Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal Aggarwal
Kajal Aggarwal is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu films. She has also appeared in Tamil and Hindi films.Kajal made her film debut in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na and entered the Telugu film industry through the film Lakshmi Kalyanam...

 
K. V. Anand
K. V. Anand
K. V. Anand is an Indian cinematographer, film director and former photo journalist. After working for a short period as a journalist, he became a cinematographer in the early 1990s, working for about fifteen films in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu...

 
Filming

Distributions

Year Film Cast Director Notes
2009 Kandhakottai
Kandhakottai
Kandhakottai is a 2009 Indian Tamil action film directed by S. Sakthivel, starring Nakul and Poorna in the lead roles, whilst Sampath Raj plays a pivotal role. The film released on December 19, 2009.-Plot:...

 
Nakul
Nakul (actor)
Nakul , also known as Nagulan, is a Tamil film actor and playback singer. Brother of former film actress Devayani, he debuted as a lead actor in the 2003 film Boys directed by S...

, Poorna
Poorna
Shamna Kasim, also known as Poorna, is an Indian film actress and model. She started her career as a classical dancer and got into media when she was participating at the reality-based dance competition Super Dancer on Amrita TV. She made her acting debut in the 2004 Malayalam film Ennittum and...

 
S. Sakthivel
2010 Inidhu Inidhu
Inidhu Inidhu
Inidhu Inidhu is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic film directed by cinematographer-turned-director K. V. Guhan, starring eight newcomers in lead roles. It is a remake of the successful, award-winning 2007 Telugu film Happy Days, which is produced by Prakash Raj under his banner of Duet Movies...

 
Narayan, Arun Iswaran, Vimal, Sharan Sharma, Reshmi Menon, Sonia Deepti
Sonia Deepti
Sonia Deepti is an Indian Telugu film actress, best known for her critically acclaimed performance as Shravs in the 2007 Sekhar Kammula-directed blockbuster film Happy Days, her maiden film itself.-Career:...

 
K. V. Guhan
Mynaa
Mynaa
The film score and soundtrack for Mynaa was composed by D. Imman. The album consists of 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Yugabharathi and Eknaath. The songs, especially the title track, had become very popular, while the album was widely considered Imman's finest work yet.-Awards:...

 
Viddharth, Amala Paul
Amala Paul
Amala Paul is an Indian film actress, who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. After appearing in supporting roles in a few low budget ventures, she was acclaimed for the portrayal of a controversial character in the film, Sindhu Samaveli...

, Sethu, Thambi Ramaiyaa
Prabhu Solomon 
2011 Payanam
Payanam (film)
Payanam is a 2011 Indian Tamil drama thriller film written and directed by Radha Mohan. Being made simultaneously in Telugu as Gaganam, the film deals with a flight hijacking incident. It stars Nagarjuna in the lead along with Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Iqbal Yaqub, Brahmanandam and...

 
Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...

, Poonam Kaur
Poonam Kaur
Poonam Kaur is an Indian actress and model. She has frequently appeared in Telugu films apart from Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films.- Career :...

, Sana Khan
Sana Khan
Sana Khan is an Indian film actress and model. She is perhaps best known for her appearances in ad films, her item numbers in Indian films and for her performance as Janu in the 2008 Tamil film Silambattam.- Career :...

 
Radha Mohan
Radha Mohan
Radha Mohan is a Tamil movie director. He has, till date, directed five films, out of which four of them are critically acclaimed and box-office hits. A good friend of actor-producer Prakash Raj, he has directed four films for Prakash Raj's Duet films: Azhagiya Theeye, Mozhi, Abhiyum Naanum and...

 
Avan Ivan
Avan Ivan
Avan Ivan is a 2011 Tamil comedy-drama film written and directed by Bala, who with this project directs his fifth feature film. The film stars Vishal Krishna, Arya, Janani Iyer and Madhu Shalini in the lead roles. The film, produced by Kalpathi S. Agoram's AGS Entertainment, features music by...

 
Arya, Vishal Krishna
Vishal Krishna
Vishal Krishna is an Indian film actor who has appeared in primarily Tamil cinema. Often starring in his home productions, Vishal became an actor after a stint as an assistant director in films....

Bala
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