Media Dreams
| Company type | Film production Film distribution |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Sujatha |
| Products | Motion pictures (Tamil) |
| Owner | Pentamedia Graphics |
Media Dreams was an Indian film production and distribution company formed in 1997. It produced several Tamil language films in the early 2000s, and was later acquired by Pentamedia Graphics.[1]
History
[edit]Media Dreams was set up in 1997 as an Indian entertainment business unit catering to the television, theatre and the internet. It was acquired by Pentamedia Graphics in December 2000.[2][3][4] The group's key partners included prominent writer Sujatha as its managing director.[5]
The studio's first feature film Bharathi, a biopic of poet Subramania Bharati, opened to critical and commercial acclaim, prompting the producers to take on several more projects in the early 2000s.[6][7] Other notable films that the group made during the period included Cheran's family drama Pandavar Bhoomi (2001), Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's multilingual fantasy film Little John (2001) and Moulee's comedy drama Pammal K. Sambandam (2002) starring Kamal Haasan.[8][9][10][11] The group also subsequently moved onto distribute films, make television serials such as Balu Mahendra's Kadhai Neram, and release audio albums.[12]
In early 2001, Media Dreams announced that they would produce Robo, a science fiction film by Shankar, starring Kamal Haasan and Preity Zinta. However, the film was later stalled due to escalating costs.[13] The team had also announced that they would produce the film version of Sundara Ramaswamy's novel Oru Puliyamarathin Kathai, which would mark the directorial debut of art director P. Krishnamoorthy, but the project eventually did not materialise.[14] The commercial failure of some of its films forced the group to stop making films, with its final release Whistle (2003), having a delayed release.[15]
Filmography
[edit]- Films as producer
| Title | Year | Language | Director | Cast | Synopsis | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharathi | 2000 | Tamil | Gnana Rajasekaran | Sayaji Shinde, Devayani, Nizhalgal Ravi | The film is a biography of renowned Tamil poet Subramaniya Bharathi. | [16] |
| Nila Kaalam | 2001 | Tamil | Gandhi Krishna | Udayaraj, Dinesh, Ranjani, Roja | Daughter of a film actress befriends two boys who work in a mechanic shop. | |
| Little John | 2001 | English, Hindi, Tamil | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao | Bentley Mitchum, Jyothika, Anupam Kher | A foreigner who arrives to India to do a research on Mookuthi Amman temple is accused of stealing ring of the goddess. | [17] |
| Krishna Krishna | 2001 | Tamil | S. Ve. Shekher | S. Ve. Shekher, Sukanya, Sriman | Gopalakrishnan faces problems after his wife suspects and mistakes him for everything. | |
| Pandavar Bhoomi | 2001 | Tamil | Cheran | Arun Vijay, Shamitha, Rajkiran, Ranjith | Dhanasekar hires an engineer, to rebuild his ancestral house. When he falls in love with Dhanasekar's niece, Dhanasekar narrates his family's past, which changes his mind to sacrifice his love. | |
| Pammal K. Sambandam | 2002 | Tamil | Moulee | Kamal Haasan, Simran, Abbas, Sneha | A stuntman who works in film industry and a female doctor both hate the word "Love". | [18] |
| Whistle | 2003 | Tamil | J. D.- Jerry | Vikramaditya, Sherin, Gayathri Raguram | Sarawathi, a young girl, commits suicide after being bullied by Anjali and her friends. Years later, when her friends start turning up dead, she fears that Sarawathi has returned to exact revenge. | [19] |
- Films as distributor
In addition to the films produced by Media Dreams, the following films from other banners were distributed by the company.
- 12B (2001)
- Samrat Ashoka (2001; dubbed)
- Television
- Balu Mahendra Kathai Neram
- Ladies Club – "Senior / Junior"
- Southern Spice
- Neelavaanam
- Thozhigal
- Thanthira Bhoomi
- Ambighai
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