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{{Short description|Indian entertainment company (founded 1995)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Madras Talkies
| logo = Logo_of_Madras_Talkies.jpg
| logo_upright = .7
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| slogan =
| owner = [[Mani Ratnam]]
| founders = {{Ubl | [[Mani Ratnam]] | G. Srinivasan}}
| chairperson =
| key_people = {{Ubl | [[Mani Ratnam]] | [[Suhasini Mani Ratnam|Suhasini]]}}
| foundation = 1995 in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| location_city = [[Chennai]]
| location_country = India
| num_employees =
| parent =
| industry = Entertainment
| products = Films
| revenue =
| operating profit =
| website = {{URL|madrastalkies.com}}
}}

'''Madras Talkies''' is an Indian entertainment company, which was established by director [[Mani Ratnam]] and his brother G. Srinivasan as partners in 1995. Madras Talkies has actively involved in production of films and television serials, which are distributed all over the world. The company has produced fifteen feature films and six television serials.

Prior to Madras Talkies, Ratnam previously served as a film producer on several projects with [[Aalayam Productions]], alongside [[S. Sriram]]. Through his own directorial venture, ''[[Iruvar]]'' (1997), Madras Talkies made its debut as Ratnam's official production studio.
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==Films==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of Madras Talkies film credits
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Cast
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Synopsis
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
! scope="row" |''[[Iruvar]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| {{sortname|Mani|Ratnam}}
| [[Mohanlal]], [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan|Aishwarya Rai]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]
| A struggling actor gradually grows into the [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film industry]]'s leading actor and enters politics to become [[Tamil Nadu]]'s [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]].
|<ref name="indolink">{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/iruvar.htm|title=Iruvar|publisher=indolink.com|access-date=15 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121114612/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/iruvar.htm|archive-date=21 November 2017|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Nerukku Ner]]''
| {{sortname||Vasanth}}
| [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Suriya]], [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]], [[Simran (actress)|Simran]]
| Following the break up of a passport official and his wife, their respective brothers become enemies. The pair are later forced to reconcile to save their niece, who gets kidnapped by an MLA, who wants to avenge the passport official.
|<ref name="indolink2">{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/nerukkuner.htm|title=Nerukku Ner|publisher=indolink.com|access-date=15 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528110740/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/nerukkuner.htm|archive-date=28 May 2011|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
|-
| 1998
! scope="row" |''[[Dil Se..]]''
| [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Mani|Ratnam}}
| [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], [[Manisha Koirala]], [[Preity Zinta]]
| Set in the backdrop of the [[insurgency in Northeast India]], an executive of [[All India Radio]] falls in love with a mysterious woman, who turns out to be a [[United Liberation Front of Assam|Liberationists]] suicide bomber.
|<ref name="intoday">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-of-dil-se-shah-rukh-khan-manisha-koirala/1/264844.html|title=Movie review: Dil Se.., starring Shah Rukh Khan, Manisha Koirala : FILMS – India Today 31081998|publisher=indiatoday.intoday.in|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2000
! scope="row" |''[[Alaipayuthey]]''
| rowspan="4" | Tamil
| [[R. Madhavan]], [[Shalini Ajith|Shalini]]
| Karthik and Shakthi fall in love against the wishes of their parents in suburban Chennai. Following their secret marriage, the pair experience the tensions of married life and the maturing of their love.
|<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/04/21/stories/09210225.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150112012403/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/04/21/stories/09210225.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Film Review: ''Alaipayuthey''|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2001
! scope="row" |''[[Dumm Dumm Dumm]]''
| {{sortname|Azhagam|Perumal}}
| [[R. Madhavan]], [[Jyothika]]
| An unhappy groom and bride draw up plans to stop their wedding, but they fizzle out. Just when they begin to fall in love, a real fight stops the wedding. The pair subsequently rekindle in Chennai.
|<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/20/stories/09200223.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161120193018/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/20/stories/09200223.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Film Review: ''Dumm...Dumm...Dumm...''|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
! scope="row" |''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]''
| {{sortname|Mani|Ratnam}}
| [[R. Madhavan]], [[Simran (actress)|Simran]], [[Nandita Das]], [[P. S. Keerthana|Keerthana]]
| A child of [[Sri Lankan Tamils|Sri Lankan Tamil]] parentage, who is adopted by Indian parents, demands to return to North Sri Lanka to meet her biological mother in the midst of the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]].
|<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2002/feb/16kan.htm|title=The Rediff review: Kannathil Muthamittal|publisher=in.rediff.com|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
! scope="row" |''[[Five Star (film)|Five Star]]''
| {{sortname|Susi|Ganesan}}
| [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]], [[Kanika Subramaniam|Kanika]], [[Five Star Krishna|Krishna]]
| Four college friends investigate the whereabouts of another friend, who was forced into a marriage by his father. After discovering that he fled from his new wife, they decide to try to find him in London.
|<ref name="thehindu3">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/10/11/stories/2002101101170200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201172415/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/10/11/stories/2002101101170200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2003|title=Five Star|author=thmrn|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
! scope="row" |''[[Saathiya (film)|Saathiya]]''
| Hindi
| {{sortname|Shaad|Ali}}
| [[Vivek Oberoi]], [[Rani Mukerji]]
| Aditya and Suhani fall in love against the wishes of their parents in suburban Mumbai. Following their secret marriage, the pair experience the tensions of married life and the maturing of their love.
|<ref name="rediff2">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/dec/20saath.htm|title=The Rediff Review: Saathiya|work=rediff.com|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |''[[Aayutha Ezhuthu]] / [[Yuva]]''
| Tamil
| rowspan="7" | {{sortname|Mani|Ratnam}}
| [[Suriya]], [[R. Madhavan]], [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]], [[Esha Deol]], [[Meera Jasmine]], [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]
| rowspan="2" | A goon – who dreams of making it big in life, a student leader – who strives to keep politicians away from college election and a youngster – who wants to settle abroad, have their lives change after an incident on a bridge.
|<ref name="thehindu4">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/05/28/stories/2004052801670300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041121175320/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/05/28/stories/2004052801670300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 November 2004|title="Aayudha Ezhuthu"|author=thmrn|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| rowspan="3" | Hindi
| [[Ajay Devgan]], [[Abhishek Bachchan]], [[Vivek Oberoi]], [[Rani Mukherji]], [[Kareena Kapoor]], [[Esha Deol]]
|<ref name="rediff3">{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/may/21yuva.htm|title=Yuva: a welcome relief from Mani Ratnam|work=rediff.com|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
! scope="row" |''[[Guru (2007 film)|Guru]]''
| [[Abhishek Bachchan]], [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan|Aishwarya Rai]], [[R. Madhavan]], [[Vidya Balan]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]]
| An ambitious man leaves his small village behind to pursue his dream of opening his own business. He gradually grows into India's largest business magnate and is faced with questions concerning the integrity of his success.
|<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/movies/15guru.html?_r=0|title=Polyester and Power at Play for a Mogul and His India|work=The New York Times|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |''[[Raavan (2010 Hindi film)|Raavan]] / [[Raavanan (2010 film)|Raavanan]]''
| [[Abhishek Bachchan]], [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan|Aishwarya Rai]], [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]]
| rowspan="2" | A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister. The kidnapped woman later begins to develop feelings for her kidnapper, blurring the line of who is good and who is evil.
|<ref name="thehindu5">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-nxg/raavan-review/article483071.ece|title=Raavan review – Chennai – The Hindu|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | Tamil
| [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan|Aishwarya Rai]], [[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]]
|<ref name="thehindu6">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/a-masterstroke-yet-again/article474237.ece|title=A masterstroke yet again – The Hindu|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
! scope="row" |''[[Kadal (2013 film)|Kadal]]''
| [[Gautham Karthik]], [[Thulasi Nair]], [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]], [[Arvind Swamy]]
| A wayward youth believes that bad will triumph over good. He implicates his classmate, who is good hearted and god fearing, into a case of adultery and murder after several years. The pair consequently influence the life of a young fisherman.
|<ref name="thehindu7">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kadal-at-times-at-sea/article4372287.ece|title=Kadal: At times at sea – The Hindu|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
! scope="row" |''[[O Kadhal Kanmani]]''
| [[Dulquer Salmaan]], [[Nithya Menen]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[Leela Samson]]
| Aditya and Tara opt to briefly have a live-in relationship, before they go their separate ways for their respective careers. The pair's reflection on the idea of marriage gets gradually influenced by the intimacy of their elderly landlords.
|<ref name="thehindu8">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/ok-kanmani-mani-ratnam-has-regained-his-touch/article7113724.ece|title=OK Kanmani: Mani Ratnam has regained his touch – The Hindu|publisher=thehindu.com|access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
! scope="row" |''[[Ok Jaanu]]''
| Hindi
| {{sortname|Shaad|Ali}}
| [[Aditya Roy Kapur]], [[Shraddha Kapoor]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Leela Samson]]
| Aditya and Tara opt to briefly have a live-in relationship, before they go their separate ways for their respective careers. The pair's reflection on the idea of marriage gets gradually influenced by the intimacy of their elderly landlords.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/aditya-shraddha-wrap-up-ok-jaanu/article8666178.ece|title=Aditya, Shraddha wrap up 'OK Jaanu'|date=30 May 2016|access-date=1 October 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Kaatru Veliyidai]]''
| rowspan="6" | Tamil
| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Mani|Ratnam}}
| [[Karthi]], [[Aditi Rao Hydari]]
| A military pilot, being held as a prisoner of war in Pakistan, remembers his intense romance with a local doctor.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/kaatru-veliyidai-review/article17864183.ece|title=Kaatru Veliyidai: prisoners of love and war|first=Vishal|last=Menon|date=7 April 2017|access-date=1 October 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2018
! scope="row" |''[[Chekka Chivantha Vaanam]]''
| [[Arvind Swami]], [[Silambarasan|STR]], [[Vijay Sethupathi]], [[Arun Vijay]], [[Jyothika]], [[Aditi Rao Hydari]]
| A family of gangsters go through a power struggle as they attempt to find the assassin who killed their father.
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/chekka-chivantha-vaanam-review-guns-greed-and-glory/article25055158.ece|title=Chekka Chivantha Vaanam review: Guns, greed and glory|first=Srinivasa|last=Ramanujam|date=27 September 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
! scope="row" |''[[Vaanam Kottatum]]''
| Dhana Sekhar
| [[Sarathkumar]], [[Raadhika Sarathkumar|Raadhika]], [[Vikram Prabhu]], [[Aishwarya Rajesh]], [[Shanthanu Bhagyaraj]], [[Madonna Sebastian]]
| A man's relationship with his wife and kids is jeopardised by a revelation from his past.
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sky-is-the-limit/article29118883.ece|title=How team 'Vaanam Kottatum' shot on busy city roads when it rained heavily|first=Srinivasa|last=Ramanujam|date=17 August 2019|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2020
! scope="row |''[[Putham Pudhu Kaalai]]''
| Various
| Various
| [[Over-the-top media service|OTT]] film
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/node/2847555f|title=dna|date=5 October 2020|website=DNA India}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
! scope="row |''[[Ponniyin Selvan: I]]''
| Mani Ratnam
| [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], [[Karthi]], [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]], [[Jayam Ravi]], [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]], [[Aishwarya Lekshmi]]
|
|
|-
| 2023
! scope="row"| ''[[Ponniyin Selvan: II]]
| Mani Ratnam
| [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]], [[Karthi]], [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]], [[Jayam Ravi]], [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]
|
|
|}
{{pending films key}}

== Web series ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Series that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes series that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of series produced by Madras Talkies
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Cast
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | OTT
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| ''[[Navarasa (web series)|Navarasa]]''
|2021
| [[Arvind Swami]], [[Bejoy Nambiar]], [[Gautham Vasudev Menon]], [[Halitha Shameem]], [[K. V. Anand]], [[Karthick Naren]], [[Karthik Subbaraj]], [[Ponram]], Rathindran R. Prasad
|[[Suriya]], [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]], [[Parvathy Thiruvothu]], [[Pavel Navageethan]], Rajesh Balachandran, [[Sree Raam]], [[Ammu Abhirami]], [[Vijay Sethupathi]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[Revathi]], [[Vikranth]], [[Aishwarya Rajesh]], [[Arvind Swami]], [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]], Sai Siddharth, [[Shamna Kasim]], [[Bobby Simha]], [[Sananth]], [[Gautham Karthik]], [[Saravanan (actor)|Saravanan]], [[Robo Shankar]], [[Azhagam Perumal]], [[Nithya Menen]], [[Riythvika]], [[Ashok Selvan]], [[Ramesh Thilak]], Vidhu
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|[[Netflix]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
|}

==Television serials==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ List of Madras Talkies television serials
|-
! scope="col" | Serial
! scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | No. of episodes
! scope="col" | Channel
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Frequency
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| ''Ganesh & Vasanth'' || Suhasini, [[V. Priya]] || 43 || rowspan="4" | [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] || rowspan="2" | Weekly ||<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001212090600/http://www.tamiltalkies.com/tv/tv1.htm |date=12 December 2000 |title=TAMIL TALKIES - Events & Happenings|nolink=yes}}</ref>
|-
| ''Panchavarnam'' || [[Manobala]] || 39 ||
|-
| ''Anbulla Snegidheiye'' || V. Priya || 127 || rowspan="2" | Daily || <ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011230091242/http://www.tamiltalkies.com/serials/anbullasnegidhiye/default.htm |date=30 December 2001 |title=TamilTalkies " Anbulla Snegidhiye"|nolink=yes}}</ref>
|-
| ''Punnagai'' || Manobala || 30 ||<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001212004200/http://www.tamiltalkies.com/punnagai/Default.htm |date=12 December 2000 |title=Madras Talkies Presents... PUNNAGAI|nolink=yes}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* {{anli|Mani Ratnam}}
* {{anli|Cinema of Tamil Nadu}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Madras Talkies}}
{{Mani Ratnam}}

[[Category:Film distributors of India]]
[[Category:Entertainment companies established in 1995]]
[[Category:Film production companies based in Chennai]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1995]]
[[Category:Television production companies of Tamil Nadu]]

Madras Talkies - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 08:07, 20 August 2023