AGS Entertainment

AGS Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2006
Headquarters
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Chennai
Tamilnadu
Key people
Kalpathi S. Aghoram
Kalpathi S. Ganesh
Kalpathi S. Suresh
Archana Kalpathi
Aishwarya Kalpathi
OwnerKalpathi Family
Number of employees
133 Employees
ParentKalpathi Investments

AGS Entertainment is an Indian film production, distribution company, and multiplex chain in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 2006 by Kalpathi brothers: S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh, and S. Suresh. AGS has four multiplex movie theaters across Chennai.

History

AGS Entertainment ventured into film production in 2006 with Susi Ganesan's Thiruttu Payale (2006),[1] which was followed by Santosh Subramaniam (2008), both emerging commercial successes.[2][3] Their subsequent productions included the masala flick Maasilamani (2009), Chimbudevan's Western comedy Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam (2010), the period piece Madrasapattinam, Bale Pandiya (2010), Myshkin's crime thriller Yuddham Sei (2011), Bala's comedy entertainer Avan Ivan (2011), Prabhu Deva directed romance film Engeyum Kadhal (2011), Vellore Maavattam (2011) starring Nandha, the K. V. Anand-Suriya project Maattrraan (2012) and Atlee directed sports action film Bigil (2019), while the distribution of films includes Kandhakottai, Inidhu Inidhu, Mynaa and Payanam.

In 2013, AGS Entertainment opened their first cinema theatre in Villivakkam, Chennai. Subsequently, in the following year, they launched AGS OMR,Navalur, and in 2016, another theater in T Nagar.[3] They eventually opened another theatre in Maduravoyal as well.

Productions

  • All films are in Tamil, unless mentioned otherwise.
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of AGS Entertainment film productions
Year Title Cast Director Notes Ref.
2006Thiruttu PayaleJeevan, Sonia Agarwal, MalavikaSusi Ganesan [3]
2008Santosh SubramaniamRavi Mohan, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash RajMohan Raja [4]
2009MaasilamaniNakul, Sunaina, PawanR. N. R. Manohar [5]
2010MadrasapattinamArya, Amy Jackson, NassarA. L. Vijay [6]
Irumbukkottai Murattu SingamRaghava Lawrence, Raai Laxmi, SandhyaChimbu Deven [7]
Bale PandiyaVishnu Vishal, Pia Bajpiee, VivekSiddharth Chandrasekhar [8]
2011Engeyum KaadhalRavi Mohan, Hansika Motwani, SumanPrabhu Deva [9]
Yuddham SeiCheran, Dipa Shah, Y. G. MahendranMysskin [10]
Avan IvanVishal, Arya, Janani IyerBala [11]
Vellore MaavattamNandha, Poorna, SanthanamR. N. R. Manohar [12]
2012MaatrraanSuriya, Kajal Aggarwal, Sachin KhedekarK. V. Anand [13]
2013Naveena Saraswathi SabathamJai, Nivetha Thomas, VTV GaneshK. Chandru [14]
2014TenaliramanVadivelu, Meenakshi Dixit, Radha RaviYuvaraj Dhayalan [15]
Irumbu KuthiraiAtharvaa, Priya Anand, Raai LaxmiYuvraj Bose [16]
2015AneganDhanush, Karthik, Amyra DasturK. V. Anand [17]
Vai Raja VaiGautham Karthik, Priya Anand, VivekAishwarya R. Dhanush [18]
Thani OruvanRavi Mohan, Nayanthara, Arvind SwamiMohan Raja [19]
2017KavanVijay Sethupathi, T. Rajendar, Madonna SebastianK. V. Anand [20]
Thiruttu Payale 2Bobby Simha, Prasanna, Amala Paul Susi Ganesan [21]
2019BigilVijay, Nayanthara, Jackie ShroffAtlee [22]
2022Naai SekarSathish, Bruno, Pavithra LakshmiKishore Rajkumar [23]
Love TodayPradeep Ranganathan, Ivana, Raveena RaviPradeep Ranganathan [24]
2023 Conjuring Kannappan Sathish, Regina Cassandra, Saranya Ponvannan Selvin Raj Xavier [25]
2024 The Greatest of All Time Vijay, Prashanth, Mohan Venkat Prabhu [26]
2025 Loveyapa Khushi Kapoor, Junaid Khan Advait Chandan Hindi film [24]
Dragon Pradeep Ranganathan, Anupama Parameswaran, Kayadu Lohar Ashwath Marimuthu [27]
2026 Blast Arjun, Abhirami, Preity Mukhundhan Subash K. Raj also distributor

Distribution

List of films distributed by AGS Entertainment
Year Title Director Notes
2009KandhakottaiS. Sakthivel[28]
2010Inidhu InidhuK. V. Guhan
MynaaPrabhu Solomon[29]
2011PayanamRadha Mohan[30]
Avan IvanBala[11]
2014TenaliramanYuvaraj Dhayalan[15]
2015AneganK. V. Anand[17]
Thani OruvanMohan Raja[19]
2017KavanK. V. Anand[31]
2019BigilAtlee[32]
2024Pushpa 2: The RuleSukumarTamil Nadu distribution[33]
2025DragonAshwath Marimuthu
House MatesT. Raja Vel
Lokah Chapter 1: ChandraDominic ArunTamil Nadu distribution
MiraiKarthik Ghattamneni
BaltiUnni Sivalingam
Dude Keerthiswaran Tamil Nadu distribution
Aan Paavam Pollathathu Kalaiarasan Thangavel
Kaantha Selvamani Selvaraj Tamil Nadu distribution
2026 Seetha Payanam Arjun Sarja Tamil Nadu distribution
Thaai Kizhavi Sivakumar Murugesan

Multiplexes

List of AGS Entertainment multiplexes
Year Multiplex Name # of Screens Locality City State Ref.
2010 AGS Cinemas, Villivakkam 5 Villivakkam Chennai Tamil Nadu [3]
2014 AGS Cinemas, Navalur 4 Navalur
2016 AGS Cinemas, T Nagar 4 T Nagar
2018 AGS Cinemas, Maduravoyal 5 Maduravoyal [34]

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