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Lyca Productions
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2014; 11 years ago (2014) in Chennai, India
FounderSubaskaran Allirajah
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Key people
G.K.M. Tamil Kumaran
ProductsFilms
ParentLycamobile
Websitelycaproductions.in

Lyca Productions (/laɪkɑː/) is a Indian entertainment company, which was established by Subaskaran Allirajah in 2014. A subgroup of Lycamobile, (Part of Lyca Family) the production studio has been involved in the production and distribution of Tamil films, Hindi films, Telugu films, Malayalam films made in India Films and Sinhala (SL) Films. It has produced some of Tamil cinema's biggest budget films, such as Enthiran 2.0 (2018), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023).

History

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Pirivom Santhippom (2008) was the first film produced by A. Subhaskaran under Gnanam films.[citation needed] Lyca Productions chose to collaborate with Ayngaran International to produce and signed on AR Murugadoss and Vijay to be a part of their debut project.[1] A social drama tackling the issue of farmers committing suicide due to corporate encroachment, Kaththi was shot throughout early 2014 with Samantha and Neil Nitin Mukesh signed on for other pivotal roles. As the film announced its release plans, several pro-Tamil pressure groups demanded all references to Lyca Productions to be removed from the title and other publicity material. The groups felt it was unacceptable that a business house, allegedly reported to be connected to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, would be allowed to produce a Tamil movie in Tamil Nadu when the Tamil Nadu Assembly, citing human rights violations during the civil war in the island nation, had already passed a resolution seeking severance of business ties with Sri Lanka.[2] Unable to reach a compromise with the pressure groups, and fearing a boycott and violence, Lyca Productions chose to remove its name from the copies released in India.[3] Kaththi consequently managed to release in October 2014 to positive reviews, with Rediff.com stating that the film "entertains with a message", while Sify.com similarly stated that it was a "well made entertainer with a powerful message".[4][5] The film became a very profitable venture at the box office for Lyca Productions, grossing over 100 crore rupees within two weeks of release.[6][7]

In late 2015, Lyca Productions agreed a deal with Dhanush for the worldwide distribution rights of two of his productions, Naanum Rowdydhaan (2015) and Visaranai (2016). The movie was also met with protests, though Naanum Rowdydhaan released without any problems and also became a profitable venture for the studio.[8][9] Also throughout 2015, Lyca Productions worked on the pre-production of 2.0, a sequel to Shankar's earlier Enthiran (2010), and signed on Rajinikanth and Amy Jackson to feature in key roles. Believed to be the most expensive Indian production of all time, the team also negotiated for several months with Arnold Schwarzenegger for a role in the film, but eventually did not sign him.[10] The studio also launched another film titled Enakku Innoru Per Irukku with G. V. Prakash Kumar in the lead role during December 2015.[11]

Produced films

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of films produced by Lyca Productions
Year Title Language Director Cast Ref.
2014 Kaththi Tamil A. R. Murugadoss Vijay, Samantha, Neil Nitin Mukesh [12]
2016 Enakku Innoru Per Irukku Sam Anton G. V. Prakash Kumar, Anandhi, Saravanan [13]
2017 Khaidi No. 150 Telugu V. V. Vinayak Chiranjeevi, Kajal Aggarwal, Tarun Arora [14]
Yaman Tamil Jeeva Shankar Vijay Antony, Miya, Thiagarajan [15]
Ippadai Vellum Gaurav Narayanan Udhayanidhi Stalin, Manjima Mohan, Daniel Balaji [16]
2018 Diya A. L. Vijay Sai Pallavi, Naga Shourya, RJ Balaji [17]
Kolamavu Kokila Nelson Dilipkumar Nayanthara, Yogi Babu, Saranya [18]
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Mani Ratnam Arvind Swami, STR, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay [19]
Vada Chennai Vetrimaaran Dhanush, Andrea Jeremiah, Aishwarya Rajesh [20]
2.0 S. Shankar Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson [21]
2019 Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven Sundar C. STR, Megha Akash, Catherine Tresa [22]
Kaappaan K. V. Anand Mohanlal, Suriya, Arya, Sayyeshaa [23]
2020 Darbar A. R. Murugadoss Rajinikanth, Nayanthara, Sunil Shetty [24]
Mafia: Chapter 1 Karthick Naren Arun Vijay, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Prasanna [25]
2022 Don Cibi Chakaravarthi Sivakarthikeyan, S. J. Suryah, Priyanka Mohan [26]
Panni Kutty Anucharan Murugaiyan Yogi Babu, Karunakaran [27]
Good Luck Jerry Hindi Sidharth Sengupta Janhvi Kapoor [28]
Ponniyin Selvan: I Tamil Mani Ratnam Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Jayaram, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vikram Prabhu [29]
Ram Setu Hindi Abhishek Sharma Akshay Kumar [30]
Pattathu Arasan Tamil A. Sarkunam Atharvaa, Rajkiran [31]
Naai Sekar Returns Suraj Vadivelu [32]
Raangi M. Saravanan Trisha, Anaswara Rajan [33]
2023 Thiruvin Kural Harish Prabhu Arulnithi, Bharathiraja, Aathmika [34]
Ponniyin Selvan: II Mani Ratnam Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Jayaram, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vikram Prabhu [35]
Theera Kaadhal Rohin Venkatesan Jai, Aishwarya Rajesh, Sshivada [36]
Chandramukhi 2 P. Vasu Raghava Lawrence, Kangana Ranaut, Vadivelu [37]
2024 Mission: Chapter 1 A. L. Vijay Arun Vijay, Amy Jackson, Nimisha Sajayan [38]
Lal Salaam Aishwarya Rajinikanth Rajinikanth, Vishnu Vishal, Vikranth [39]
Indian 2 S. Shankar Kamal Haasan, Siddharth SJ Surya, Kajal Aggarval [40]
Vettaiyan T. J. Gnanavel Rajinikanth, Fahadh Faasil, Amitabh Bachchan, Manju Warrier, Rana Daggubati, Ritika Singh, Dushara Vijayan [41]
2025 Vidaamuyarchi Magizh Thirumeni Ajith Kumar, Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Regina Cassandra, Aarav [42]
L2: Empuraan† Malayalam Prithviraj Sukumaran Mohanlal, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Tovino Thomas, Indrajith Sukumaran, Manju Warrier [43][44]
JasonSanjay01† Tamil Jason Sanjay Sundeep Kishan
Indian 3† S. Shankar Kamal Haasan, Siddharth SJ Surya, Kajal Aggarval

Distributed films

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In addition to the films produced by Lyca Productions since 2014, the following filmsfrom other banners were distributed by the company:

† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Language Director Cast Ref.
2015 Naanum Rowdy Dhaan Tamil Vignesh Shivan Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, RJ Balaji and Radhika Sarathkumar [45]
2016 Visaranai Vetrimaaran Dinesh, Samuthirakani, Anandhi and Aadukalam Murugadoss [46]
Vetrivel Vasantha Mani Sasikumar, Miya, Prabhu and Nikhila Vimal [47]
2017 Spyder A. R. Murugadoss Mahesh Babu, Rakul Preet Singh and S. J. Surya [48]
2018 Kaala Pa. Ranjith Rajinikanth, Nana Patekar, Eswari Rao, Samuthirakani and Huma Qureshi [49]
Irumbu Thirai P. S. Mithran Vishal, Arjun and Samantha Ruth Prabhu [50]
Sandakozhi 2 N. Linguswamy Vishal, Keerthy Suresh, Rajkiran and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar [51]
2021 Pushpa: The Rise Tamil dubbed Sukumar Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil, Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari, Rao Ramesh and Anasuya Bharadwaj [52]
2022 RRR S. S. Rajamouli N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody and Ray Stevenson [53][54]
Sita Ramam Hanu Raghavapudi Dulquer Salmaan, Mrunal Thakur, Rashmika Mandanna and Sumanth
Baba (Re-release) Tamil Suresh Krissna Rajinikanth, Manisha Koirala and Goundamani [55][56]
2023 Thunivu H. Vinoth Ajith Kumar
Merry Christmas Sriram Raghavan Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi [57]
2024 Captain Miller Arun Matheswaran Dhanush, Priyanka Mohan, Shivarajkumar [58]

Lyca Music

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Year Title Language Music Director
2016 Enakku Innoru Per Irukku Tamil G. V. Prakash Kumar
2018 Yaman Vijay Antony
Ippadai Vellum D. Imman
Diya Sam C. S.
2.0 A. R. Rahman

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Sword hangs over Kaththi". The Hindu. 21 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Vijay: All issues over release of Kaththi resolved – Rediff.com Movies".
  4. ^ "Review: Kaththi entertains with a message".
  5. ^ "Review : (2014)". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015.
  6. ^ "'Kaththi' crosses Rs.100 crore mark". The Hindu. 3 November 2014.
  7. ^ "'Kaththi' mints Rs.15.4 crore on release day". The Hindu. 23 October 2014.
  8. ^ "Lyca Productions' new film in trouble". The Hindu. 22 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Lyca Productions making a comeback". The Hindu. 6 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Deep in the no-returns market". The Hindu. 10 December 2015.
  11. ^ "GV Prakash and Sam Anton's next titled as Enakku Innoru Peru Irukku". 14 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Kaththi review: Beneath the flab, some solid masala moments". The Hindu. 22 October 2014.
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  14. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (11 January 2017). "Khaidi No.150: Chiranjeevi returns in style". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  15. ^ Menon, Vishal (25 February 2017). "Yaman review: Yaman of the moment". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  16. ^ "Ippadai Vellum Review {2.5/5}: Gaurav manages to balance the seriousness of the plot with the comedy that arises out of mistaken identity", The Times of India, retrieved 24 October 2019
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  18. ^ Menon, Vishal (17 August 2018). "'Kolamavu Kokila' review: a quirky, ridiculous and fun film". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  19. ^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (27 September 2018). "Chekka Chivantha Vaanam review: Guns, greed and glory". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  20. ^ S, Srivatsan (17 October 2018). "'Vada Chennai' review: a masterful tale of power and deceit". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  21. ^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (29 November 2018). "'2.0' review: Grandeur on the big screen". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  22. ^ "STR-starrer Vandha Rajavathan Varuven earns Rs 8 cr in Tamil Nadu; F2 makes Rs 75 cr worldwide". Firstpost. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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  26. ^ "Sivakarthikeyan's next is 'DON' with debutante director Cibi Chakaravarthi". The Times of India.
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  28. ^ "First look of Good Luck Jerry starring Janhvi Kapoor unveiled, film goes on floors today in Punjab". Bollywood Hungama. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  29. ^ Cr, Sharanya. "Mani Ratnam's 'Ponniyin Selvan' starts rolling in Thailand". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  30. ^ "Ram Setu will be in theatres 25th October, 2022".
  31. ^ "Lyca Productions A Subaskaran presents Filmmaker A Sarkunam directorial Atharvaa Murali starrer "Pattathu Arasan" Trailer harvests phenomenal appreciation".
  32. ^ "Lyca Productions A Subaskaran presents Filmmaker A Sarkunam directorial Atharvaa Murali starrer "Pattathu Arasan" Trailer harvests phenomenal appreciation".
  33. ^ "Raangi".
  34. ^ Balachandran, Logesh. "Arulnithi stars in emotional drama with Bharathirajaa". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  35. ^ "'Ponniyin Selvan: II' review: Netizens are mesmerised by Mani Ratnam's magnum opus".
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  39. ^ "New Poster Alert: Rajinikanth's Lal Salaam To Release On Pongal 2024".
  40. ^ "Kamal Haasan, Shankar's 'Indian 2' trimmed by 12 minutes, makers finally confirm".
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  57. ^ "Merry Christmas Review: Ho, Ho, Whoa!".
  58. ^ "'Captain Miller' Ending Explained & Film Summary: How Did Miller Protect The Villagers?".
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