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AVM Productions is an Indian film production studio founded by A. V. Meiyappa Chettiar. It is the oldest film studio in . The filming studios are located in , . It has produced over 300 films in , Telugu, Kannada, and cinema. AVM has introduced numerous actors in Southern industries, some of the prominent actors are Superstar , , Rajkumar, S. S. Rajendran, , and many more. The AVM Studios besides the shooting floors, has recording, dubbing and a preview theatre. The complex also houses facilities for production and post production processing.

Early history
Born on 28 July 1907, Avichi Meiyappan hailed from a Nattukottai family of in Tamil Nadu. Avichi ran a mini-department store, named AV & Sons. It sold gramophone records. Meiyappan, who joined his father's shop as a teenager, and decided to produce gramophone records instead of just selling them. He came to Madras where, along with friends K. S. Narayana , Subbaiah and others promoted Saraswathi Stores.

Maiden venture
The dawn of the talkie era (1931) inspired Meiyappan to start Saraswathi Sound Productions and he launched his maiden film venture, Alli Arjuna a Hindu mythology based film. The film was shot in and proved a total flop as the one that followed named . At this point, an aspiring amateur actor and college graduate A. T. Krishnaswamy joined the unit as assistant director who was associated with Meiyappan for nearly a decade and wrote and directed the early AVM productions.

The reverses forced Meiyappan to lie low but only for a while. In association with Jayanthilal, a cinema house owner based in , he promoted a new company Pragati Pictures Limited. Grabbing an opportunity that came his way, AVM made Nandakumar, Tamil version of a Marathi film launching it as a Pragati production. The highlight of this film was the debut of T. R. Mahalingam in to Tamil film Industry.

The film was a landmark because for the first time playback singing was tried, with Lalitha Venkatraman singing for the actor who played Devaki. Meiyappan took the sprawling Club House off Mount Road on lease and shot scenes without going to studios and erecting sets. Soon after he shifted his unit to another sprawling edifice known as Admiralty House in Adyar.

Later history
In 1940, Meiyappan produced Bhoo Kailas, a mythological film which created history. Its lead players were from Telugu and Kannada cinema, and was directed by Sundar Rao Nadkarni, a Mangalorean who had his training in Bombay. The film turned out to be a big hit and also won critical acclaim. Meiyappan struck gold with comedy next. Sabapathy (1941) with the saucer-eyed T. R. Ramachandran in the lead, along with Kali N. Rathnam and K. Sarangapani was a runaway success. Then came a series of hits like , (1943), Sri Valli.

The city of began to feel the strains of the World War II raging on elsewhere and to reduce the exposure from Japanese bombing, Meiyappan moved his facilities to . In the outskirts of the town karaikudi he occupied a drama auditorium with a large open area around it on long lease and erected a studio. Thus was born AVM Productions with .

Hits like Nam Iruvar (1947), Parasakthi (1952), (1954), and the National Award-winning Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke (1957) followed.

Meiyappan died on 12 August 1979, and after his demise his sons took over the mantle.

In 2007, AVM produced Sivaji which at 95 crore, was said to be the most expensive film ever made in the history of the Indian film industry at that time.

In 2013, AVM led by Aruna Guhan and Aparna Guhan started producing films to be screened only on the net. Their first such production was a 55-minute-film, titled Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum.

AVM Productions ventured into streaming space by announcing , a crime thriller series inspired from a real-life film piracy group, directed by Arivazhagan.

Filmography
Films
2014Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum, Anusha VarmaAnil Krishnan
Srihari Prabhakaran
, Kavitha NairR. Kumaran175th Film
Marthand K. Shankar
K. V. Anand
D. Sabapathy
Shankar
Mani Bharathy
SaranRemake of Tamil Film 'Gemini'
Vikram,
50th anniversary Film, Re-shot in Hindi as Sapnay
K. S. Ravikumar
P. Vasu
R. V. Udayakumar
E. V. V. Satyanarayana
V. C. GuhanathanTamil
M. Thyagarajan150th Film
S. P. Muthuraman
, ,
S. P. Muthuraman
L. Raja
RajasekharRemake of Tamil Film 'Patti Sollai Thatadhe'
R. G. Gopu
Rajasekhar
L. Raja
S. P. Muthuraman
, , K. R. Vijaya
A. C. Tirulokchandar
L. Raja
S. P. MuthuramanRemake of Tamil Film 'Samsaram Adhu Minsaram'
, , Pallavi
R. Sundarrajan
S. P. Muthuraman
Narasimha Rao
S. P. Muthuraman
Karthik, Radha
, , Karthik, Tulasi
Tatineni Prasad
S. P. Muthuraman
Remake of Tamil Film 'Mundhanai Mudichu'
K. Bhagyaraj
S. P. Muthuraman
, Ambika125th Film
Rajasekhar
S. P. Muthuraman
RajasekharRemake of Telugu Film 'Punnami Naagu'
S. P. MuthuramanFirst Film with Rajinikanth
Rajasekhar
Murugan Kumaran
Rama Krishna, , Manjula
Pattu
Pattu
Murugan Kumaran
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Tamil Film 'Anathai Ananthan'
R. G. Gopu
A. C. Tirulokchandar
K.Balachander
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Tamil Film 'Server Sundaram'
A. V. M. Rajan, ,
M. Krishnan Nair
A. C. Tirulokchandar
Krishnan–Panju
D. Yoganand
Krishnan–Panju
A. C. TirulokchandarRemake of Tamil Film 'Ramu'
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Tamil Film 'Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum'
A. C. TirulokchandarRemake of Tamil Film 'Adhey Kangal'
A. C. Tirulokchandar100th Film
A. Bhimsingh
S. V. Ranga Rao, , , M. BalamuralikrishnaChitrapu Narayana Rao
K. Balachandar
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Tamil Film 'Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum'
A. C. Tirulokchandar
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Tamil Film 'Annai'
A. C. TirulokchandarOnly Film with M. G. R.
Krishnan–Panju
A. C. TirulokchandarRemake of Tamil Film 'Naanum Oru Penn'
S. S. Rajendran, C. R. Vijayakumari, S. V. Ranga Rao, Debut Film for Sivakumar
Krishnan–Panju75th Film
A. C. TirulokchandarRemake of Tamil Film 'Naanum Oru Penn'
A. Bhimsingh
, S. S. Rajendran, , C. R. Vijayakumari
1963A. C. Tirulokchandar
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Bengali film
, Sadhana
A. BhimsinghRemake of Tamil Film 'Kalathur Kannamma'
A. C. Tirulokchandar50th Film
, , Savitri, B. Saroja Devi, A. Bhimsingh
1961Hrishikesh Mukherjee
A. Bhimsingh
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Malayalam Film 'Thilakam'
, M. N. Rajam, Sriranjani
A. BhimsinghDebut Film for Kamal Haasan
Krishnan–Panju
Prabhat MukherjeeFirst Bengali Film
A. Bhimsingh
Krishnan–Panju
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Tamil Film 'Mamiyar Mechina Marumagal'
1958N. T. Rama Rao, A. Nageswara Rao, JamunaK. Shankar
Rajkumar, , B. Saroja Devi
Krishnan–PanjuRemake of Tamil Film 'Kula Deivam'
P. L. Santoshi
L. V. PrasadRemake of Telugu Film ''
Anant Thakur
Krishnan–Panju
K. R. Seetarama SastryRemake of Kannada Film 'Sadarame'
, , G. V. IyerProduced with
M. V. Raman
Chitrapu Narayana RaoRemake of Kannada Film 'Adarsha Sathi'
R. Nagendra Rao, , Jamuna, NagabhushanamTelugu
First Sinhala Film
Chitrapu Narayana Rao
M. V. RamanRemake of Tamil Film 'Chella Pillai'
M. V. Raman25th Film
H. L. N. SimhaRemake of Kannada Film 'Bedara Kannappa'
Rajkumar, K. Malathi, R. Sudarsanam R. Goverdhanam as AssociateTelugu
R. Nagendra RaoRemake of Kannada Film 'Jathaka Phala'
M. V. RamanRemake of Hindi Film 'Ladki'
, , S. Balachander, Remake of Hindi Film 'Ladki'
H. L. N. SimhaProduced with
Debut Film for Rajkumar
S. BalachanderFirst Film without songs
R. Nagendra RaoRemake of Kannada Film 'Jathaka Phala'
R. Nagendra Rao, K. Sarangapani, T. K. Balachandran, Suryakala, Kamala Bai
M. V. Raman
H. L. N. SimhaRemake of Kannada Film Gunasagari
Honnappa Bhagavathar, , Produced with
Krishnan–PanjuDebut Film for Sivaji Ganesan
M. V. RamanRemake of Tamil Film 'Vazhkai'
P. Neelakantan
A. V. Meiyappan, M. V. RamanRemake of Tamil Film 'Vazhkai'
T. R. Ramachandran, , M. S. Draupadi, K. Sarangapani, S. V. SahasranamamDebut Film for Vyjayanthimala
1948A. V. Meiyappan, P. Neelakantan
A. V. MeiyappanFirst Film Produced under 'AVM Studios'
A. V. Meiyappan, A. T. KrishnaswamyProduced under 'Pragathi Studios'
, R. Nagendra Rao, A. T. Krishnaswamy, R. Nagendra RaoProduced under 'Pragathi Studios'
Sundar Rao NadkarniTamil
Ramayyar ShirurProduced under 'Pragathi Studios', First Kannada Film
A. T. KrishnaswamyProduced under 'Pragathi Studios'
Prem Chethna
Sundar Rao NadkarniProduced under 'Pragathi Studios', First Big Hit for A. V. Meiyappan
Nandalal JaswantlalProduced under 'Pragathi Studios'
A. T. Krishnaswamy
Keshav Rao DhaibharProduced under 'Pragati Pictures Ltd'
Produced under 'Saraswathi Sound Productions'

Serials
  • Aachi International Sun TV
  • Aarthi
  • Aasai Sun TV
  • Aval Oru Minsaram
  • Dhik Dhik Dhik Sun TV
  • Galatta Kudumbam Season 1 Sun TV
  • Galatta Kudumbam Season 2 (Galatta Sirippu) Sun TV
  • Geethanjali
  • Girija M. A.
  • Nimmathi Ungal Choice Sun TV
  • Gopi Sun TV
  • Roja
  • Manathil Uruthi Vendum
  • Take It Easy Vazhkai Sun TV
  • Vaazhnthu Kaatugiren Sun TV
  • Oru Pennin Kathai Sun TV
  • ’'Muthukkal Sun TV
  • Nambikkai Sun TV
  • Sorgam Sun TV
  • Nimmathi Sun TV
  • Naanayam Sun TV
  • Sondham Sun TV
  • Paasam Sun TV
  • Vaazhkai Sun TV
  • Savale Samaali
  • Vairanenjam
  • Uravukku Kai Koduppom
  • Vairakkiyam
  • Mohini

Malayalam serials
  • Jeevitham (Surya TV))
  • Nirvathi Nirvathi Ningal choice (Surya TV)
  • Swantham Maalotty (Surya TV)
  • Swarna Manasu (Asianet)

Telugu serials
  • Aadajanma (Star Maa)
  • Aarthi (ETV)
  • Akka (Gemini TV)
  • Akila (Gemini TV)
  • Aanandam Mee choice (Gemini TV)
  • Deivam (Gemini TV/Star Maa)
  • Eenatti Ramayanam (ETV)
  • Matrudevatha(ETV)
  • Jeevitham (Gemini TV)
  • Nammakam (Gemini TV)
  • Janaki (Gemini TV)
  • Jyothi (Gemini TV)
  • Swargam (Gemini TV)
  • Paasam (Gemini TV)
  • Aasha (Gemini TV)
  • Samsaram (Star Maa/Vissa TV)
  • Swanthanga Raktha Sambandham (Star Maa)
  • Kodalu Dhithina Kapuram (Gemini TV)

Web series
  • Tamil Rockerz (Sony Liv)

Awards
National Film Awards1954Second Best Feature Film in Tamil
Best Feature Film in Kannada
1956Best Feature Film in TamilKula Dheivam
1957Best Children's FilmHum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke
1960Best Film (Third prize)Deivapiravi
Third Best Feature Film in TamilKalathur Kannamma
1961Best Film (Second prize)
1962Second Best Feature Film in TamilAnnai
1963Best Feature Film in TamilNaanum Oru Penn
1964Third Best Feature Film in Tamil
1965Best Feature Film in TamilKuzhandaiyum Deivamum
1966Best Feature Film in TamilRamu
1986Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentSamsaram Adhu Minsaram
Cinema Express Awards1986Best FilmSamsaram Adhu Minsaram
Cinema Fans Award1963Best FilmNaanum Oru Penn
Film Fans Association Awards1949Best FilmVaazhkai
Filmfare Awards South1963Best FilmNaanum Oru Penn
1964Best Film
1986Best FilmSamsaram Adhu Minsaram
1967Best Film (Bronze)Bhakta Prahlada
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards1968Best FilmUyarndha Manithan
2007Best FilmSivaji
2009Favourite FilmAyan

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