Aalayam Productions

Aalayam Productions was an Indian film production and distribution company headed by S. Sriram. The firm had been a leading production studio in the Tamil film industry in the 1990s, with director Mani Ratnam also being a partner.

Aalayam Productions
TypeFilm production
Film distribution
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1990—2002
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Key people
S. Sriram
Mani Ratnam
ProductsMotion pictures
(Tamil)

History

S. Sriram and Mani Ratnam set up Aalayam Productions in 1990 and produced K. Subash's Chatriyan (1990) as their first venture. Featuring Vijayakanth and Bhanupriya in the lead roles, the film won critical acclaim and performed well at the box office.[1][2]

Following the release of Roja (1992), director Mani Ratnam opted to stop making films for external production houses and chose to work solely for Aalayam Productions.[3] The pair collaborated on Mani Ratnam's films including the heist comedy Thiruda Thiruda (1993) and the romantic drama Bombay (1995).[4] As Bombay had faced political trouble prior to release, Sriram had said that he hoped that the film's plight and clearance would make it easier for future filmmakers to make films on religious riots without leading to controversy. Bombay went on to become one of the highest-grossing films from the Tamil industry and was also screened at many international film festivals.[1] The studio also produced Vasanth's Aasai (1995), which gave actor Ajith Kumar his career breakthrough in the Tamil film industry.[5]

Mani Ratnam later left the production house in the mid-1990s to prioritise work on his own studio, Madras Talkies.[3]

Sriram died following a heart attack on 4 September 2019. Sriram was survived by his wife Nalini Sriram, a costume designer in the Indian film industry, and son, Nikhil Sriram.[1][6]

Filmography
Title Year Language Director Cast Synopsis Ref.
Chatriyan 1990 Tamil K. Subash Vijayakanth, Bhanupriya, Revathi
Dasarathan 1993 Tamil Raja Krishnamoorthy Sarathkumar, Heera Rajgopal, Sivakumar
Thiruda Thiruda 1993 Tamil Mani Ratnam Prashanth, Anand, Heera Rajgopal
Bombay 1995 Tamil Mani Ratnam Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar [7]
Aasai 1995 Tamil Vasanth Ajith Kumar, Suvaluxmi, Prakash Raj
Samurai 2002 Tamil Balaji Sakthivel Vikram, Anita Hassanandani, Jaya Seal [8]

References
  1. "'Bombay' producer S Sriram passes away". The News Minute. 4 September 2019.
  2. "Bombay producer S Sriram passes away". 5 September 2019.
  3. "With Kaatru Veliyidai, Mani Ratnam continues to explore love, complex identities". Hindustan Times. 13 April 2017.
  4. "Aalayam Sriram, producer of 'Bombay' movie, dies in Chennai | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. "'Aalayam' Sriram, producer of Aasai and Bombay, passes away". The New Indian Express.
  6. "Mani Ratnam's Bombay-producer 'Aalayam' Sriram passes away". The New Indian Express.
  7. Kannan, Anand. "Bombay". Planet Bollywood. Archived from the original on 11 July 2001. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  8. "Samurai". The Hindu. 19 July 2002.
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