Photon Kathaas

Photon Kathaas was an Indian film production company led by director Gautham Menon. It was established in 2010 by Menon along with Venky Somasundaram and Reshma Ghatala, who worked as the co-promoters.[1] Its name is derived from Gautham Menon's original company Photon Factory, which had previously co-produced several of Menon's films like Vettaiyadu Vilayadu and Kaakha Kaakha, its Telugu remake Gharshana and Pachaikili Muthucharam.[2]

Ondraga Entertainment
TypeFilm production
PKP.L
IndustryMotion picture
Headquarters
Chennai
,
India
Key people
Gautham Menon
Venky Somasundaram
Reshma Ghatala
Websitehttp://www.photonkathaas.com

History

Photon Kathaas's first venture was Menon's psychological thriller Nadunisi Naaygal,[2] Veppam, and Ram's second directorial Thanga Meengal,[3] co-produced with RS Infotainment. Furthermore, an audio label named Photon Kathaas Music was launched as a division of the company, with newcomer Vijay Ebenezer's Kanden becoming their first release.[4]

Soon after Photon Kathaas teamed up with RS Infotainment to produce Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012), a romantic drama film featuring Jiiva and Samantha, but the film fared averagely at the box office. In February 2013, Elred Kumar of RS Infotainment filed a legal case against Gautham Menon and Madan claiming that he had entered into an agreement to do a film starring Silambarasan with music by A. R. Rahman in November 2008, during the making of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa. He noted that they had agreed again in February 2010 to make the film, but now with Allu Arjun in the lead role. However, Elred claimed that both Gautham and Madan had gone on to do other projects even though they had been paid an advance of 40 million.[5] As a result of the litigation, Menon had trouble releasing the rest of Photon Kathaas' productions.

Despite being announced as Photon Kathaas' productions at launch, Premsai's delayed bilingual films, Courier Boy Kalyan (2015) in Telugu and Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum (2016) in Tamil, were eventually released as films productions by Gautham Menon and his team without a banner. In an interview in November 2016, Gautham Menon revealed that Photon Kathaas had closed. He added there "was a vision, but we faltered because of the films that we did", and made reference to the cases filed by RS Infotainment against the studio.[6]

Filmography

Production
YearFilmDirectorCastNotes
2011Nadunisi NaaygalGautham MenonVeera, Sameera Reddy
2011VeppamAnjana Ali KhanNani, Karthik Kumar, Nithya Menon, Bindu Madhavi
2012Ekk Deewana ThaGautham MenonPrateik Babbar, Amy Jackson
2012Neethane En PonvasanthamGautham MenonJiiva, Samantha
2012Yeto Vellipoyindhi ManasuGautham MenonNani, Samantha
2013Thanga MeenkalRamRam, Shelly Kishore, Sadhana

Discography
YearFilmMusic DirectorDirectorCastNotes
2011KandaenVijay EbenezerA. C. MugilShanthnoo Bhagyaraj, Rashmi Gautam
VeppamJoshua SridharAnjana Ali KhanNani, Karthik Kumar, Nithya Menon, Bindu Madhavi

Distribution
YearFilmDirectorCastNotes
2011The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the UnicornSteven SpielbergJamie Bell, Andy SerkisOnly in Tamil Nadu

References
  1. "Vijay gifts cows - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  2. "Gautham has his hands full". Deccan Chronicle. 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. "Gautham Vasudev Menon - Behindwoods.com". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  4. T. Krithika Reddy (12 February 2011). "Arts / Cinema : …cause it's thriller night". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  5. "Elred files case against Gautham Menon". The Times of India. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. Parameswaran, Prathibha. "Gautham Menon made 'Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada' for 'audiences that whistle and clap'". Scroll.in.
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