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Stone Bench Creations

Stone Bench Creations
Company typePrivate company
Industry
  • Entertainment
  • Motion picture
FoundedJanuary 28, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-28)
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Karthik Subbaraj (founder)
Kaarthekeyen Santhanam
Kalyan Subramanian
Products
Subsidiaries
  • Stone Bench Films
  • Stone Bench Originals
Websitestonebench.co.in

Stone Bench Creations is an Indian film production company based in Chennai, India. It was established in 2016 by Indian director Karthik Subbaraj. As of 2023, the company has produced 16 feature films, including productions made in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. It has collaborated and been produced with filmmakers including Rathna Kumar, Karthik Subbaraj, Ponram, Ashok Veerappan and Malayalam film director Jithin Issac Thomas. The production company made its debut with the film Bench Talkies. Stone Bench also produced more than five original content for the streaming services Netflix, Amazon Prime, ZEE5, Disney+ Hotstar and SonyLIV. Stone Bench also presents other language films in Tamil Nadu, including 777 Charlie.

History

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Stone Bench was founded by Indian film director Karthik Subbaraj in 2015. Subbaraj's brother-in-law, Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, works as the main producer for the studio.[1] The company made its debut film production with Bench Talkies in 2015, which it self-distributed. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi, Guru Somasundaram and Sananth Reddy in the lead roles. It is a collection of six short films directed by six different directors. On 25 March 2015, it was released in a limited number of theaters.[2] The film received mixed reviews from critics. A critic of The Times of India gave it 3 out of 5, stating that "the compilation of six films from six filmmakers in different genres makes it an entertaining experience."[3]

After their debut production, the production company announced their second production, Aviyal, which is the second part of Bench Talkies.[4] It was released on 12 February 2016 in theaters, and had a special premiere at the 13th Chennai International Film Festival on 10 January 2016. On 11 March 2016, it was released on over 70 screens in Tamil Nadu, 30 screens in Kerala, and a few screens in the United States.[5]

Filmography

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Production

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† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Language Actors Director(s) Note
2015 Bench Talkies Tamil Vijay Sethupathi, Rishinanth Rajendran, Guru Somasundaram Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar, Charukesh Sekar, Monesh, Rathna Kumar Anthology film, Producer[6]
2016 Aviyal Tamil Nivin Pauly, Bobby Simha, Amrutha Srinivasan Alphonse Puthren, Shameer Sultan, Mohit Mehra, Lokesh Kanagaraj, Guru Smaran Anthology film, Producer[7][8]
2017 Meyaadha Maan Tamil Vaibhav, Priya Bhavani Shankar Rathna Kumar
2018 Mercury Tamil Prabhu Deva, Sananth Karthik Subbaraj [9]
2019 Petta Tamil Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi Karthik Subbaraj Executive Producer
2020 Penguin Tamil Keerthy Suresh Eashvar Karthic [10]
2021 Boomika Tamil Aishwarya Rajesh, Vidhu Rathindran R. Prasad [11][12]
2022 Buffoon Tamil Vaibhav, Anagha Ashok Veerappan [13]
Ammu Telugu Aishwarya Lekshmi, Naveen Chandra, Bobby Simha Charukesh Sekar [14][15][16]
DSP Tamil Vijay Sethupathi, Anukreethy Vas Ponram [17][18]
2023 Attention Please Malayalam Vishnu Govindhan, Athira Kallingal, Sreejith Jithin Issac Thomas [19]
Rekha Malayalam Unni Lalu, Vincy Aloshious, Vishnu Govindhan Jithin Issac Thomas [20]
Tentigo Sinhala Kaushalya Fernando, Priyantha Sikikumara, Thusitha Laknath, Ranjith Panagoda, Ilango Ram co-production with Silent Frames Productions and Crawling Angel Films[21]
Jigarthanda DoubleX Tamil Raghava Lawrence, SJ Suryah Karthik Subbaraj [22]
2024 Rathnam Tamil Vishal, Priya Bhavani Shankar Hari
2025 Retro † Suriya, Pooja Hegde Karthik Subbaraj [23]

Distribution

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Year Title Language Actors Director(s) Note
2022 777 Charlie Tamil Rakshit Shetty Kiranraj K Distribution – Tamil Nadu[citation needed]

Streaming originals

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Year Title Actor(s) Director(s) Platform Note
2018 Kallachirippu Amrutha Srinivasan, Vikas Rohit Nandakumar ZEE5
2020 Triples Jai, Vani Bhojan Charukesh Sekar Disney+ Hotstar [24]
2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Jayaram, Kalidas Jayaram Sudha Kongara

Gautham Vasudev Menon

Suhasini Mani Ratnam

Rajiv Menon

Karthik Subbaraj

Amazon Prime Anthology film (Miracle)
2021 Navarasa Bobby Simha Karthik Subbaraj Netflix Producer episode : Peace
2022 Kaiyum Kalavum Sanchana Natarajan, Rohit Roju SonyLIV

References

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  6. ^ "Short in the arm". The Hindu. 2015-03-07. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
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  19. ^ "Attention Please: Karthik Subbaraj Forays into Malayalam Cinema with Jithin Isaac Thomas Directorial". LatestLY. 2022-08-20. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  20. ^ "Exclusive! Rekha director Jithin Issac Thomas: I try to make sure that." OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
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