Gemini Film Circuit is a
film distribution
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and
production
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studio
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The studio of any artist, esp ...
unit in
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
,
Tamil Nadu
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, India.
Career
The company was founded by Ravi Shankar Prasad who also owned Anand Cine Services and it went on to produce and distribute many successful Tamil films including the remakes of Rajkumar Hirani films like
Vasool Raja MBBS
''Vasool Raja MBBS'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Saran. It is a remake of the 2003 Hindi film '' Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.''. The film stars Kamal Haasan in the title role, while Prabhu, Sneha, Prakash Raj, Nages ...
,
Shankar Dada MBBS,
Shankar Dada Zindabad
''Shankar Dada Zindabad'' () is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Prabhu Deva. Starring Chiranjeevi and Karishma Kotak, the film is a remake of the 2006 Hindi film '' Lage Raho Munnabhai'' and a sequel to '' Shankar D ...
&
Nanban. However the failure of
Mani Ratnam
Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.
H ...
's ''Kadal'' (2013) affected company's finances after the venture became a surprise failure at the box office, and distributors of ''Kadal'' wanted compensation before ''Madha Gaja Raja'' was released.
The company made its comeback co-producing and distributing the Malayalam film ''
Unda
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'' (2019).
Filmography
As producer
Released
As distributor
Released
Notes
References
Film production companies based in Chennai
Film production companies of India
Companies with year of establishment missing
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