Stone Bench Creations is an Indian film production company based in

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, India. It was established in 2016 by Indian director

Karthik Subbaraj Karthik Subbaraj (born 19 March 1983) is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter working mainly in Tamil cinema. Early life Karthik did his schooling in SBOA Matriculation and Higher Secondary School, Madurai after which he w ...

. 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,

, Ponram, Ashok Veerappan and Malayalam film director Jithin Issac Thomas. The production company made its debut with the film ''

Bench Talkies ''Bench Talkies'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil language independent anthology film consisting of six short films directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar, Charukesh Sekar, Monesh and Rathna Kumar. The film was produced by Subbaraj's ne ...

''. Stone Bench also produced more than five original content for the streaming services

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and

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. Stone Bench also presents other language films in Tamil Nadu, including '' 777 Charlie''.

History

Stone Bench was founded by Indian film director

in 2015. Subbaraj's brother-in-law, Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, works as the main producer for the studio. The company made its debut film production with ''

'' in 2015, which it self-distributed. The film stars

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, 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. The film received mixed reviews from critics. A critic of

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gave it 3 out of 5, stating that "the compilation of six films from six filmmakers in different genres makes it an entertaining experience". After their debut production, the production company announced their second production, '' Aviyal'', which is the second part of ''Bench Talkies''. 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

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, and a few screens in the United States.

Filmography

Production

Distribution

Streaming originals

References

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