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Gemini Film Circuit

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Gemini Film Circuit
Company typeFilm distribution, production
Headquarters,
Key people
Akkineni Manohar Prasad
Akkineni Anand Prasad
Websitewww.gemini360.in
[www.geminivfx.com]

Gemini Film Circuit is a film distribution and production studio unit in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Career

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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, Shankar Dada MBBS, Shankar Dada Zindabad & Nanban.[a] However the failure of Mani Ratnam'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.[1][2] The company made its comeback co-producing and distributing the Malayalam film Unda (2019).

Filmography

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As producer

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Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Released

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Year Film Director Cast Synopsis Language Notes
2004 Vasool Raja MBBS Saran Kamal Haasan, Prabhu, Sneha, Prakash Raj, Crazy Mohan, Nagesh, Rohini Hattangadi A goon pretends to be a doctor to impress his parents however after his true colors are exposed he decides to join medical college to prove his worth Tamil A remake of Rajkumar Hirani's Munna Bhai M. B. B. S. (2003)
Shankar Dada MBBS Jayanth C. Paranjee Chiranjeevi, Srikanth, Sonali Bendre, Paresh Rawal, Surya Bhagwandas, Girish Karnad, Venniradai Nirmala A goon pretends to be a doctor to impress his parents however after his true colors are exposed he decides to join medical college to prove his worth Telugu A remake of Rajkumar Hirani's Munna Bhai M. B. B. S. (2003)
2006 Shankar Dada Zindabad Prabhu Deva Chiranjeevi, Srikanth, Karishma Kotak, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Sayaji Shinde A gangster pretends to be a professor to win over a radio jockey however him seeing the reflection of Gandhi changes his life altogether. Telugu A remake of Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
2010 Kutty Mithran Jawahar Dhanush, Shriya Saran, Sameer Dattani When a girl falls in love with politician's son after he threatens to jump off, other boy too falls in love with her however the girl reject him Tamil
2011 Mayakkam Enna Selvaraghavan Dhanush, Richa Gangopadhyay An aspiring photographer becomes mentally affected after the photographer whom he claims as his inspiration took credit for the photos he had taken Tamil
2012 Nanban S. Shankar Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyaraj, Sathyan Tamil A remake of Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots (2009)
Podaa Podi Vignesh Shivan Silambarasan, Varalaxmi Tamil
2013 Kadal Mani Ratnam Gautham Karthik, Thulasi Nair, Arjun Sarja, Arvind Swamy, Lakshmi Manchu Tamil
2019 Unda Khalid Rahman Mammootty Malayalam

As distributor

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Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Released

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Year Film Director Cast Language
1995 Periya Kudumbam K. S. Ravikumar Prabhu, Kanaka, Vineetha Tamil
2007 Dhee Srinu Vytla Vishnu Vardhan Babu, Genelia D'Souza, Srihari Telugu
2008 Krishna V. V. Vinayak Ravi Teja, Trisha Krishnan, Mukul Dev
Swagatam Dasaradh Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty, Bhumika Chawla
Ready Sreenu Vaitla Ram, Genelia D'Souza
King Sreenu Vaitla Nagarjuna, Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas
2011 Mayakkam Enna Selvaraghavan Dhanush, Richa Gangopadhyay Tamil
Rajapattai Suseenthiran Vikram, K. Vishwanath, Deeksha Seth
2012 Thuppakki A. R. Murugadoss Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal
2013 Kadal Mani Ratnam Arjun, Gautham Karthik, Arvind Swamy, Thulasi Nair
2019 Unda Khalid Rahman Mammotty Malayalam
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Surender Reddy Chiranjeevi, Nayanthara, Tamannaah Telugu

Notes

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  1. ^ Vasool Raja MBBS starring Kamal Haasan and Prabhu was the only Tamil film of the Munna Bhai series as only Vasool Raja MBBS was remade whereas both the films of the series (Munna Bhai M. B. B. S. and Lage Raho Munna Bhai) were remade as Shankar Dada MBBS and Shankar Dada Zindabad respectively.

References

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  1. ^ "Madha Gaja Raja is likely to hit the screens on 11th December". Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Gemini Film MD Ravi Shankar Prasad found dead in Andhra". The Times of India.