Radiance Media Group

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Radiance Media Group is an Indian film production company led by filmmaker and entrepreneur Varun Manian. Based in Chennai, Radiance Media makes films for audiences in India as well as international markets.

Radiance Media Group
Company type
Film production
Founded2013
HeadquartersChennai, India
Area served
India, International
Key people
Varun Manian (Managing Director)[1]

History

Radiance Media is led by Manian who serves as Managing Director, and established the company in 2013. He earned a bachelor's degree in business at New York University in New York City.[2]

Tamil films will be part of Radiance's portfolio.[1]

Films

In 2013, Radiance Media announced its first film project, the upcoming Tamil romantic comedy film,

Dulquer Salman and Nazriya Nazim, appearing together in their third film. Nazim plays a doctor, and Salman plays a guy who loves to talk. The story focuses on the importance of communicating right, as Salman said, "... what is lost in translation, what happens with speaking too much or not speaking at all..." Filmed in Munnar and Chennai, the movie will feature music by Sean Roldan, and is slated to open in summer 2014.[3][4]
Filmed in both Tamil and Malayalam languages to reach a larger audience, both versions of the film will be launched simultaneously.[5] This will be the first of five films that Radiance will co-produce, working with S. Sashikanth.[1]

Radiance and Saskikanth also are co-producing

AR Rahman
is composing the music.

Manian is co-producing with director Selvaraghavan a yet unnamed Tamil movie featuring actors Simbu and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. Yuvan Shankar Raja will produce the music. Film production will start in February 2014, and it is slated for a mid-2014 release.[8][9][10]

Filmography

Year Film Director Cast Notes
2013 Vaayai Moodi Pesavum Balaji Mohan
Dulquer Salman, Nazriya Nazim
Music by composer Sean Roldan
2014 Kaaviya Thalaivan Vasanthabalan Prithviraj Sukumaran, Siddarth, Vedhika Music by composer
AR Rahman

References

  1. ^ a b c "We will invest in films with strong scripts". Times of India. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ The Deccan Chronicle, "Board rooms to studio floors" 11 November 2013 Archived 22 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Times of India, 16 March 2014, "Nazriya is quiet and Dulquer talks non-stop"
  4. ^ Behind Woods, Tamil Movies Cinema News, "Dulquer and Nazriya’s Vaayai Moodi Pesavum is out!" 23 January 2014
  5. ^ IBN Live, IBN/CNN, "Bilinguals cater to a large audience, says filmmaker Balaji Mohan" 18 March 2014
  6. ^ New Indian Express, "Kaaviya Thalaivan a Labour of Love", 3 March 2014
  7. ^ Sify, "Prithviraj roped in for Kaaviya Thalaivan"
  8. ^ Times of India, "Selvaraghavan's Next Film Will Be With Simbu" 14 December 2013
  9. ^ IBN Live, Simbu, "Trisha to team up again for a Tamil film" 6 March 2014
  10. ^ Kollywood Insider, "Selvaraghavan to Direct Simbu in his next!" 15 December 2013

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