Ayngaran International
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| Ayngaran International | |
|---|---|
| Type | Film production Film distribution |
| Founded | London, United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Key people | C. Karunamoorthy Arun Pandiyan |
| Industry | Entertainment, Software |
| Products | Motion pictures (Tamil) |
| Website | www.ayngaran.com |
Ayngaran International is an overseas film distributing and producing company of Tamil language films. The company distributes Tamil films to countries other than India. They also change the Indian regional DVDs into North American and European format. Since the company started, they distributed audio in audio cassettes and CDs, and videos in VHS. In 2001 they began to distribute DVDs and later ceased VHS distribution. They provide subtitles in English and a variety of other languages on each DVD film. In 2006, French and German languages were added to subtitle selections.
Since 2007, Ayngaran started to produce films, their first production being Billa starring Ajith Kumar, which was a joint production. They are now set to produce S. Shankar's Robot, starring Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai (joint production at a budget of 200 crores) and will produce an untitled movie for Vijay directed by Prabhu Deva.
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[edit] Distributions
[edit] VHS/Audio Cassettes
The company first started to produce and distribute films, customized home videos (such as Isai Thendral), and soundtrack albums in these formats. Ayngaran VHS films also did not have subtitles. VHS distribution stopped in 2001 when DVD use began.
[edit] DVDs
The company started producing and distributing films in 2001 as they stopped production of VHS. They also produce and release certain entertainment videos, namely:
- Digital Isai Thendral - Also known as Isai Thendral on VHS. It is a collection of video songs from new films. It is released in volumes.
- Hits of (Actor's name goes here) - Songs that star a specific lead actor/actress. Example: Hits of Vijay or Hits of Jyothika
- Comedy Kadambam - A collection of comedy scenes from the latest films. This is also released in volumes.
[edit] Audio CDs
Ayngaran produces multiple soundtrack albums for the same film. They normally have more than one album on the same audio CD. The different combinations for an audio CD are:
- 2 or more newly released movies (e.g. songs of Pokkiri and Aalwar)
- 1 newly released movie and a selection of songs from older movies (e.g. Guru and Hits of A.R. Rahman)
- 1 newly released movie and 1 related movie which was a huge hit (e.g. Sivaji: The Boss and Chandramukhi)
Some audio albums contain random selected songs released at a time period and is given a special name, such as Konja Neram Konja Neram released in 2005.
[edit] Retail Stores
Ayngaran International has several retail stores across the world, located in cities such as London, Toronto, Paris and Singapore. Other partner sites are located in Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
