About Us

Madras Talkies

Madras Talkies is an established Film and Television Production Company in India setup in 1995 with Mani Ratnam and Suhasini Mani Ratnam as partners. Madras Talkies is actively involved in production of films and television serials, which are distributed all over the world.

Mani Ratnam

His first directorial venture, Pallavi Anupallavi won him the Karanataka State Award for Best Screenplay in 1983. His 1986 film Mouna Ragam won the National Award for Best Regional Film. He was honoured with the prestigious Padmashree in 2002 by the President of India. Mani Ratnam is a commerce graduate from Madras University with a Masters in Business Administration from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Bombay.

Suhasini Maniratnam

Suhasini Maniratnam (born Suhasini Charuhasan, on 15 August 1961) is an Indian film actress known for her works in South Indian Cinema. She made her film debut in 1980 with the Tamil film Nenjathai Killathe for which she won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress. Suhasini has won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Sindhu Bhairavi in 1986. She has received four Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada, Two Kerala State Film Awards, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu, and has garnered state awards like, Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Nandi Awards.

G. Srinivasan 

Late Srinivasan co-produced feature films and television shows for Madras Talkies along with Mani Ratnam. He is responsible for supervising all production activities and marketing of films television shows. He also manages the finances of Madras Talkies. As producer of the Tamil feature film Kannathil Muthamittal, Srinivasan was conferred the President of India Award in December 2003. For the same film, he won the prize for 2nd Best Feature Film awarded by the Tamil Nadu Government for the year 2003. Srinivasan is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has over 20 years experience in the areas of finance, accounting and taxation.

U.V.Pani, the manager of operations, is in charge of post-production at Madras Talkies and Focus Investments, an outdoor unit of Madras Talkies. He is also the Coordinator, National and International Film Festivals, for Mani Ratnam's films. He has worked with Mani Ratnam as associate director for the films Geetanjali (Telugu), Anjali, Dalapathi, Roja, Thiruda Thiruda, Bombay, and Iruvar (all in Tamil) and later he took charge of post-production from Dil Se, Alai Payuthey, Kannathil Muthamittal, Yuva and Aayutha Ezhuthu. He has directed a Telugu film, Jeevithamlo Vasantham.

Nithya Balakrishnan, Manager - HR & Administration. Mrs.Nithya is in charge of recruitment, administration and general upkeep of the office. She acts as a bridge between the staff and the management. She coordinates with artist, musician and does PR related work during film projects.

M.Sankar - Chief Accountant, A.Anandan - Project Accounts Manager, S.Balajee - Accounts Executive, M. J. Satish - Avid Editor and N. Uma Parvathy - Office Executive.