Sathya Jyothi Films

Company type	Film production and distribution
Industry	Motion pictures and television
Founded	1977
Founder	T. G. Thyagarajan; G. Saravanan;
Website	sathyajyothifilms.com
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Sathya Jyothi Films is an Indian film production and distribution company in Tamil Nadu. It was established in 1977 by T. G. Thyagarajan.

History

Sathya Jyothi Films was founded by T. G. Thyagarajan in the 1970s. Thyagarajan, an MBA graduate from the United States, is the son of film producer, late Venus T. Govindarajan, who had made films from the 1960s to the 1980s under Venus Pictures.^[1] Thyagarajan initially ventured into film productions under the studio Sathya Movies, production company of his father-in-law R. M. Veerappan before founding Sathya Jyothi Films to make "slightly offbeat films".^[2] The first film distributed by the company was the Tamil-dubbed version of Yashoda Krishna.^[3]^[4] The company's first film as producers was Moondram Pirai (1982).^[5]

Productions

Films

All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Director	Cast	Notes	Ref.
1982	Moondram Pirai	Balu Mahendra	Kamal Haasan, Sridevi
1985	Pagal Nilavu	Mani Ratnam	Murali, Revathi, Sathyaraj		^[6]
1986	Manithanin Marupakkam	K. Rangaraj	Sivakumar, Radha, Jayashree
1986	Sathya Jyothi	K. Rangaraj	Vishnuvardhan, Sumalatha, Urvashi	Kannada film
1988	Jeeva	Pratap Pothen	Sathyaraj, Amala		^[7]
1990	Kizhakku Vaasal	R. V. Udayakumar	Karthik, Revathi, Khushbu		^[8]
1991	Idhayam	Kathir	Murali, Heera		^[9]
1992	Endrum Anbudan	Bhagyanathan	Murali, Sithara, Heera		^[10]
1993	Vedan	Suresh Krissna	Sarathkumar, Khushbu		^[11]
1994	Honest Raj	K. S. Ravi	Vijayakanth, Gautami, Aamani		^[12]
1998	Harichandra	Cheyyar Ravi	Karthik, Meena
2003	Parthiban Kanavu	Karu Palaniappan	Srikanth, Sneha		^[13]
2006	Em Magan	Thirumurugan	Bharath, Gopika, Nassar
2008	Jayamkondaan	R. Kannan	Vinay, Bhavana, Lekha Washington
2010	Baana Kaathadi	Badri Venkatesh	Atharvaa, Prasanna, Samantha
2016	Thodari	Prabhu Solomon	Dhanush, Keerthy Suresh
2017	Sathriyan	S. R. Prabhakaran	Vikram Prabhu, Manjima Mohan, Aishwarya Dutta
2017	Vivegam	Siva	Ajith Kumar, Vivek Oberoi, Kajal Aggarwal, Akshara Haasan
2019	Viswasam	Siva	Ajith Kumar, Nayanthara, Jagapathi Babu
2020	Pattas	R. S. Durai Senthilkumar	Dhanush, Sneha
2021	Sivakumarin Sabadham	Hiphop Tamizha	Hiphop Tamizha Adhi, Madhuri	Co-produced by Indie Rebels	^[14]
2022	Anbarivu	Aswin Raam	Hiphop Tamizha Adhi, Kashmira Pardeshi, Napoleon		^[15]
2022	Maaran	Karthick Naren	Dhanush, Malavika Mohanan, Samuthirakani, Smruthi Venkat, Krishna Kumar, Mahendran		^[16]
2023	Veeran	ARK Saravan	Hiphop Tamizha, Athira Raj, Vinay Rai		^[17]
2024	Captain Miller	Arun Matheswaran	Dhanush, Sundeep Kishan, Priyanka Arul Mohan		^[18]
2025	Thalaivan Thalaivii	Pandiraj	Vijay Sethupathi, Nithya Menen, Yogi Babu		^[19]

Television

Anandham (2003–2009) - Sun TV
Kalyanam (2009) - Sun TV
Idhayam (2009–2012) - Sun TV
Aan Paavam (2009) - Sun TV
Puguntha Veedu (2012–2014) -Zee Tamil
Maya (2012–2013) - Jaya TV
Annakodiyum Aindhu Pengalum (2015–2016) - Zee Tamil
Sumangali (2017–2019) - Sun TV
Meena (2023–2024) - Sun TV

References

^ "Venus Govindarajan passes away". The Hindu. 15 February 2007. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ Suganth, M. (19 February 2022). "40 Years Of Moondram Pirai — Balu Mahendra, Kamal Haasan, Sridevi & Ilaiyaraaja's classic film". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (15 September 2006). "A saga of success". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
^ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (13 January 2005). "He knows the 'mantra' for success". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ Pillai, Sreedhar (22 February 2019). "'Viswasam' is my biggest hit, says producer Thyagarajan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ Rangan 2012, p. 24.
^ "Jeeva". The Indian Express. 1 July 1988. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Kizhakku Vaasal". The Indian Express. 12 July 1990. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Idayam". The Indian Express. 6 September 1991. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Endrum Anbudan". The Indian Express. 14 August 1992. p. 7. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Vedan". The Indian Express. 6 May 1993. p. 7. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Honest Raj". The Indian Express. 14 April 1994. p. 15. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ Rangarajan, Malathi (23 May 2003). "Parthiban Kanavu". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Sivakumarin Sabadham trailer out: Hiphop Adhi vows to entertain". Cinema Express. 19 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ "Hiphop Tamizha Adhi's Anbarivu first look out". Cinema Express. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Dhanush-Karthick Naren's D43 titled Maaran, first look out". Cinema Express. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Hiphop Tamizha-ARK Saravan film titled Veeran". Cinema Express. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
^ "Dhanush, Sundeep Kishan-Starrer Period Film 'Captain Miller' Gets Rolling". Outlook. 22 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "Vijay Sethupathi to sign his next film with director Pandiraj". The Times of India. 24 April 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

Bibliography

Rangan, Baradwaj (2012). Conversations with Mani Ratnam. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-670-08520-0.

External links

Official site Archived 7 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Venus Govindarajan passes away". The Hindu. 15 February 2007. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[2] Suganth, M. (19 February 2022). "40 Years Of Moondram Pirai — Balu Mahendra, Kamal Haasan, Sridevi & Ilaiyaraaja's classic film". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[3] Ashok Kumar, S. R. (15 September 2006). "A saga of success". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2017.

[4] Ashok Kumar, S. R. (13 January 2005). "He knows the 'mantra' for success". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[5] Pillai, Sreedhar (22 February 2019). "'Viswasam' is my biggest hit, says producer Thyagarajan". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[FOOTNOTERangan201224-6] Rangan 2012, p. 24.

[7] "Jeeva". The Indian Express. 1 July 1988. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[8] "Kizhakku Vaasal". The Indian Express. 12 July 1990. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[9] "Idayam". The Indian Express. 6 September 1991. p. 5. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[10] "Endrum Anbudan". The Indian Express. 14 August 1992. p. 7. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[11] "Vedan". The Indian Express. 6 May 1993. p. 7. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[12] "Honest Raj". The Indian Express. 14 April 1994. p. 15. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[13] Rangarajan, Malathi (23 May 2003). "Parthiban Kanavu". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[14] "Sivakumarin Sabadham trailer out: Hiphop Adhi vows to entertain". Cinema Express. 19 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

[15] "Hiphop Tamizha Adhi's Anbarivu first look out". Cinema Express. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[16] "Dhanush-Karthick Naren's D43 titled Maaran, first look out". Cinema Express. 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[17] "Hiphop Tamizha-ARK Saravan film titled Veeran". Cinema Express. 25 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[18] "Dhanush, Sundeep Kishan-Starrer Period Film 'Captain Miller' Gets Rolling". Outlook. 22 September 2022. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

[19] "Vijay Sethupathi to sign his next film with director Pandiraj". The Times of India. 24 April 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2025.

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v t e Sathya Jyothi Films
Key people	T. G. Thyagarajan
Films	Moondram Pirai (1982) Pagal Nilavu (1985) Manithanin Marupakkam (1986) Jeeva (1988) Kizhakku Vaasal (1990) Idhayam (1991) Endrum Anbudan (1992) Vedan (1993) Honest Raj (1994) Harichandra (1998) Parthiban Kanavu (2003) Em Magan (2006) Jayamkondaan (2008) Baana Kaathadi (2010) Thodari (2016) Sathriyan (2017) Vivegam (2017) Viswasam (2019) Pattas (2020) Sivakumarin Sabadham (2020) Anbarivu (2022) Maaran (2022) Veeran (2023) Captain Miller (2024) Thalaivan Thalaivii (2025)
TV series	Anandham (2003–2009) Kalyanam (2009) Idhayam (2009–2012) Aan Paavam (2012) Puguntha Veedu (2012–2014) Annakodiyum Aindhu Pengalum (2015–2016) Sumangali (2017–2019) Thirumagal (2020–2023) (2017–2019) Meena (2023-)

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