Stone Bench

Stone Bench is an Indian film production company based in Chennai, India. It was established in 2016 by Indian director Karthik Subbaraj. As of 2023, the company has produced 16 feature films, including productions made in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries. It has collaborated and been produced with filmmakers including Rathna Kumar, Karthik Subbaraj, Ponram, Ashok Veerappan and Malayalam film director Jithin Issac Thomas. The production company made its debut with the film Bench Talkies. Stone Bench also produced more than five OTT originals for Netflix, Amazon Prime, ZEE5, Disney+ Hotstar and SonyLIV. Stone Bench also presents other language films in Tamil Nadu, including 777 Charlie.

Stone Bench
TypePrivate
Industry
FoundedJanuary 28, 2015 (2015-01-28)
HeadquartersChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Karthik Subbaraj (founder)
Kaarthekeyen Santhanam
Kalyan Subramanian
Products
Subsidiaries
  • Stone Bench Films
  • Stone Bench Originals
Websitehttps://stonebench.co.in/

History

Stone Bench was founded by Indian film director Karthik Subbaraj in 2015. The company made its debut film production with Bench Talkies in 2015, which it self-distributed. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi, Guru Somasundaram and Sananth Reddy in the lead roles. It is a collection of six short films directed by six different directors. On 25 March 2015, it was released in a limited number of theaters.[1] The film received mixed reviews from critics. A critic of The Times of India gave it 3 out of 5, stating that "the compilation of six films from six filmmakers in different genres makes it an entertaining experience."[2]

After their debut production, the production company announced their second production, Aviyal, which is the second part of Bench Talkies.[3] It was released on 12 February 2016 in theaters, and had a special premiere at the 13th Chennai International Film Festival on 10 January 2016. On 11 March 2016, it was released on over 70 screens in Tamil Nadu, 30 screens in Kerala, and a few screens in the United States.[4]

Filmography

Production
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Language Actors Director(s) Note
2015 Bench Takies Tamil Vijay Sethupathi, Rishinanth Rajendran, Guru Somasundaram Karthik Subbaraj

Anil Krishnan

Gopakumar

Charukesh Sekar

Monesh

Rathna Kumar

 Anthology film

Producer [5]

2016 Aviyal Tamil Nivin Pauly, Bobby Simha, Amrutha Srinivasan Alphonse Puthren

Shameer Sultan

Mohit Mehra

Lokesh Kanagaraj

Guru Smaran

 Anthology film

Producer[6][7]

2017 Meyaadha Maan Tamil Vaibhav, Priya Bhavani Shankar Rathna Kumar
2018 Mercury Tamil Prabhu Deva, Sananth Karthik Subbaraj [8]
2019 Petta Tamil Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi Karthik Subbaraj Executive Producer
2020 Penguin Tamil Keerthy Suresh Eashvar Karthic [9]
2021 Boomika Tamil Aishwarya Rajesh, Vidhu Rathindran R. Prasad [10][11]
2022 Buffoon Tamil Vaibhav, Anagha Ashok Veerappan [12]
2022 Ammu Telugu Aishwarya Lekshmi ,Naveen Chandra,Bobby Simha Charukesh Sekar [13][14][15]
2022 DSP Tamil Vijay Sethupathi , Anukreethy Vas Ponram [16][17]
2023 Attention Please Malayalam Vishnu Govindhan, Athira Kallingal, Sreejith Jithin Issac Thomas [18]
2023 Rekha Malayalam Unni Lalu, Vincy Aloshious, Vishnu Govindhan Jithin Issac Thomas [19]
Films that have not yet been released Jigarthanda Double X Tamil Raghava Lawrence, SJ Suryah Karthik Subbaraj [20]

Distribution
Year Title Language Actors Director(s) Note
2022 777 Charlie Tamil Rakshit Shetty Kiranraj K Distribution - Tamil Nadu

OTT Original and Series
Year Title Actor(s) Director(s) Platform Note
2018 Kallachirippu Amrutha Srinivasan, Vikas Rohit Nandakumar ZEE5
2020 Triples Jai, Vani Bhojan Charukesh Sekar Disney+ Hotstar [21]
2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Jayaram, Kalidas Jayaram Sudha Kongara

Gautham Vasudev Menon

Suhasini Mani Ratnam

Rajiv Menon

Karthik Subbaraj

 Amazon Prime Anthology film (Miracle)
2021 Navarasa Bobby Simha Karthik Subbaraj Netflix Producer episode : Peace
2022 Kaiyum Kalavum Sanchana Natarajan, Rohit Roju SonyLIV

References
  1. Kollywood, Only (2015-03-05). "'Bench Talkies – The First Bench' hits screens today". Only Kollywood. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  2. "Bench Talkies Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  3. "Bench Talkies 2 Titled Aviyal". Silverscreen India. 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  4. Subramanian, Anupama (2016-03-09). "Aviyal to arrive soon!". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  5. "Short in the arm". The Hindu. 2015-03-07. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  6. "Short cut to success". The Hindu. 2015-03-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  7. "Bench Talkies - A View". www.moviecrow.com. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  8. Karthik, Janani. "Prabhudheva, Karthik Subbaraj to team up". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  9. "First look of Keerthy Suresh's 'Penguin' out". The News Minute. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  10. "Stone Bench Films' Fourth Production Goes On The Floors". Silverscreen India. 2019-09-16. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  11. "Aishwarya Rajesh starrer Boomika promises to be a gripping horror movie". The Indian Express. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  12. "Vaibhav's next titled Buffoon". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  13. Jha, Lata (2022-10-16). "Amazon Prime Video to stream first Telugu original film 'Ammu'". mint. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  14. Delhi, BestMediaInfo Bureau; October 07; 2022 (2022-10-07). "Prime Video announces global premiere of its Telugu original movie, 'Ammu': Best Media Info". www.bestmediainfo.com. Retrieved 2023-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. IANS. "Very relatable, says Aishwarya Lekshmi about character in 'Ammu'". DT next. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  16. Bureau, Dt Next. "First look of Vijay Sethupathi-Ponram's DSP out". DT next. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  17. "Karthik Subbaraj to present Vijay Sethupathi-Ponram film". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  18. "Attention Please: Karthik Subbaraj Forays into Malayalam Cinema with Jithin Isaac Thomas Directorial | 🎥 LatestLY". LatestLY. 2022-08-20. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  19. "Exclusive! Rekha director Jithin Issac Thomas: I try to make sure that." OTTPlay. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  20. "Jigarthanda Double X teaser out! SJ Suryah and Raghava Lawrence's intense face-off is unmissable". India Today. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  21. "Jai, Vani Bhojan team up for web series?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
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