PRK Productions
Company type | Private Limited company |
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Industry | Motion pictures |
Founded | July 20, 2017 |
Founder | Puneeth Rajkumar |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar[1] |
Products | Film production |
Services | Film production Music |
Subsidiaries | PRK Audio |
PRK Productions is an Indian film production company founded by Puneeth Rajkumar and managed by his wife, Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar.[2][3]
History
[edit]PRK Productions was founded on 20 July 2017.[1] The production house made its feature film debut with Kavaludaari (2019), a neo-noir thriller film starring Rishi and Anant Nag.[4] The studio's next film was Mayabazar 2016 (2020), which featured an ensemble cast of Raj B. Shetty, Vasishta N. Simha, and Prakash Raj.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production house's next two ventures, Law and French Biriyani, were directly released on Amazon Prime Video in 2020.[3] Law marked the film debut of Ragini, Prajwal Devaraj's wife.[6] French Biriyani starred Danish Sait and Sal Yusuf marked the film debut of TikToker Disha Madan.[7]
The next three films of the banner- One Cut Two Cut starring Danish Sait, Family Pack starring Likith Shetty and Amrutha Iyengar and Man of the Match directed by D.Satya Prakash of Rama Rama Re fame were a direct release on Amazon Prime Video.[8][9] Their next release was Gandhadagudi, the last film of late Puneeth Rajkumar, directed by the National Award winner AmoghaVarasha JS.[10]
Ashwini took over the production house fully after Puneeth's death in October 2021 and continued their objective of supporting and bring in fresh faces and ideas into the industry.[11] In 2023, they released the comedy drama movie Aachar & Co. directed and acted by Sindhu Sreenivas Murthy with a majority of cast as newbies and women.[12][13] The movie opened to positive to mixed reviews from critics but ran to full theatres with family audience across Karnataka for around 25 days. [14][15]
To celebrate the birth anniversary of Puneeth, Ashwini joined hands with KRG Studios to re-release one of his most celebrated movie Jackie on 15 March 2024.[16]
Filmography
[edit]† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Director | Cast | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | Kavaludaari | Hemanth M. Rao | Rishi, Anant Nag, Roshni Prakash, Achyuth Kumar | [4] | |
2020 | Mayabazar 2016 | Radhakrishna Reddy | Raj.B.Shetty, Vasishta, Achyuth Kumar, Chaithra Rao | [5] | |
Law | Raghu Samarth | Ragini Prajwal | [17] | ||
French Biriyani | Pannaga Bharana | Danish Sait, Sal Yusuf | [18] | ||
2022 | One Cut Two Cut | Vamshidhar Bhograj | Danish Sait, Samyukta Hornad | [19] | |
Family Pack | Arjun Kumar S | Likith Shetty, Amrutha Iyengar | [20] | ||
Man of the Match | D. Satya Prakash | Nataraj S Bhat, Dharmanna Kadooru | [21] | ||
Gandhada Gudi | Amoghavarsha JS | Puneeth Rajkumar, Amoghavarsha JS | [22] | ||
2023 | Aachar & Co | Sindhu Srinivasa Murthy | Sindhu Srinivasa Murthy, Ashok,Sudha Belawadi and others | [23][24] | |
2024 | O2 | Raaghav Nayak Prashanth Raj | Ashika Rangnath, Praveen Tej and Others | [25] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "PRK Studios Private Limited". Zauba Corp. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Prasad S., Shyam (30 January 2020). "Puneeth Rajkumar: Mayabazar will decide future productions". Bangalore Mirror. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ a b Sharadhaa, A. (16 July 2020). "Celebration of watching films in theatres will never fade: Puneeth Rajkumar". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ a b Nagaraj, Suma (12 April 2019). "'Kavaludaari' review: Rishi's film all the way". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ a b "PRK productions second film titled Maya Bazaar". The New Indian Express. 21 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Sharadhaa, A. (14 July 2020). "Law best debut I could have had: Ragini Prajwal". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Yerasala, Ikyatha (13 January 2019). "Disha Madan's Kannada film industry debut". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Jha, Lata (27 January 2022). "Amazon Prime Video acquires three films from late Kannada actor's company". mint. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ DHNS. "Three films of PRK Productions to stream on Prime". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Khajane, Muralidhara (28 October 2022). "'Gandhada Gudi' documentary review: Puneeth Rajkumar's beautiful ode to Karnataka's biodiversity". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Exclusive | Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar on PRK Productions investing in new talent, OTT boom & more". OTTPlay. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ M, Shashiprasad S. (4 July 2023). "Exclusive: 'Aachar & Co' is a slice-of-life comedy spearheaded by women, says Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy". The South First. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Aachar & Co's Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy on why she's got a newbie cast onboard". OTTPlay. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ S, Pranati A. "Kannada cinema: Debut directors shine in 2023". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Giriprakash, K. (10 August 2023). "How Kannada film Achar & Co weaves modern problems into a 1960s milieu". thefederal.com. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Puneeth Rajkumar's Jackie re-release: One of Appu's most celebrated films; will get wide release, says Karthik Gowda". OTTPlay. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Joy, Prathibha (10 July 2020). "Law reaffirms our commitment to making good Kannada cinema: Puneeth Rajkumar". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Handoo, Ritika (14 July 2020). "Kannada movie 'French Biriyani' trailer to be out on this date!". Zee Kannada. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Anandraj, Shilpa (2 February 2022). "The Kannada film 'One Cut Two Cut' gets digital release". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "It's a wrap for 'Family Pack'". The New Indian Express. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Vasuki Vaibhav plays a cameo in 'Man of The Match'". The New Indian Express. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Puneeth Rajkumar's dream project with Amoghavarsha titled Gandhada Gudi". The Times of India. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Basavarajaiah, Harish (28 May 2022). "Exclusive: Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy plays out Puneeth's dream with debut film". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "ಈ ವಾರ ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ ಪುನೀತ್ ರಾಜ್ಕುಮಾರ್ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ ʻಆಚಾರ್ ಆ್ಯಂಡ್ ಕೋʼ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತೆರೆಗೆ!". Vistara news. 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Ashika Ranganath starrer 'O2' to go on floors today". The Times of India. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2021.