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Stone Bench Creations

Company type	Private company
Industry	Entertainment Motion picture
Founded	January 28, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-28)
Headquarters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Karthik Subbaraj (founder) Kaarthekeyen Santhanam Kalyan Subramanian
Products	Film production Film distribution
Subsidiaries	Stone Bench Films Stone Bench Originals
Website	stonebench.co.in

Stone Bench Creations 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 original content for the streaming services Netflix, Amazon Prime, ZEE5, Disney+ Hotstar and SonyLIV. Stone Bench also presents other language films in Tamil Nadu, including 777 Charlie.

History

Stone Bench was founded by Indian film director Karthik Subbaraj in 2015. Subbaraj's brother-in-law, Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, works as the main producer for the studio.^[1] 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.^[2] 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."^[3]

After their debut production, the production company announced their second production, Aviyal, which is the second part of Bench Talkies.^[4] 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.^[5]

Filmography

Production

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released


Year	Film	Language	Actors	Director(s)	Note
2015	Bench Talkies	Tamil	Vijay Sethupathi, Rishinanth Rajendran, Guru Somasundaram	Karthik Subbaraj Anil Krishnan Gopakumar Charukesh Sekar Monesh Rathna Kumar	Anthology film Producer^[6]
2016	Aviyal	Tamil	Nivin Pauly, Bobby Simha, Amrutha Srinivasan	Alphonse Puthren Shameer Sultan Mohit Mehra Lokesh Kanagaraj Guru Smaran	Anthology film Producer^[7]^[8]
2017	Meyaadha Maan	Tamil	Vaibhav, Priya Bhavani Shankar	Rathna Kumar
2018	Mercury	Tamil	Prabhu Deva, Sananth	Karthik Subbaraj	^[9]
2019	Petta	Tamil	Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi	Karthik Subbaraj	Executive Producer
2020	Penguin	Tamil	Keerthy Suresh	Eashvar Karthic	^[10]
2021	Boomika	Tamil	Aishwarya Rajesh, Vidhu	Rathindran R. Prasad	^[11]^[12]
2022	Buffoon	Tamil	Vaibhav, Anagha	Ashok Veerappan	^[13]
2022	Ammu	Telugu	Aishwarya Lekshmi, Naveen Chandra, Bobby Simha	Charukesh Sekar	^[14]^[15]^[16]
2022	DSP	Tamil	Vijay Sethupathi, Anukreethy Vas	Ponram	^[17]^[18]
2023	Attention Please	Malayalam	Vishnu Govindhan, Athira Kallingal, Sreejith	Jithin Issac Thomas	^[19]
	Rekha	Malayalam	Unni Lalu, Vincy Aloshious, Vishnu Govindhan	Jithin Issac Thomas	^[20]
	Jigarthanda DoubleX	Tamil	Raghava Lawrence, SJ Suryah	Karthik Subbaraj	^[21]
2024	Rathnam	Tamil	Vishal, Priya Bhavani Shankar	Hari
2024	Suriya 44 †	Tamil	Suriya, Pooja Hegde	Karthik Subbaraj	^[22]

Distribution


Year	Title	Language	Actors	Director(s)	Note
2022	777 Charlie	Tamil	Rakshit Shetty	Kiranraj K	Distribution – Tamil Nadu^{[citation needed]}

Streaming originals


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	^[23]
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

^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xl1Y51A_Xg
^ "'Bench Talkies – The First Bench' hits screens today". Only Kollywood. 2015-03-05. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ "Bench Talkies Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ "Bench Talkies 2 Titled Aviyal". Silverscreen India. 2015-07-27. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ Subramanian, Anupama (2016-03-09). "Aviyal to arrive soon!". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ "Short in the arm". The Hindu. 2015-03-07. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ "Short cut to success". The Hindu. 2015-03-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2023-03-18. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ "Bench Talkies – A View". www.moviecrow.com. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ Karthik, Janani. "Prabhudheva, Karthik Subbaraj to team up". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ "First look of Keerthy Suresh's 'Penguin' out". The News Minute. 2019-10-17. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ "Stone Bench Films' Fourth Production Goes On The Floors". Silverscreen India. 2019-09-16. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
^ "Aishwarya Rajesh starrer Boomika promises to be a gripping horror movie". The Indian Express. 2021-08-09. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ "Vaibhav's next titled Buffoon". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
^ Jha, Lata (2022-10-16). "Amazon Prime Video to stream first Telugu original film 'Ammu'". mint. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ "Prime Video announces global premiere of its Telugu original movie, 'Ammu': Best Media Info". www.bestmediainfo.com. 2022-10-07. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ "Very relatable, says Aishwarya Lekshmi about character in 'Ammu'". DT next. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
^ "First look of Vijay Sethupathi-Ponram's DSP out". DT next. 11 November 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
^ "Karthik Subbaraj to present Vijay Sethupathi-Ponram film". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
^ "Attention Please: Karthik Subbaraj Forays into Malayalam Cinema with Jithin Isaac Thomas Directorial". LatestLY. 2022-08-20. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ "Exclusive! Rekha director Jithin Issac Thomas: I try to make sure that." OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
^ "Jigarthanda Double X teaser out! SJ Suryah and Raghava Lawrence's intense face-off is unmissable". India Today. Archived from the original on 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
^ "Suriya and Karthik Subbaraj team up for 'Suriya 44'". The Hindu. 28 March 2024. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "Jai, Vani Bhojan team up for web series?". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-20.

v t e Works by Karthik Subbaraj
Directed	Pizza (2012) Jigarthanda (2014) Bench Talkies (2015, segment: Neer) Iraivi (2016) Mercury (2018) Petta (2019) Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020, segment: Miracle) Jagame Thandhiram (2021) Navarasa (2021, episode: "Peace") Mahaan (2022) Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023) Suriya 44 (2025)
Produced	Aviyal (2016) Meyaadha Maan (2017) Kallachirippu (2018, TV series) Penguin (2020) Triples (2020, TV series) Boomika (2021, TV series) Buffoon (2022) Ammu (2022)
See also	Stone Bench Creations

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