Media Dreams was an Indian

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and

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company formed in 1997. It produced several Tamil language films in the early 2000s, and was later acquired by

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History

Media Dreams was set up in 1997 as an Indian entertainment business unit catering to the television, theatre and the internet. It was acquired by

in December 2000. The group's key partners included prominent writer Sujatha as its managing director. The studio's first feature film '' Bharathi'', a biopic of poet

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, opened to critical and commercial acclaim, prompting the producers to take on several more projects in the early 2000s. Other notable films that the group made during the period included Cheran's family drama ''

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'' (2001),

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's multilingual fantasy film ''

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'' (2001) and

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's comedy drama ''

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'' (2002) starring

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. The group also subsequently moved onto distribute films, make television serials such as

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's ''Kadhai Neram'', and release audio albums. In early 2001, Media Dreams announced that they would produce ''

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'', a science fiction film by

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, starring

and

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. However, the film was later stalled due to escalating costs. The team had also announced that they would produce the film version of Sundara Ramaswamy's novel ''Oru Puliyamarathin Kathai'', which would mark the directorial debut of art director P. Krishnamoorthy, but the project eventually did not materialise. The commercial failure of some of its films forced the group to stop making films, with its final release ''

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'' (2003), having a delayed release.

Filmography

;Films as producer ;Films as distributor In addition to the films produced by Media Dreams, the following films from other banners were distributed by the company. *'' 12B'' (2001) *''

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'' (2001; dubbed) ;Television * ''Balu Mahendra Kathai Neram'' * ''Ladies Club – "Senior / Junior"'' * ''Southern Spice'' * ''Neelavaanam'' * ''Thozhigal'' * ''Thanthira Bhoomi'' * ''Ambighai''

References

{{reflist Film distributors of India Film production companies based in Chennai Indian film studios 1997 establishments in Tamil Nadu Indian companies established in 1997 Mass media companies established in 1997