Stone Bench Creations is an Indian

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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 ''Bench Talkies'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil language independent anthology film consisting of six short films directed by Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar, Charukesh Sekar, Monesh and Rathna Kumar. The film was produced by Subbaraj's new ...

''. Stone Bench also produced more than five original content for the streaming services Netflix,

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, ZEE5,

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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. The company made its debut film production with ''

'' in 2015, which it self-distributed. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi,

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and

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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. 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." After their debut production, the production company announced their second production, ''

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'', which is the second part of ''Bench Talkies''. 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.

Filmography

Production

Distribution

Streaming originals

References

{{Reflist Film production companies based in Chennai Indian film studios Film distributors of India