Super Good Films, also credited as Mega Super Good Films in

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, is an Indian film production and distribution company in

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. It was established in the 1980s by

R. B. Choudary Ratanlal Bhagatram Choudary is an Indian film producer who has worked in several film industries, predominantly in Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu along with a few films in Malayalam language, Malayalam and Hindi language, Hind ...

History

R. B. Choudary hails from a

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family. He was into steel, exports and jewels business before entering film production. He started his career as a producer with Malayalam film industry first and produced a few films under "Super" banner. In 1989, he entered Tamil film industry and produced films on 'Super' banner in partnership with R. Mohan, who manufactured "Good Knight" mosquito mats. When they decided to part ways, Choudary borrowed good from 'Good Knight' and modified it as 'Super Good' films. Super Good Films was created by

in the late 1980s and the producer continued to manage the film's activities for twenty years. Several successful directors in the Tamil film industry were given their first film by the studio, including

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('' Puriyaadha Pudhir''),

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Pudhu Vasantham ''Pudhu Vasantham'' () is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language musical drama film, written and directed by Vikraman. The film stars Murali, Anand Babu, Raja, Charle and Sithara. It revolves around a woman who, due to circumstances, ends up cohabitati ...

''), Sasi (''

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''),

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'') and

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Aanandham ''Aanandham'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by R. B. Choudary. The film features an ensemble cast including Mammootty, Murali, Abbas, Devayani, Rambha, Sneha, Delhi Ganesh a ...

''). In the studio's 50th venture, Choudary's youngest son

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was cast in the debut lead role for the film ''

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'' (2003) by

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. The

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- Vijay starrer, ''

Jilla ''Jilla'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by R. T. Neason and produced by R. B. Choudary through the company Super Good Films. Starring Mohanlal and Vijay athe film revolves around the conflict betwe ...

'' (2014) marked the studio's 85th film. In the 2010s, Choudary's son, actor

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, took over co-managerial duties. The studio has often associated with actor Vijay, and

suggested that they planned to make their hundredth venture with the actor during an interview in January 2018.

Filmography

;Production ;Distribution

References

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