Like George Bernard Shaw, Y Not Studios also asked “Why Not?” and since then, has never looked back. Founded in 2009, Y Not Studios is a joint venture between Producer S. Sashikanth, Sanjay Wadhwa and Reliance Entertainment. The start of this journey was with Tamil cinema’s first parody film ‘Thamizh Padam’ and then went on to produce critically acclaimed films like ‘Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi’ (2013), ‘Vaayai Moodi Pesavum’ (2014) and ‘Kaaviya Thalaivan’ (2014).
In 2016, it produced Sudha Kongara’s sports drama ‘Irudhi Suttru’, which was made in three different languages. It went on to produce Pushkar–Gayathri’s crime drama ‘Vikram Vedha’ (2017) and Prasanna’s comedy-drama ‘Shubh Mangal Savdhan’ (2017).
‘Aelay’ a comedy-drama by Halitha Shameem and ‘Mandela’ a political satire directed by Madonne Ashwin, released worldwide on Netflix in 2021. ‘Jagame Thandhiram’, the action thriller starring Dhanush & directed by Karthik Subbaraj was released worldwide on Netflix on 18th June.
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