# Stone Bench Creations

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. 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. 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, Aviyal, 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

| † | 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 |
| 2016 | Aviyal | Tamil | Nivin Pauly, Bobby Simha, Amrutha Srinivasan | Alphonse Puthren, Shameer Sultan, Mohit Mehra, Lokesh Kanagaraj, Guru Smaran | Anthology film, Producer |
| 2017 | Meyaadha Maan | Tamil | Vaibhav, Priya Bhavani Shankar | Rathna Kumar | |
| 2018 | Mercury | Tamil | Prabhu Deva, Sananth | Karthik Subbaraj | |
| 2019 | Petta | Tamil | Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi | Karthik Subbaraj | Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Penguin | Tamil | Keerthy Suresh | Eashvar Karthic | |
| 2021 | Boomika | Tamil | Aishwarya Rajesh, Vidhu | Rathindran R. Prasad | |
| 2022 | Buffoon | Tamil | Vaibhav, Anagha | Ashok Veerappan | |
| 2022 | Ammu | Telugu | Aishwarya Lekshmi, Naveen Chandra, Bobby Simha | Charukesh Sekar | |
| 2022 | DSP | Tamil | Vijay Sethupathi, Anukreethy Vas | Ponram | |
| 2023 | Attention Please | Malayalam | Vishnu Govindhan, Athira Kallingal, Sreejith | Jithin Issac Thomas | |
| 2023 | Rekha | Malayalam | Unni Lalu, Vincy Aloshious, Vishnu Govindhan | Jithin Issac Thomas | |
| 2023 | Tentigo | Sinhala | Kaushalya Fernando, Priyantha Sikikumara, Thusitha Laknath, Ranjith Panagoda, | Ilango Ram | co-production with Silent Frames Productions and Crawling Angel Films |
| 2023 | Jigarthanda DoubleX | Tamil | Raghava Lawrence, SJ Suryah | Karthik Subbaraj | |
| 2024 | Rathnam | Tamil | Vishal, Priya Bhavani Shankar | Hari | |
| 2025 | Perusu | Tamil | Vaibhav, Sunil Reddy, Niharika NM | Ilango Ram | co-production with Baweja Studios and Ember Light Studio, remake of Tentigo |
| 2025 | Retro † | Tamil | Suriya, Pooja Hegde | Karthik Subbaraj | |

### Distribution

| Year | Title | Language | Actors | Director(s) | Note |
| 2022 | 777 Charlie | Tamil | Rakshit Shetty | Kiranraj K | Distribution – Tamil Nadu |

### 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 | |
| 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 | |