# Lyca Productions

Lyca Productions (/laɪkɑː/) is a Indian entertainment company, which was established by Subaskaran Allirajah in 2014. A subgroup of Lycamobile, (Part of Lyca Family) the production studio has been involved in the production and distribution of Tamil films, Hindi films, Telugu films, Malayalam films made in India Films and Sinhala (SL) Films. It has produced some of Tamil cinema's biggest budget films, such as Enthiran 2.0 (2018), Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023).

## History

Pirivom Santhippom (2008) was the first film produced by A. Subhaskaran under Gnanam films. Lyca Productions chose to collaborate with Ayngaran International to produce and signed on AR Murugadoss and Vijay to be a part of their debut project. A social drama tackling the issue of farmers committing suicide due to corporate encroachment, Kaththi was shot throughout early 2014 with Samantha and Neil Nitin Mukesh signed on for other pivotal roles. As the film announced its release plans, several pro-Tamil pressure groups demanded all references to Lyca Productions to be removed from the title and other publicity material. The groups felt it was unacceptable that a business house, allegedly reported to be connected to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, would be allowed to produce a Tamil movie in Tamil Nadu when the Tamil Nadu Assembly, citing human rights violations during the civil war in the island nation, had already passed a resolution seeking severance of business ties with Sri Lanka. Unable to reach a compromise with the pressure groups, and fearing a boycott and violence, Lyca Productions chose to remove its name from the copies released in India. Kaththi consequently managed to release in October 2014 to positive reviews, with Rediff.com stating that the film "entertains with a message", while Sify.com similarly stated that it was a "well made entertainer with a powerful message". The film became a very profitable venture at the box office for Lyca Productions, grossing over 100 crore rupees within two weeks of release.
In late 2015, Lyca Productions agreed a deal with Dhanush for the worldwide distribution rights of two of his productions, Naanum Rowdydhaan (2015) and Visaranai (2016). The movie was also met with protests, though Naanum Rowdydhaan released without any problems and also became a profitable venture for the studio. Also throughout 2015, Lyca Productions worked on the pre-production of 2.0, a sequel to Shankar's earlier Enthiran (2010), and signed on Rajinikanth and Amy Jackson to feature in key roles. Believed to be the most expensive Indian production of all time, the team also negotiated for several months with Arnold Schwarzenegger for a role in the film, but eventually did not sign him. The studio also launched another film titled Enakku Innoru Per Irukku with G. V. Prakash Kumar in the lead role during December 2015.

## Produced films

| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Language | Director | Cast |
| 2014 | Kaththi | Tamil | A. R. Murugadoss | Vijay, Samantha, Neil Nitin Mukesh |
| 2016 | Enakku Innoru Per Irukku | Tamil | Sam Anton | G. V. Prakash Kumar, Anandhi, Saravanan |
| 2017 | Khaidi No. 150 | Telugu | V. V. Vinayak | Chiranjeevi, Kajal Aggarwal, Tarun Arora |
| 2017 | Yaman | Tamil | Jeeva Shankar | Vijay Antony, Miya, Thiagarajan |
| 2017 | Ippadai Vellum | Tamil | Gaurav Narayanan | Udhayanidhi Stalin, Manjima Mohan, Daniel Balaji |
| 2018 | Diya | Tamil | A. L. Vijay | Sai Pallavi, Naga Shourya, RJ Balaji |
| 2018 | Kolamavu Kokila | Tamil | Nelson Dilipkumar | Nayanthara, Yogi Babu, Saranya |
| 2018 | Chekka Chivantha Vaanam | Tamil | Mani Ratnam | Arvind Swami, STR, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay |
| 2018 | Vada Chennai | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | Dhanush, Andrea Jeremiah, Aishwarya Rajesh |
| 2018 | 2.0 | Tamil | S. Shankar | Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson |
| 2019 | Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven | Tamil | Sundar C. | STR, Megha Akash, Catherine Tresa |
| 2019 | Kaappaan | Tamil | K. V. Anand | Mohanlal, Suriya, Arya, Sayyeshaa |
| 2020 | Darbar | Tamil | A. R. Murugadoss | Rajinikanth, Nayanthara, Sunil Shetty |
| 2020 | Mafia: Chapter 1 | Tamil | Karthick Naren | Arun Vijay, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Prasanna |
| 2022 | Don | Tamil | Cibi Chakaravarthi | Sivakarthikeyan, S. J. Suryah, Priyanka Mohan |
| 2022 | Panni Kutty | Tamil | Anucharan Murugaiyan | Yogi Babu, Karunakaran |
| 2022 | Good Luck Jerry | Hindi | Sidharth Sengupta | Janhvi Kapoor |
| 2022 | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Tamil | Mani Ratnam | Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Jayaram, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vikram Prabhu |
| 2022 | Ram Setu | Hindi | Abhishek Sharma | Akshay Kumar |
| 2022 | Pattathu Arasan | Tamil | A. Sarkunam | Atharvaa, Rajkiran |
| 2022 | Naai Sekar Returns | Tamil | Suraj | Vadivelu |
| 2022 | Raangi | Tamil | M. Saravanan | Trisha, Anaswara Rajan |
| 2023 | Thiruvin Kural | Tamil | Harish Prabhu | Arulnithi, Bharathiraja, Aathmika |
| 2023 | Ponniyin Selvan: II | Tamil | Mani Ratnam | Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Jayaram, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vikram Prabhu |
| 2023 | Theera Kaadhal | Tamil | Rohin Venkatesan | Jai, Aishwarya Rajesh, Sshivada |
| 2023 | Chandramukhi 2 | Tamil | P. Vasu | Raghava Lawrence, Kangana Ranaut, Vadivelu |
| 2024 | Mission: Chapter 1 | Tamil | A. L. Vijay | Arun Vijay, Amy Jackson, Nimisha Sajayan |
| 2024 | Lal Salaam | Tamil | Aishwarya Rajinikanth | Rajinikanth, Vishnu Vishal, Vikranth |
| 2024 | Indian 2 | Tamil | S. Shankar | Kamal Haasan, Siddharth SJ Surya, Kajal Aggarval |
| 2024 | Vettaiyan | Tamil | T. J. Gnanavel | Rajinikanth, Fahadh Faasil, Amitabh Bachchan, Manju Warrier, Rana Daggubati, Ritika Singh, Dushara Vijayan |
| 2025 | Vidaamuyarchi | Tamil | Magizh Thirumeni | Ajith Kumar, Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Regina Cassandra, Aarav |
| 2025 | JasonSanjay01 † | Tamil | Jason Sanjay | Sundeep Kishan |
| 2025 | Indian 3 † | Tamil | S Shankar | Kamal Haasan, Siddharth SJ Surya, Kajal Aggarval |

## Distributed films

In addition to the films produced by Lyca Productions since 2014, the following films from other banners were distributed by the company:
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Language | Director | Cast |
| 2015 | Naanum Rowdy Dhaan | Tamil | Vignesh Shivan | Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, RJ Balaji and Radhika Sarathkumar |
| 2016 | Visaranai | Tamil | Vetrimaaran | Dinesh, Samuthirakani, Anandhi and Aadukalam Murugadoss |
| 2016 | Vetrivel | Tamil | Vasantha Mani | Sasikumar, Miya, Prabhu and Nikhila Vimal |
| 2017 | Spyder | Tamil | A. R. Murugadoss | Mahesh Babu, Rakul Preet Singh and S. J. Surya |
| 2018 | Kaala | Tamil | Pa. Ranjith | Rajinikanth, Nana Patekar, Eswari Rao, Samuthirakani and Huma Qureshi |
| 2018 | Irumbu Thirai | Tamil | P. S. Mithran | Vishal, Arjun and Samantha Ruth Prabhu |
| 2018 | Sandakozhi 2 | Tamil | N. Linguswamy | Vishal, Keerthy Suresh, Rajkiran and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar |
| 2021 | Pushpa: The Rise | Tamil dubbed | Sukumar | Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil, Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari, Rao Ramesh and Anasuya Bharadwaj |
| 2022 | RRR | Tamil dubbed | S. S. Rajamouli | N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Olivia Morris, Samuthirakani, Alison Doody and Ray Stevenson |
| 2022 | Sita Ramam | Tamil dubbed | Hanu Raghavapudi | Dulquer Salmaan, Mrunal Thakur, Rashmika Mandanna and Sumanth |
| 2022 | Baba (Re-release) | Tamil | Suresh Krissna | Rajinikanth, Manisha Koirala and Goundamani |
| 2023 | Thunivu | Tamil | H. Vinoth | Ajith Kumar |
| 2023 | Merry Christmas | Tamil | Sriram Raghavan | Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi |
| 2024 | Captain Miller | Tamil | Arun Matheswaran | Dhanush, Priyanka Mohan, Shivarajkumar |

## Lyca Music

| Year | Title | Language | Music Director |
| 2016 | Enakku Innoru Per Irukku | Tamil | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
| 2018 | Yaman | Tamil | Vijay Antony |
| 2018 | Ippadai Vellum | Tamil | D. Imman |
| 2018 | Diya | Tamil | Sam C. S. |
| 2018 | 2.0 | Tamil | A. R. Rahman |