T. G. Thyagarajan

T. G. Thyagarajan (often credited as .T. G. Thyagarajan) is an Indian film producer.[1] He made his debut as film producer with critically acclaimed film Moondram Pirai. He is the founder of the production and distribution company Sathya Jyothi Films. He has produced over 30 films and few television series with the production studio. His father Venus Govindarajan was also a reputed film producer.[2]

T. G. Thyagarajan
NationalityIndian
Occupationfilm producer
Parent(s)
  • Venus Govindarajan (father)
RelativesR. M. Veerappan

Career

Thyagarajan initially produced films with Satya Movies owned by his father-in-law R. M. Veerappan before founding Sathya Jyothi Films in 1970's.[3] His first independent production venture, the Kamal Haasan starrer Moondram Pirai (1982) was a commercial success and was critically acclaimed.[4] The film also won the Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Film. His next venture Pagal Nilavu (1985) which was a maiden collaboration with Mani Ratnam became a successful venture at the box office.[5]

Thyagarajan also produced sleeper hit film Parthiban Kanavu (2003) which eventually bagged the Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Film. His next three films Em Magan (2006), Jayamkondaan (2009) and Baana Kaathadi (2010) despite being small budgeted films became critically acclaimed. He produced back to back 3 films with stars like Dhanush, Vikram Prabhu & Ajith Kumar in 2016 and 2017 titled Thodari (2016), Sathriyan (2017) and Vivegam (2017) respectively. In 2019, his production venture Viswasam became a box office success grossing around 200 crores which was also one of the biggest hit of his career.[6] Apart from creating sensation theatrically, the film had also recorded the highest TRP rating beating Baahubali 2: The Conclusion [7] After Viswasam, TG Thyagarajan collaborated with Dhanush again with Pattas (2020) which portrayed the Tamil martial arts Adimurai.[8][9]

Filmography

Television

References
  1. "T. G. Thyagarajan – Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "Venus Govindarajan passes away". Thehindu.com. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "A saga of success". Thehindu.com. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. Rangan, Baradwaj (14 February 2014). "Naturalism was his signature". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. Pillai, Sreedhar (22 February 2019). "'Viswasam' is my biggest hit, says producer Thyagarajan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. Pillai, Sreedhar (22 February 2019). "'Viswasam' is my biggest hit, says producer Thyagarajan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. "'Viswasam' breaks all-time TRP record beating 'Baahubali 2' and 'Sarkar' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. Kumar, Pradeep (13 January 2020). "Good content will net good collection: Sathya Jyothi's TG Thyagarajan on Dhanush's 'Pattas'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. "Viswasam producer Thyagarajan signs Dhanush for two back-to-back films". India Today. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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