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1. Manu kumaran Manu kumaran CEO of -Medient studios

2. Aakasha Gopuram and Tera Kya Hoga Johnny In 2006, Mediente opened a production office in UK. In 2008 Mediente released a critically acclaimed Malayalam film, Aakasha Gopuram. An adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen classic Master Builder, the film was directed by KP Kumaran. Voted the best Malayalam film of 2008, 'Aakashgopuram'[3] was both a critical and commercial success. Selected for film festivals like IFFI Goa, and the International Film Festival of Kerala, it brought together the best of international crew - from Nigel Holland (sound designer of 'Batman Returns') to John Harvey (visual effects of 'Kingdom of Heaven') and featured music of John Altman ('Titanic'). Featuring Mohanlal in the lead role, the film marked the debut of Nithya Menen. Considered a milestone in Malayalam cinema, Mid Day called Aakashagopuram ‘a brilliant tale of theatrical magnanimity and intellectual prowess... movies like this come once in a while.’ In 2009 Mediente produced Tera Kya Hoga Johnny. which was premiered at the London Film Festival. Directed by Sudhir Mishra, the film premiered at London Film Festival. Dubbed as "The new Slumdog Millionaire" by Variety magazine, the film marked the completion of Sudhir Mishra’s trilogy of films on life on the streets of Mumbai (Dharavi & Chameli being the other two). Starring Neil Nitin Mukhesh, Soha Ali Khan and Kay Kay Menon, the music of the film was composed by Pankaj Awasthi and Ali Azmat. On January 10, 2010, ahead of its theatrical release, the film was pirated and posted on YouTube.

3. A Band of Boys and Kiss Kis Ko Medient’s first project was a musical act. The company created A Band of Boys (ABOB), India’s first and only boy band and their debut album,[1] Yeh Bhi Wo Bhi was released in 2002. The album sold over three lakh units and featured super-hit songs like Meri Neend, Gori and She Drives Me Crazy. Featuring Sudhanshu Pandey, Sherrin Varghese, Siddharth Haldipur and Chaitnya Bhosale, the band was selected from over 1,000 aspiring artists from all over India. It went through 18 months of rigorous training in all aspects of their performance and was launched through Musicurry Records in September 2002. Nominated as MTV’s ‘Ubharta Sitara,’ ABOB was officially launched on one of the biggest platforms ever in India: The MTV Music AIDS Summit, where over 20 of India’s top artistes were called to perform - from Colonial Cousins, Adnan Sami, Shaan, Sunita Rao, Euphoria, etc. In 2004 Mediente released its first film, Kiss Kis Ko.[2] Loosely based on the lives of A Band of Boys, this fictionalised tale of their lives was shot in and around Bali and Jakarta and was directed by Sharad Sharan. Produced by Manu Kumaran and Ram Punjabi, Kiss Kis Ko was released by Eros on October 29, 2014.

4. Queen remake Mediente is remaking the hit Hindi film Queen in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. The Kannada version was launched in Bangalore on 7 June 2017[9] on actress Parul Yadav’s birthday, who is also essaying the lead role. Amy Jackson has been shortlisted to essay role played by Lisa Hayden in original in all the four languages. Ramesh Aravind is directing the Kannada and Tamil versions of the film. Mamta Sagar is the dialogue writer for Kannada version while Tamil dialogues are being written by T Sumathy.

5. Storage 24 and Yellow In 2012 Mediente produced Storage 24, its first film exclusively for western audiences. A British sci-fi horror film, the film starred BAFTA award-winning actor Noel Clarke (Dr Who, Brotherhood, Kidulthood) and was directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Other Side of the Door). The film was released by Universal Pictures. Jeremy Clarke from The Guardian in his review said, "Johannes Roberts' warehouse-set monster flick is unexpectedly entertaining",[4] giving the film four stars out of five. Kim Newman from Empire gave the film three stars out of five and called it "a superior British horror sci-fi." Yellow, an indie drama produced by Mediente and directed by Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) premiered at Toronto International Film Festival in 2012 to rave reviews. Nikola Grozdanovic from Indiewire called Yellow, ‘a daring and bold film and just what the doctor ordered.[5] Screen Daily declared the film ‘Destined for cult status...’.[6] Global Mail called it the film ‘a genre-bending, generational drama...’. Starring Sienna Miller, Ray Liotta, Melanie Griffith, Gena Rowlands, Riley Keough, David Morse, Heather Wahlquist and Lucy Punch, the film was awarded ‘Best Film’ at the Catalina Film Festival in 2013. The film was in competition at Tokyo International Film Festival (2012) and Sitges Film Festival and was official selection at SXSW, Munich Film Festival, International Film Festival Of India, Seattle International Film Festival, Deadcenter Film Festival, Florida Film Festival and Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.

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