Cameo Films

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| logo = Cameo Films India.jpg

| type = Private

| industry = Film

| founded = 2013

| location_city = Chennai, Tamil Nadu

| location_country = India

| founders = C. J. Jayakumar

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| products = Film production, distribution

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Cameo Films is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was incorporated in the year 2013 by C. J. Jayakumar. Since then, it has produced three Tamil films, Damaal Dumeel, Trisha Illana Nayanthara, Imaikkaa Nodigal and distributed Kaththi Sandai.

History

Cameo Films was incorporated by C. J. Jayakumar in 2013. Its first production was Shree's Damaal Dumeel starring Vaibhav Reddy and Remya Nambeesan.{{Cite web |date=16 April 2014 |title='Damaal Dumeel' a comedy thriller: Shree |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/damaal-dumeel-a-comedy-thriller-shree-news-tamil-oeqki6hheaisi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624212135/https://www.sify.com/movies/damaal-dumeel-a-comedy-thriller-shree-news-tamil-oeqki6hheaisi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2021 |website=Sify}} Their next production was the 2015 film Trisha Illana Nayanthara, directed by Adhik Ravichandran starring G. V. Prakash Kumar.{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Vishal |date=8 August 2015 |title='There's an S.J. Surya in all of us' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/adhik-ravi-on-trisha-illana-nayanthara/article7516285.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628012402/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/adhik-ravi-on-trisha-illana-nayanthara/article7516285.ece |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=16 January 2017 |title=Trisha Illana Nayanthara teaser |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/trisha-illana-nayanthara-teaser/articleshow/46955222.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=28 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628142706/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/trisha-illana-nayanthara-teaser/articleshow/46955222.cms |url-status=live }} The company then went on to distribute the 2016 film Kaththi Sandai, directed by Suraj starring Vishal and Tamannaah.{{Cite web |date=22 November 2016 |title=Vishal's Kaththi Sandai pushed further |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vishals-kaththi-sandai-pushed-further-53240 |website=The News Minute |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205628/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vishals-kaththi-sandai-pushed-further-53240 |url-status=live }} In 2018, they produced Nayanthara and Anurag Kashyap starring Imaikkaa Nodigal, directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu.{{Cite web |date=18 December 2017 |title=Atharvaa-Nayanthara's Imaikka Nodigal wraps up shooting |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/atharvaa-nayantharas-imaikka-nodigal-wraps-up-shooting4988594/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205907/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/atharvaa-nayantharas-imaikka-nodigal-wraps-up-shooting4988594/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=4 December 2017 |title=Vijay Sethupathi acts as cop Nayanthara's husband in Imaikkaa Nodigal |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/dec/04/vijay-sethupathi-acts-as-cop-nayantharas-husband-in-imaikkaa-nodigal-1717693.html |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204439/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/dec/04/vijay-sethupathi-acts-as-cop-nayantharas-husband-in-imaikkaa-nodigal-1717693.html |url-status=live }} In 2019, the company established a Digital Content Workstream for producing web series and web films.