PRK Productions

{{Infobox company

| name = PRK Productions

| logo =

| founder = Puneeth Rajkumar

| foundation = {{start date and age|2017|7|20}}

| key_people = Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar

| industry = Motion pictures

| products = Film production

| services = Film production
Music

| type = Private Limited company

| location_city = Bangalore

| location_country = India

| website =

| subsid = PRK Audio

}}

PRK Productions is an Indian film production company founded by Puneeth Rajkumar and managed by his wife, Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar.{{Cite web |last=Prasad S. |first=Shyam |date=30 January 2020 |title=Puneeth Rajkumar: Mayabazar will decide future productions |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/mayabazar-will-decide-future-productions/articleshow/73744808.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131082036/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/mayabazar-will-decide-future-productions/articleshow/73744808.cms |archive-date=31 January 2020 |access-date=22 July 2020 |website=Bangalore Mirror}}

History

PRK Productions was founded on 20 July 2017. The production house made its feature film debut with Kavaludaari (2019), a neo-noir thriller film starring Rishi and Anant Nag. The studio's next film was Mayabazar 2016 (2020), which featured an ensemble cast of Raj B. Shetty, Vasishta N. Simha, and Prakash Raj. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production house's next two ventures, Law and French Biriyani, were directly released on Amazon Prime Video in 2020. Law marked the film debut of Ragini, Prajwal Devaraj's wife.{{Cite web |last=Sharadhaa |first=A. |date=14 July 2020 |title=Law best debut I could have had: Ragini Prajwal |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/jul/14/law-best-debut-i-could-have-had-ragini-prajwal-2169291.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715170000/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2020/jul/14/law-best-debut-i-could-have-had-ragini-prajwal-2169291.html |archive-date=15 July 2020 |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=The New Indian Express}} French Biriyani starred Danish Sait and Sal Yusuf marked the film debut of TikToker Disha Madan.{{Cite web |last=Yerasala |first=Ikyatha |date=13 January 2019 |title=Disha Madan's Kannada film industry debut |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/sandalwood/130119/disha-madans-kannada-film-industry-debut.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703200818/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/sandalwood/130119/disha-madans-kannada-film-industry-debut.html |archive-date=3 July 2019 |access-date=22 July 2020 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}

The next three films of the banner- One Cut Two Cut starring Danish Sait, Family Pack starring Likith Shetty and Amrutha Iyengar and Man of the Match directed by D.Satya Prakash of Rama Rama Re fame were a direct release on Amazon Prime Video.{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Lata |date=2022-01-27 |title=Amazon Prime Video acquires three films from late Kannada actor's company |url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/amazon-prime-video-acquires-three-films-from-late-kannada-actor-s-company-11643258995196.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=mint |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=DHNS |title=Three films of PRK Productions to stream on Prime |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/three-films-of-prk-productions-to-stream-on-prime-1073306.html |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}} Their next release was Gandhadagudi, the last film of late Puneeth Rajkumar, directed by the National Award winner AmoghaVarasha JS.{{Cite news |last=Khajane |first=Muralidhara |date=2022-10-28 |title='Gandhada Gudi' documentary review: Puneeth Rajkumar's beautiful ode to Karnataka's biodiversity |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/gandhada-gudi-documentary-review-puneeth-rajkumars-beautiful-ode-to-karnatakas-biodiversity/article66064758.ece |access-date=2024-04-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

Ashwini took over the production house fully after Puneeth's death in October 2021 and continued their objective of supporting and bring in fresh faces and ideas into the industry.{{Cite web |title=Exclusive {{!}} Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar on PRK Productions investing in new talent, OTT boom & more |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/exclusive-ashwini-puneeth-rajkumar-on-prk-productions-investing-in-new-talent-ott-boom-more/7979b2e0de487 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=OTTPlay |language=en}} In 2023, they released the comedy drama movie Aachar & Co. directed and acted by Sindhu Sreenivas Murthy with a majority of cast as newbies and women.{{Cite web |last=M |first=Shashiprasad S. |date=2023-07-04 |title=Exclusive: 'Aachar & Co' is a slice-of-life comedy spearheaded by women, says Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/sindhu-sreenivasa-murthys-aachar-co-is-a-slice-of-life-comedy-spearheaded-by-women/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=The South First |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Aachar & Co's Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy on why she's got a newbie cast onboard |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/aachar-cos-sindhu-sreenivasa-murthy-on-why-shes-got-a-newbie-cast-onboard/a7d11487d4618 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=OTTPlay |language=en}} The movie opened to positive to mixed reviews from critics but ran to full theatres with family audience across Karnataka for around 25 days.{{Cite web |last=S |first=Pranati A. |title=Kannada cinema: Debut directors shine in 2023 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/debut-directors-shine-in-2023-2829564 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Giriprakash |first=K. |date=2023-08-10 |title=How Kannada film Achar & Co weaves modern problems into a 1960s milieu |url=https://thefederal.com/entertainment/how-kannada-film-achar-co-weaves-modern-problems-into-a-1960s-milieu/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=thefederal.com |language=en}}

To celebrate the birth anniversary of Puneeth, Ashwini joined hands with KRG Studios to re-release one of his most celebrated movie Jackie on 15 March 2024.{{Cite web |title=Puneeth Rajkumar's Jackie re-release: One of Appu's most celebrated films; will get wide release, says Karthik Gowda |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/puneeth-rajkumars-jackie-re-release-one-of-appus-most-celebrated-films-will-get-wide-release-says-karthik-gowda/5c423fb8f429 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=OTTPlay |language=en}}

Filmography

class="wikitable" \|+ List of film credits
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Director ! scope="col" \| Cast ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{refh}}
2019 \| Kavaludaari \|Hemanth M. Rao \|Rishi, Anant Nag, Roshni Prakash, Achyuth Kumar \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|
rowspan="3"\|2020 \| Mayabazar 2016 \|Radhakrishna Reddy \|Raj.B.Shetty, Vasishta, Achyuth Kumar, Chaithra Rao \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|
Law \|Raghu Samarth \|Ragini Prajwal \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|last=Joy \|first=Prathibha \|date=10 July 2020 \|title=Law reaffirms our commitment to making good Kannada cinema: Puneeth Rajkumar \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/law-reaffirms-our-commitment-to-making-good-kannada-cinema-puneeth-rajkumar/articleshow/76877920.cms \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200723121718/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/law-reaffirms-our-commitment-to-making-good-kannada-cinema-puneeth-rajkumar/articleshow/76877920.cms \|archive-date=23 July 2020 \|access-date=21 July 2020 \|website=The Times of India}}
French Biriyani \|Pannaga Bharana \|Danish Sait, Sal Yusuf \| \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{Cite web \|last=Handoo \|first=Ritika \|date=14 July 2020 \|title=Kannada movie 'French Biriyani' trailer to be out on this date! \|url=https://zeenews.india.com/regional/kannada-movie-french-biriyani-trailer-to-be-out-on-this-date-2295670.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717013257/https://zeenews.india.com/regional/kannada-movie-french-biriyani-trailer-to-be-out-on-this-date-2295670.html \|archive-date=17 July 2020 \|access-date=22 July 2020 \|website=Zee Kannada}}
rowspan="4" \|2022 \|One Cut Two Cut \|Vamshidhar Bhograj \|Danish Sait, Samyukta Hornad \| \|style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite news \|last=Anandraj \|first=Shilpa \|date=2 February 2022 \|title=The Kannada film 'One Cut Two Cut' gets digital release \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-kannada-film-one-cut-two-cut-gets-digital-release/article38363038.ece \|access-date=12 June 2022 \|archive-date=4 February 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204123844/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-kannada-film-one-cut-two-cut-gets-digital-release/article38363038.ece \|url-status=live }}
Family Pack \|Arjun Kumar S \|Likith Shetty, Amrutha Iyengar \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web \|date=20 July 2021 \|title=It's a wrap for 'Family Pack' \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/jul/20/its-a-wrap-for-family-pack-2332948.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723072255/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/jul/20/its-a-wrap-for-family-pack-2332948.html \|archive-date=23 July 2021 \|access-date=3 August 2021 \|website=The New Indian Express}}
Man of the Match \|D. Satya Prakash \|Nataraj S Bhat, Dharmanna Kadooru \| \| style="text-align:center;" \| {{Cite web \|date=31 July 2021 \|title=Vasuki Vaibhav plays a cameo in 'Man of The Match' \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/jul/31/vasuki-vaibhav-plays-a-cameo-in-man-of-the-match-2337850.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731081941/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/jul/31/vasuki-vaibhav-plays-a-cameo-in-man-of-the-match-2337850.html \|archive-date=31 July 2021 \|access-date=3 August 2021 \|website=The New Indian Express}}
Gandhada Gudi \|Amoghavarsha JS \|Puneeth Rajkumar, Amoghavarsha JS \| \|style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite news \|title=Puneeth Rajkumar's dream project with Amoghavarsha titled Gandhada Gudi \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/puneeth-rajkumars-dream-project-with-amoghavarsha-titled-gandhada-gudi/articleshow/88118871.cms \|access-date=2022-08-09 \|website=The Times of India\|date=6 December 2021 }}
2023 \|Aachar & Co \|Sindhu Srinivasa Murthy \|Sindhu Srinivasa Murthy, Ashok, Sudha Belawadi and others \| \|style="text-align:center;"\| {{Cite web \|last=Basavarajaiah \|first=Harish \|date=28 May 2022 \|title=Exclusive: Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy plays out Puneeth's dream with debut film \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/exclusive-sindhu-sreenivasa-murthy-plays-out-puneeths-dream-with-debut-film/articleshow/91835840.cms \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612050138/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/exclusive-sindhu-sreenivasa-murthy-plays-out-puneeths-dream-with-debut-film/articleshow/91835840.cms \|archive-date=12 June 2022 \|access-date=12 June 2022 \|website=The Times of India}}{{Cite web \|date=26 July 2023 \|title=ಈ ವಾರ ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ ಪುನೀತ್‌ ರಾಜ್‌ಕುಮಾರ್ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ ʻಆಚಾರ್ ಆ್ಯಂಡ್ ಕೋʼ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತೆರೆಗೆ! \|url=https://vistaranews.com/cinema-film/ashwini-puneeth-rajkumaraachar-and-co-on-july-28/410952.html \|website=Vistara news}}
2024 \|O2 \|Raaghav Nayak Prashanth Raj \|Ashika Rangnath, Praveen Tej and Others \| \|{{Cite web \|date=8 October 2021 \|title=Ashika Ranganath starrer 'O2' to go on floors today \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ashika-ranganath-starrer-o2-to-go-on-floors-today/articleshow/86861496.cms \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128075428/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ashika-ranganath-starrer-o2-to-go-on-floors-today/articleshow/86861496.cms \|archive-date=28 November 2022 \|access-date=10 October 2021 \|website=The Times of India}}

class="wikitable"

|+ List of film credits

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Director

! scope="col" | Cast

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

2019

| Kavaludaari

|Hemanth M. Rao

|Rishi, Anant Nag, Roshni Prakash, Achyuth Kumar

|style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="3"|2020

| Mayabazar 2016

|Radhakrishna Reddy

|Raj.B.Shetty, Vasishta, Achyuth Kumar, Chaithra Rao

|style="text-align:center;"|

Law

|Raghu Samarth

|Ragini Prajwal

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |last=Joy |first=Prathibha |date=10 July 2020 |title=Law reaffirms our commitment to making good Kannada cinema: Puneeth Rajkumar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/law-reaffirms-our-commitment-to-making-good-kannada-cinema-puneeth-rajkumar/articleshow/76877920.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200723121718/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/law-reaffirms-our-commitment-to-making-good-kannada-cinema-puneeth-rajkumar/articleshow/76877920.cms |archive-date=23 July 2020 |access-date=21 July 2020 |website=The Times of India}}

French Biriyani

|Pannaga Bharana

|Danish Sait, Sal Yusuf

| style="text-align:center;" |{{Cite web |last=Handoo |first=Ritika |date=14 July 2020 |title=Kannada movie 'French Biriyani' trailer to be out on this date! |url=https://zeenews.india.com/regional/kannada-movie-french-biriyani-trailer-to-be-out-on-this-date-2295670.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717013257/https://zeenews.india.com/regional/kannada-movie-french-biriyani-trailer-to-be-out-on-this-date-2295670.html |archive-date=17 July 2020 |access-date=22 July 2020 |website=Zee Kannada}}

rowspan="4" |2022

|One Cut Two Cut

|Vamshidhar Bhograj

|Danish Sait, Samyukta Hornad

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite news |last=Anandraj |first=Shilpa |date=2 February 2022 |title=The Kannada film 'One Cut Two Cut' gets digital release |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-kannada-film-one-cut-two-cut-gets-digital-release/article38363038.ece |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204123844/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-kannada-film-one-cut-two-cut-gets-digital-release/article38363038.ece |url-status=live }}

Family Pack

|Arjun Kumar S

|Likith Shetty, Amrutha Iyengar

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=20 July 2021 |title=It's a wrap for 'Family Pack' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/jul/20/its-a-wrap-for-family-pack-2332948.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723072255/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/jul/20/its-a-wrap-for-family-pack-2332948.html |archive-date=23 July 2021 |access-date=3 August 2021 |website=The New Indian Express}}

Man of the Match

|D. Satya Prakash

|Nataraj S Bhat, Dharmanna Kadooru

| style="text-align:center;" | {{Cite web |date=31 July 2021 |title=Vasuki Vaibhav plays a cameo in 'Man of The Match' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/jul/31/vasuki-vaibhav-plays-a-cameo-in-man-of-the-match-2337850.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731081941/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2021/jul/31/vasuki-vaibhav-plays-a-cameo-in-man-of-the-match-2337850.html |archive-date=31 July 2021 |access-date=3 August 2021 |website=The New Indian Express}}

Gandhada Gudi

|Amoghavarsha JS

|Puneeth Rajkumar, Amoghavarsha JS

|style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite news |title=Puneeth Rajkumar's dream project with Amoghavarsha titled Gandhada Gudi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/puneeth-rajkumars-dream-project-with-amoghavarsha-titled-gandhada-gudi/articleshow/88118871.cms |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=The Times of India|date=6 December 2021 }}

2023

|Aachar & Co

|Sindhu Srinivasa Murthy

|Sindhu Srinivasa Murthy, Ashok, Sudha Belawadi and others

|style="text-align:center;"| {{Cite web |last=Basavarajaiah |first=Harish |date=28 May 2022 |title=Exclusive: Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy plays out Puneeth's dream with debut film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/exclusive-sindhu-sreenivasa-murthy-plays-out-puneeths-dream-with-debut-film/articleshow/91835840.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612050138/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/exclusive-sindhu-sreenivasa-murthy-plays-out-puneeths-dream-with-debut-film/articleshow/91835840.cms |archive-date=12 June 2022 |access-date=12 June 2022 |website=The Times of India}}{{Cite web |date=26 July 2023 |title=ಈ ವಾರ ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ ಪುನೀತ್‌ ರಾಜ್‌ಕುಮಾರ್ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣದ ʻಆಚಾರ್ ಆ್ಯಂಡ್ ಕೋʼ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತೆರೆಗೆ! |url=https://vistaranews.com/cinema-film/ashwini-puneeth-rajkumaraachar-and-co-on-july-28/410952.html |website=Vistara news}}

2024

|O2

|Raaghav Nayak
Prashanth Raj

|Ashika Rangnath, Praveen Tej and Others

|{{Cite web |date=8 October 2021 |title=Ashika Ranganath starrer 'O2' to go on floors today |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ashika-ranganath-starrer-o2-to-go-on-floors-today/articleshow/86861496.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128075428/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/ashika-ranganath-starrer-o2-to-go-on-floors-today/articleshow/86861496.cms |archive-date=28 November 2022 |access-date=10 October 2021 |website=The Times of India}}

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