Subaskaran Allirajah | |
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| Born | 2 March 1972 Jaffna, Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
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| Organization(s) | Founder & chairman Lycamobile, Lyca Productions |
| Spouse | Prema Subaskaran |
| Children | 3 |
Subaskaran Allirajah (born 2 March 1972) is a British-Sri Lankan Tamil entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of Lycamobile, a telecommunications company and also its entertainment subsidiary called Lyca Productions, based in Chennai, India, and began the production with its first tamil film Kaththi (2014). It produced the science fiction thriller 2.0 (2018), which was India's most expensive film and the 5th most expensive non-English-language film at the time of its release.[1] Lyca Productions has also produced Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022) and Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023) which are both Tamil cinema releases.
In September 2021, he was announced as the new owner of the Jaffna Kings for the Lanka Premier League (LPL). Lyca Kovai Kings, a cricket team representing Coimbatore city of Tamil Nadu in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) tournament, is owned by Lyca Productions.[2][3]
- ^ "At Rs 543 crore, Akshay Kumar and Rajinikanth's 2.0 is costlier than Deadpool and these Hollywood blockbusters - Bollywood News". timesnownews.com. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Lyca Group Chairman Allirajah Subaskaran new owner of Jaffna Kings | Daily FT". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Allirajah Subaskaran new proprietor of Jaffna LPL franchise". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.