Padmalaya Studios

Padmalaya Studios
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1970 (Padmalaya Movies)
1984 (Padmalaya Studios)
FounderGhattamaneni Krishna
Successors
Headquarters
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
,
India
Key people
G. Krishna
G. Adiseshagiri Rao
G. Hanumantha Rao
ProductsFilms
ServicesFilm production
Film distribution
OwnerGhattamaneni Krishna
Subsidiaries
  • Sri Padmalaya Movies
  • Padmalaya Pictures
  • Padmalaya Combines
  • Padmalaya Films
  • Ratna Movies
  • Padmalaya Creatives
  • Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd[1]
  • Padmalaya Arts

Padmalaya Studios is an Indian film production company and studio facility established by actor Krishna and his brothers.[2] Based in Hyderabad it mainly produces and distributes Telugu and Hindi films. The studio currently operates through its successors Indira Productions and G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment and Krishna Productions Pvt. Ltd.[3]

Padmalaya Movies was established as a film production company by Krishna and his brothers with the film Agni Pariksha (1970). Later, Krishna was given 9.5 acres of land in 1982, by the then state government of Andhra Pradesh to foster film development in Hyderabad. The film studio complex, Padmalaya Studios, was opened in November 1984. The first film shot in the studio was Simhasanam (1986).[4]

  1. ^ "Padmalaya Telefilms Ltd". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. ^ Sengupta, Sudipta (3 March 2012). "Padmalaya plays out dubious land plot". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Mahesh Babu celebrates 50 years of Padmalaya Studios". IndiaGlitz.com. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. ^ Madhuri, Dasagrandhi (8 July 2018). "Where the magic gets unfolded". Telangana Today. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.