Tamil Film Producers Council

Tamil Film Producers Council
Formation18 July 1979; 45 years ago (1979-07-18)
FounderV. Srinivasan
Rama Arangannal
K. Krishnamoorthy
Valampuri Somanathan
P.R. Govindarajan
K Rajagopal Chetty
A.V.M. Murugan
TypeNGO
Legal statusTrust
HeadquartersChennai
Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates13°03′14″N 80°15′04″E / 13.0539767°N 80.2510992°E / 13.0539767; 80.2510992
Official language
Tamil
President
Murali Ramasamy 2023 - 2026
Vice President
G. K. M. Tamil Kumaran 2023 - 2026, Archana Kalpathi 2023 - 2026
General Secretary
S. Kathiresan 2023 - 2026, Radha krishnan 2023 - 2026
Treasurer
Chandra Prakash Jain 2023 - 2026

Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC), is a union for film producers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, based in Chennai. Formed on 18 July 1979, the group has a charitable trust fund to provide financial support to retired producers, voiced support for film producers and have collectively protested for socio-political issues.[1]

Elections in the Producers council, which is made up of over 1500 members, are held once every two years to determine the president of the group. Actor-producer Vishal has been elected as the President of the Producers council after he won the election held in April 2017.[2][3][4][5] On 25 December 2018, R. Parthiepan was appointed as the new Vice President of the Tamil Film Producers Council replacing RK SURESH and kathireasan who were jointly holding the position until 24 December 2018.[6]

  1. ^ "History – Tamil Film Producers Council". tfpc.org. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Vishals Namma Ani wins Producers Council elections". Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Major victory for Vishal in TN film producers' council elections". The News Minute. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ^ Poorvaja, S. "Team Vishal does an encore". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Vishal elected President of TN Film Producers' Council - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  6. ^ "In surprise move, Parthiban appointed Vice President of Producers' Council". The News Minute. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.