Premier Studio (Mysuru)

 film/video production studio/facility  Add category

Premier Studio
No. 2270, Vinoba Road, Chitranjan Mahal, Next To Green Hotel, Mysore, Karnataka 570012 0821 251 0836 ‎

Premier Studios became a prestigious studio in South India and films in all languages like Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Tulu, Konkani and even a few English and Italian films were produced here. Veteran film personalities like Mr. Shankar Singh, Mr. B.R.Panthulu, Mr. Y.R.Swami, Mr. G.V.Iyer, Mr. R.Nagendra Rao, Mr. Puttanna Kanagal, Mr. Manirathnam, Mr. Balachander and others produced their films in this studio. Among the several noted film actors who attended shooting on the sets of this studio included famous artistes like Miss Jayalalithaa, the present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Rajkumar, M.G.Ramachandran, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Amrohi and Kamala Hasan, to name a few. The studio also gave job opportunities for a large number of technicians and junior artistes. Over 1,000 films have been produced in this studio till recently. They included the popular Hindi films, "Shola and Shabnam" and "Pakeezah". One of the earliest films to be made here was "Sthree Rathna" in Kannada, by Mr. Basavarajaiah himself. He had also produced "Vamsha Vruksha", the award winning Kannada film. He had been awarded the prestigious Dr. Raj Kumar award in 1996-97 in recognition of his service to the film industry.

The studio and its owner suffered the major setback during the production of the Hindi film, "The Sword of Tipu Sultan" by Mr. Sanjay Khan. A devastating fire in 1989 on the sets killed 62 film artistes, technicians and workers, some of them leading personalities in their field.