New studio in Chennai suburbs

A new film studio has been constructed at Navalur, a southern suburb of Chennai. It is named "PMR Studio.

Actor-director-producer Babu Ganesh has built the new studio with a Chettinad bungalow, a police station, court, swimming pools and a temple, to begin with. There is also one shooting floor. The studio will be let on a low rent to those who want to make small-budget films.

There are very few privately-owned studios in Chennai. They are Prasad Studio (set up by L.V Prasad), Vijaya-Vauhini Studios ( B. Nagi Reddy), AVM Studios (A.V. Meiyappa Chettiar), Sathya Studios (M.G.R), Karpagam Studio (K.R. Gopalakrishnan), A.R.S. Garden (actresses Ambika and Radha) and Simbu Garden (T. Rajendar). The MGR Film City near Tidal Park at Taramani is owned by the State Government.

Babu Ganesh has ambitious plans to expand the new studio, providing modern facilities to small film producers. Navalur which is on the way to Mahabalipuram is fast developing with IT parks and colleges coming up around the place.