After five directorials, Lokesh Kanagaraj is now launching a new production house. It is named ‘G Squad’ and will be producing the upcoming films of the filmmaker.
Kanagaraj has shared a social media post informing all about the decision. He has also stated that the first few productions of the company will be from his close friends and assistants to support their talent.
Lokesh Kanagaraj had a huge hit with ‘Leo’ this year which made big numbers internationally. Last year, he had a massive blockbuster with ‘Vikram’ and he has now established quite an interesting cinematic universe, the LCU, that deals with thrilling stories of crime, drugs and police investigations.
Lokesh has followed the footsteps of many filmmakers of recent times like Rajkumar Hirani, Anurag Kashyap and Mani Ratnam. It has been an unwritten rule of the industry that directors of superhit films will turn to be producers. This indeed, helps the industry in growing and improving, as they make chances for newcomers to the film domain, as Lokesh has promised.
Lokesh Kanagaraj has quite an interesting line-up of films. He has one film with Rajinikanth, a Rolex stand-alone movie with Suriya has been announced. There are more sequels to come with Kaithi 2. These will be from Lokesh’s own production house and the business they do will definitely help in bringing more stories to the screen.