T. E. Abinesh

T. E. Abinesh
Occupation	Film Distributor, Film Producer, CEO & Vice Chairman of Abi & Abi Group of Companies
Years active	2011–present

T. E. Abinesh is an entrepreneur from Tanjore, Tamil Nadu associated with multiple business verticals, who has distributed, financed and produced Tamil movies as well. He is associated with business like Automobiles, Transports, Marketing, Manufacturing, Import & Exports, Hospitals, Finance, Banking, Construction, Real Estate, Hotels, Digital Cinema and Educational Institutions such as Arts & Science & Technology College, Paramedical Institutions. Though born in Tanjore he has moved to Chennai where he schooled at SBOA Anna Nagar and in Don Bosco-Tanjore and currently lives in ECR.

Since childhood he was inspired by his dad and he had pre-decided to study business and enter into family business. He took bachelor's degree in Engineering and later pursued Masters in Business Administration and Bachelors in Law. Then he joined the family business, ABI & ABI GROUP OF COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND MEDIA.

He is a born business man, where he is one of the Directors in his group concern when he was 17. He reached till the position of CEO & VICE CHAIRMAN of the Group Company. As he always believed that the fundamentals of any business are the same, he decided to enter Film Distribution, Production & Financing. In 2011, Abinesh entered Film Distribution, Production & Financing by establishing ABI & ABI PICTURES and ABI TCS STUDIOS which are units of the group,

Career

ABI & ABI GROUP OF COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND MEDIA is associated with the leading business partners such as Hero MotoCorp, Yamaha Corporation, Tata Motors, Pepsi, Honda, Kirloskar, Ashok Leyland, Mitsubishi, Exide Industries, Microtek, Apollo Tyres, Michelin and overseas businesses like Construction in Dubai, Hotels in London, Manufacturing and Marketing of Electronic Products and Toys in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong in addition to import and export of spices and food products.

Filmography

Abi & Abi Pictures had started its career as a Distributor and Financier in the industry on 2011 with their first movie “Eththan – TAMIL” starring Vimal, Sanusha, Jayaprakash and others, Directed by L. K. Suresh and produced by Sherali Films, Nazir Hussain. And over in the year the company had distributed three more movies in entire Tamil Nadu. In the year of 2012 also Abi & Abi had distributed around 15 like Manam Kothi Paravai, Naduvula Konjam Pakatha Kanom and more films in various areas of Tamil Nadu and in the year 2013 had financed for various distributors for projects like Ethirneechal and Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga.

Abinesh Elangovan always had a hunger to establish his business and friends, likewise he started doing business with the Tamil Industries Leading Production House Studio Green on 2013, he bagged the Distribution Rights of the movies like Soodhu Kavvum, Pizza II: Villa and from there onwards he established his business with Thirukumaran Entertainment also. Abi & Abi Pictures and Thirukumaran Entertainment were associated from 2013 and done various films joining their hands together like Soodhu Kavvum, Pizza 2 The villa, Kalyana Samayal Saadham, Thegidi, Sarabham, Enakkul Oruvan, Indru Netru Naalai, 144, Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum, Iraivi. One more project in the pipeline is Abi & Abi is joining hands with Y Not Studios for the official Hindi remake of our movie “Kalyana Samayal Saadham” to be directed by director RS Prasanna in association with Tanu Weds Manu fame Director Anand.L.Roy. This will mark Abi & Abi entry in to the Bollywood. Abi & Abi is joining hands with Thirukumaran Entertainment again for the official Kannada remake of their movie “Thegidi” which will mark entry into Sandalwood.

Meanwhile, Abinesh Elangovan also joined his hands with his friends to start a Distribution company called Dream Factory, which has Mr. Gananvel Raja of Studio Green, Mr. C. V. Kumar of Thirukumaran Entertainment, Mr. Sashi Kanth of Y NOT Studios, and Mr. Elred Kumar of RS Infotainment as its partners, headed by Sakthivelan which is one of the leading Distribution Company in the industry nowadays.

References

• http://behindwoods.com/tamil-actor/abi-abi-pictures-abinesh-elangovan/an-interview-with-abinesh-elangovan-of-abi-abi-pictures.html
• http://www.abiabi.org/group-of-companies.php
• http://www.imdb.com/company/co0449727/
• http://www.cineulagam.com/tamil/celebs/producer/abinesh-elangovan/profile/
• http://www.sify.com/topics/abinesh-elangovan.html
• http://web.archive.org/web/20150211142146/http://tamilcinema.com/cv-kumars-thirukumaran-entertainment-abinesh-elangovans-abi-tcs-enters-sandalwood-in-a-big-way/
• http://web.archive.org/web/20150211142542/http://newsreel.herotalkies.com/cv-kumars-thirukumaran-entertainment-abinesh-elangovans-abi-tcs-enters-sandalwood-in-a-big-way/