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Prasad Studios

these are motion picture post production studios in Hyderabad, India, founded by Prasad Group in 1956.

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ7238445
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Prasad Studios and Prasad Film Labs are motion picture post-production studios headquartered in Chennai, India, founded by Prasad Group in 1956. The production house has produced over 150 films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.

The group is one of the largest chains of post-production facilities in India with 12 delivery units located in all of the major film production centres of India including Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar and Kolkata and has an overseas presence in Singapore, Dubai, and United States.

It has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Processing Lab nine times.

History

The group is headed by Ramesh Prasad and Sai Prasad, son and grandson of the late L.V. Prasad respectively. It owns one of the major equipment and film facilities in India for feature film and advertising post production. Prasad Group works in feature films, film and video restoration and commercial advertising production.

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