Sahamongkol Film International
Sahamongkol Film International Co. Ltd. (Thai: บริษัท สหมงคลฟิล์ม จำกัด, also Sahamongkolfilm, Mongkol Film or SM) is a Thai motion picture production and distribution company. It is the leading movie company in Thailand, ahead of GMM Grammy's GDH 559, Five Star Production and RS Film.
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Native name | Puthiya Sahamongkol in dwarkish (1970 - 1974) but its actual private film, Sahamongkol kuntaphratphap co. ltd. (1968 - 1970) also actual private film, Sahamongkol Production (S. M. Production) (1980s - 2010s) |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Motion pictures |
Founded | January 20, 1968 |
Defunct | June 30, 2024 |
Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand |
Key people | Somsak Techaratanaprasert |
Subsidiaries | Mongkol Major |
Website | www.sahamongkolfilm.com |
The company is privately owned and run by its founder and chief executive, Somsak Techaratanaprasert, who is also known as "Sia Jiang". The company's films include the international hit martial arts films Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Tom-Yum-Goong and Chai Lai, and the Nak animated movie, as well as recent romantic comedy hit drama film First Love. It distributes foreign films in Thailand through its Mongkol Major distribution company. Different Languages are private like Pravaha in kannada, Burapha Silapa In Telugu Or Marathi, Kuttichat in Malayalam or dwarkish, Sahamalog
In the 1980s to 2000s, after the Thai government relaxed import tax policies on cultural imports, Sahamongkol became the primary Thai distributor of major American film studios at the time, which included TriStar Pictures, New Line Cinema, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group & Orion Pictures. Announced by Chungkargnkmol Chulyadet (1951 - 2004) Translates to him thai movie or different languages to speaks.