"Chandran, Our Most Valued Friend in the Far East."
 
- Steven Spielberg
  
 
Asian Film Location Services 
Recent Projects:
  
Covert Affairs 
TV  Series, USA Network
 
  
A Common Man 
Feature, Starring 
Ben Kingsley
		
Asian Film Locations Services 
The Movies:
 Water 
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 
Mother Teresa, In the Name of God's Poor 
The Sleeping Dictionary 
The Second Jungle Book 
Beyond Rangoon 
Paradise Road  
Tarzan the Apeman 
Farewell To The King 
The Iron Triangle 
Bloodsport 2 & 3 
Crystal Book 
More Examples	
 
 
 
 
 		
		
		
		
 		
		
		
		
		
 		
 
     
      
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Choose Malaysia as your International Filming Location. 
Malaysia provides a cost effective location for Film and Television.
Malaysia offers a unique blend of Asian and Western cultural influences and locations. It is best known for its beaches, rainforests, colonial architecture, modern buildings, and mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian and European cultural influences. 
 
Asia Film Location Services can help you facilitate a film friendly and streamlined permitting process.
 
Contact us for referrals, questions, cost estimates and references.
  
 
 
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The Official Website of Chandran Rutnam and Asian Film Location Services (Pvt) Ltd
ASIAN FILM LOCATION SERVICES (PVT) LTD.
The Premier One-Stop Location and Equipment Service Company in Asia since 1979
 
 
Servicing Film and Television throughout Asia including Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Seychelles, Philippines and the Maldive Islands. 
 
 - Location Scouting & Production Services
 
- Production Management & Coordination
 
- Shooting Permits
 
- Set Design & Construction
 
- Film and Television Crews & Equipment
 
- Facilitating Film and TV production, including 
 Feature Films, TV Commercials, Music Videos 
and Documentaries 
 
  
CONTACT Asian Film Location Services
 
 
  
ASIAN FILM LOCATION SERVICES is a one-stop-shop film and television production and location services company specializing in international productions shooting in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. 
 
  
ASIAN FILM LOCATION SERVICES handles all types of film and television productions:    feature films, documentaries, commercials, and music videos. We arrange for:
- Location Scouting
 
- Shooting Permits
 
- Accommodation
 
- Catering
 
- Transportation
 
- Film and Television Crews and Equipment
 
- and anything that will make your project easier and better.
 
 
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On Time and On Budget 
This is our business. We sell EXPERIENCE, which will bring your Feature Film, TV Show, Commercial or Documentary ON TIME and ON BUDGET. 
  
Approval of all the major completion bond companies 
 
Chandran Rutnam has had the pleasure of working with all the major studios and numerous independent producers. The sound credibility of  Asian Film Location Services (Pvt) Ltd is illustrated by  the approval of all the major completion bond companies in the world. 
CONTACT Asian Film Location Services
 
  
"Over  the  last  decades,  Chandran  Rutnam,  single-handedly  brought  the  film  
business  to  Malaysia.  Today,  when  foreign  producers  consider  shooting  in  Asia, Rutnam  is  the  first  person  they  call."
 
 - The Magazine for Film & Video Production
  
 
  
		
Asian Film Location Services (Pvt) Ltd is a full service location company 
which has serviced numerous international productions throughout Southeast Asia for American, Australian, Canadian, European, Indian and British companies. 
  
AFLS was established by Chandran Rutnam in 1979. It was the first institution in Asia to provide a one-stop location service to international film producers. 
  
AFLS services films throughout Asia including: 
- Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
 
- Malaysia
 
- Thailand
 
- Singapore
 
- India
 
- Seychelles
 
- Philippines
 
- Maldive Islands
 
- Sri Lanka
 
- And more...
 
 
 
Today, in addition to films, the company provides support services to local and foreign Commercial and Documentary industries in Malaysia. 
  
CONTACT Asian Film Location Services
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     AFLS NEWS              
                       
   News and Events from Asian Film Location Services
 
 
 
2019 ASEAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL & AWARDS Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
At this year's Asean International Film Festival (Aiffa 2019) held in Kuching last week, Chandran Rutnam, of Asian Film Location Services, was honored for his many contributions to the Malaysian and Sarawak film industry throughout the years - a period spanning over 35 years of film and television. Chandran Rutnam has also led the Malaysian delegation to the Cannes Film Festival.
  
 
  
  
  
Jacqueline Fernandez in According To Matthew					
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ASIAN FILM LOCATION SERVICES (PVT) LTD. is proud of its participation in:	
According To Matthew 
A Taprobane Pictures Production
In Association With Asian Film Location Services and Ceylon Theaters Limited 
  
Shot entirely in Sri Lanka 
International Release 2019
 
Starring Alston Koch and Jacqueline Fernandez.
  
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A Common Man, Starring Academy Award® winning  Ben Kingsley WINS Top 3 Awards at    The
2013 Madrid International Film Festival Awards 
Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor
'A Common Man' won big at the Madrid Film International Festival. The film, shot entirely in Sri Lanka with Asian Film Location Services, won 
Best Director, Best Actor and Best Picture at the film festival on July 7th.
  
The movie stars actor Sir Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross. 
The Madrid International Film Festival has, as its objective, the promotion of cinematographic art by presenting films of quality and entertainment. 
The Madrid Festival is an annual event based in the city of Madrid in Spain, and draws in thousands of people from around the world.
  
The film has also won a bronze medal at the 'New York Festivals' International Television and Film Awards.
  
A Common Man is a production of Asia Digital Entertainment.
 
  
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Covert Affairs, TV Series, USA Network
"Chandran, It  was  such  a  joy  to  be  a  part  of  the  shoot  there. How  diverse  and  beautiful  were  all  the  locations  that  we  had  access  to, because  of   you!  Thanks  again  for  your  hospitality  and  for  allowing  us  to  have  an  amazing  shoot!"
  
 
- Anna  Schwaber, Location  DOP 
Covert  Affairs - TV  Series, USA Network Hollywood,  California
 
  
 
 						
Chandran Rutnam and Steven Spielberg 
The Road From Elephant Pass... to Beverly Hills
Dec 10, 2009  
Chandran Rutnam, the Chairman of Asian Film Location Services, attended the Gala Dinner held on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, honoring the renowned director, Steven Spielberg, with America's Democratic Legacy Award. 
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ASIAN FILM LOCATION SERVICES | Malaysia
"Over  the  last  decade,  Chandran  Rutnam,  single-handedly  brought  the  film  business  to  Sri Lanka  and  Malaysia. Today,  when  foreign  producers  consider  shooting  in  Asia, Rutnam  is  the  first  person  they  call."
 
- The Magazine for Film & Video Production
 
  
 
Bollywood film 'Victory' aimed at Cricket-mad South Asia
Colombo, Bollywood film "Victory", based on cricket and featuring many cricketing greats, is expected to do well in South Asia where the game is a passion and an obsession, says Sri Lankan producer Chandran Rutnam, who handled the Colombo leg of the shooting and is in-charge of marketing of the movie in Sri Lanka, told fans: "We hope to get the main market of the South Asian region, where cricket is a passion, obsession and a religion. "He said the film would be released all over the world with English subtitles. The film had its grand global premiere in Colombo Friday, a day before the second one-day encounter between the visiting Indian and host Sri Lankan cricket teams.   
 
 
 
'Agyaat'  filmed in  Sri  Lanka 
ASIAN FILM LOCATION SERVICES (PVT) LTD 
	
Agyaat is a Bollywood horror film co-produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma starring Nithiin, Gautam Rode, and Priyanka Kothari. The film was released on 7 August 2009. The film is shot majorly at Sigiriya jungle in Sri Lanka.
 
 
Water
 			
						
ASIAN FILM LOCATION SERVICES (PVT) LTD. is proud of its participation in the designing and construction of the sets for WATER on location in Sri Lanka.
  
Academy Award Nominee 2007:
 
Best Foreign Language Film 
  
Directed by Deepa Mehta
 
and Produced by David Hamilton
  
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