Navodaya Appachan

Navodaya Appachan
Navodaya Appachan
Born	Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose; 6 February 1924; Pulinkunnoo, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India
Died	23 April 2012 (aged 88); Kochi, India
Occupation(s)	Film producer, film director
Awards	J. C. Daniel Award (2010)

Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose, known as Navodaya Appachan (6 February 1924 – 23 April 2012) was an Indian film producer, director and entrepreneur. He was best known for his work in Malayalam cinema, especially as the founder of Navodaya Studio.

Appachan was born to M. M. Chacko son of Mani of the Maliampurackal family at Pulinkunnoo and was an alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai.

Movies he produced include

theme park, in Chennai. He was given the 2011 J. C. Daniel Award for contributions to Malayalam cinema.^[2]

Death

Appachan died of cancer aged 88 on 23 April 2012 at Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi.^[3]

Filmography

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Year Title Director Producer Notes

1978 Thacholi Ambu Yes Yes

1978 Kadathanaattu Maakkam Yes Yes

1979 Maamaankam Yes Yes

1980 Manjil Virinja Pookkal Yes Debut of Mohanlal and debut of Jerry Amaldev as music director in films

1980 Theekkadal Yes Yes

1982 Padayottam Yes First 70 mm film in India

1983 Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku
Yes

1984 My Dear Kuttichathan Yes
3-D film
.

1986 Onnu Muthal Poojaym Vare
Yes Debut of Raghunath Paleri as director and debut of Geetu Mohandas

1989 Chanakyan Yes Debut of
T.K. Rajeevkumar
as director

1993 Bible ki Kahaaniyan (For TV) Yes Television series

2003 Magic Magic 3D Yes

Awards

He won
Filmfare Award for Best Film - Malayalam - Chamaram (1980)^[4]

References

^ "Producer Navodaya Appachan passes away". The Hindu. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

^ Press Trust of India (28 February 2011). "JC Daniel award for Navodaya Appachan". The Times of India. Thiruvananthapuram. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

^ "Veteran Malayalam film producer Navodaya Appachan passes away". Odishatoday.com. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

^ "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 2 December 1982 – via Google Books.

External links

Navodaya Appachan at
IMDb

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J. C. Daniel Award
1992–2009

T. E. Vasudevan (1992)

Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1993)

P. Bhaskaran (1994)

Abhayadev (1995)

A. Vincent (1996)

K. Raghavan (1997)

V. Dakshinamoorthy (1998)

G. Devarajan (1999)

M. Krishnan Nair(2000)

P. N. Menon (2001)

K. J. Yesudas (2002)

No award (2003)

Madhu (2004)

Aranmula Ponnamma (2005)

Mankada Ravi Varma (2006)

P. Ramdas (2007)

K. Ravindranathan Nair( 2008)

K. S. Sethumadhavan ( 2009)

2010–present

Navodaya Appachan (2010)

Jose Prakash (2011)

J. Sasikumar(2012)

M. T. Vasudevan Nair (2013)

I. V. Sasi (2014)

K. G. George (2015)

Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2016)

Sreekumaran Thampi (2017)

Sheela (2018)

Hariharan (2019)

P. Jayachandran (2020)

K. P. Kumaran (2021)

T. V. Chandran (2022)

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Navodaya_Appachan&oldid=1208163469"

[HIN1-1] "Producer Navodaya Appachan passes away". The Hindu. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

[2] Press Trust of India (28 February 2011). "JC Daniel award for Navodaya Appachan". The Times of India. Thiruvananthapuram. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.

[3] "Veteran Malayalam film producer Navodaya Appachan passes away". Odishatoday.com. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

[4] "The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who". 2 December 1982 – via Google Books.

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