Director

Navodaya Appachan

Production

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1332821

IMDb ID: nm0032175

Known for: Production

Born: February 6, 1924

Died: April 23, 2012

Age: 88

Place of birth: Pulinkunnoo, Alappuzha, Kerala, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1978 - 2010

Years active: 33

Wikidata: Q6982532

Also known as

Navodaya Appachan • Appachan • Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose

Frequent jobs

Director (1)Producer (9)

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Biography

Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose, known as Navodaya Appachan (06 February 1925 – 23 April 2012) was an Indian film producer, director and entrepreneur. He is best known for his work in Malayalam cinema, especially as the founder of Navodaya Studio. Appachan was born to the Maliampurackal family at Pulinkunnoo and was an alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai. He was married and had two sons and two daughters. He died on 23 April 2012 at Kochi, aged 88.

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