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| | #REDIRECT [[Udaya Studios]] |
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| | name = Udaya Pictures
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| | type = [[Film production]]
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| | foundation = {{Start date|1947||}}
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| | founder = [[Kunchacko]]
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| | location = [[Pathirappally]], [[Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]]
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| | key_people = [[Navodaya Appachan]]<br/>Boban Kunchacko<br/>[[Kunchacko Boban]]
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| '''Udaya Pictures''' is the oldest [[film production]] studio in the [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] [[film industry]] of [[India]]. It was established in 1947 by director-producer [[Kunchacko]] (1912–1976) and film distributor K. V. Koshy in [[Pathirappally]], [[Alappuzha]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chelangad|first=Saju|date=2014-04-20|title=How Udaya Productions came to be|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/how-udaya-productions-came-to-be/article5928834.ece|access-date=2021-03-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The studio influenced the gradual shift of [[Malayalam film industry]] from its original base of [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]] to [[Kerala]], now considered a milestone in the history of [[Malayalam film industry]].<ref name=hin>{{cite news |title=Renaissance for Udaya Studio |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/29/stories/2009042951290300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629052938/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/29/stories/2009042951290300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2011 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=29 April 2009 }}</ref><ref name=pop>{{cite book |title=Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle| author=Asha Kasbekar|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2006|isbn=1-85109-636-1 |page=234 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&pg=PA234&dq=Udaya+Studio&hl=en&ei=veF6TaeOBYHwvwP3lMTqBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Udaya%20Studio&f=false }}</ref> The first film of the studio was ''[[Vellinakshatram (1949 film)|Vellinakshatram]]'' (1949).<ref>Ommen. p. 50.</ref>
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| The films produced at the studio were produced under the banner of K & K Combines, and later under Excel Productions (also spelt X. L. Productions). Udaya's professional rivalry with [[P. Subramaniam]]'s [[Merryland Studio]] was quite famous.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/01/02/stories/2009010250680300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629060110/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/01/02/stories/2009010250680300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title=Visionary and entrepreneur|author=Lekshmy Gopalakrishnan|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 January 2009|access-date=7 March 2011}}</ref>
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| == History ==
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| Kunchacko established a film production company named Udaya Pictures in 1947, though he continued production at traditional the base of Malayalam film, Chennai, but it all changed in 1947 when he came together with film distributor K. V. Koshy and established '''Udaya Studios''' in [[Alleppey]] ([[Alappuzha]]), and in time the studio also set up its own distribution network. Soon it had a string of successes with blockbusters based on Vadakkan Pattu.
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| *[[Unniyarcha]] (1961)
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| *[[Palattukoman]] (1962)
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| *[[Othenante Makan]] (1970)
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| *[[Aromalunni]] (1972)
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| *[[Ponnapuram Kotta]] (1973)
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| *[[Thumbolarcha]] (1974)
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| *[[Kannappanunni]] (1977)
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| *[[Palattu Kunjikannan]] (1980)
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| After Kunchako's death in 1976, his son, director [[Boban Kunchacko]], took over the functioning, but after his death in 2004 at the age of 55, the studio saw some bad days.
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| However, Dr. Avinash Unnithan (Suryamangalam Group) has purchased the plot where the studio was located and another studio under a different name is in preparation to be set up, like an air-conditioned shooting floor and other facilities attached to it, but also taking utmost care to preserve the old structures, thereby keeping alive the nostalgic feel of the place.
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| The legendary Udaya Pictures banner is still owned by famous cine actor [[Kunchacko Boban]], who is also the grandson of Kunchacko. Udaya has made a comeback after 30 years by producing the movie Kocchavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho.
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| ==Revival==
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| Actor [[Kunchacko Boban]] announced that Udaya Pictures is producing the 2016 film ''[[Kochauvva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho]]'' directed by [[Sidhartha Siva]], thus reviving the prestigious Malayalam production house after 30 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Udaya Pictures announces its comeback project|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/Udaya-Pictures-announces-its-comeback-project/articleshow/51268135.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=5 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kunchacko Boban announces 'Kochauvva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho'|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kunchacko-boban-announces-kochauvva-paulo-ayyappa-coelho-news-malayalam-qdhjhncijjhbg.html|publisher=[[Sify]] |date=7 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kochauvva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho Produced by Udaya Studios|url=http://www.cochintalkies.com/malayalam-movie-news/kochauvva-paulo-ayyappa-coelho-produced-by-udaya-studios.html|publisher=cochintalkies|date=7 March 2016 }}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Navodaya Studio]]
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| == References ==
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://wikimapia.org/277181/Udaya-Studio Udaya Studios] at ''[[Wikimapia]]''
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Udaya Productions}}
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| [[Category:Film distributors of India]]
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| [[Category:Film production companies of Kerala]]
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| [[Category:Indian film studios]]
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| [[Category:Mass media companies established in 1942]]
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| [[Category:Buildings and structures in Alappuzha]]
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| [[Category:1942 establishments in India]]
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