Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose, known as Navodaya Appachan (born 1924 in Alleppey, Travancore

Travancore

Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...

) is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

, director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, and entrepreneur

Entrepreneur

An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...

. He is mainly involved in Malayalam cinema

Malayalam cinema

The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...

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Appachan is a director and producer of films from Kerala

Malayalam cinema

The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...

. Movies that he has produced include Manjil Virinja Pookkal

Manjil Virinja Pookkal

Manjil Virinja Pookkal is a 1980 Malayalam film produced by Navodaya Appachan and directed by Fazil, starring Shankar, Poornima Jayaram, and Mohanlal in the main roles. This film was one of the biggest hits of the year and was a major landmark in the career of director Fazil. The songs were...

and My Dear Kuttichathan

My Dear Kuttichathan

My Dear Kuttichathan is a 3D Malayalam film and the first 3-D film made in India. The movie was produced by Maliampurackal Appachan of Navodaya studio in Kerala....

. The latter was the first 3D movie

3D Movie

3D Movie may refer to:*A 3-D film, a type of film projected to create the illusion of depth*3D Movie , computer file for a software product by Microsoft...

 made in India and released as Chota Chetan in Hindi. He is the founder of Navodaya Studio

Navodaya Studio

Navodaya Studio is a film production studio in the Malayalam language film industry of India. It was established in 1976 by Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose, who is also known by the name Navodaya Appachan. The filming studio is located in Kakkanad, Kochi....

. He was also a creator of Bible Ki Kahaniyan

Bible Ki Kahaniyan

Bible Ki Kahaniya is an Indian epic Period serial based on Christian Scriptures of the Bible in Hindi Language and also one of the first serials in India to involve high budget and use of fast paced technology...

 on Doordarshan

DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...

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His early involvement with the film industry was with his brother Kunchako at Udaya Studio. The first cinemascope film in Malayalam was directed by him, and the first 70mm Indian movie, Padayottam

Padayottam

Padayottam is a 1982 Malayalam film directed by Jijo Punnoose, produced by Navodaya Appachan, and starring Prem Nazir, Madhu, Mammootty, Mohanlal and Shankar. It was the first movie in South India to be indigenously shot in the 70 mm film format...

, was produced by him. He also founded Kishkinta

Kishkinta

Kishkinta is a theme park located in Chennai, India....

, India's first theme park, in Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

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Appachan studied in Pulinkunnu

Pulinkunnu

Pulincunnu is an island village in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala.Pulincunnu is located in the Kuttanad taluk and region of Alappuzha District....

, Mannanam and St. Xavier's College in Palayamkottai

Palayamkottai

Palayamkottai , known as the "Oxford of South India", is a town in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. It is part of the Tirunelveli city corporation. It is on the eastern bank of the Thamirabarani river, while its twin city Tirunelveli is on the western bank.-Etymology:The archaic word Palayam...

. He is married to Baby and they have two sons and two daughters.

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