Udaya Studios

Udaya Studios
Company typeFilm production
IndustryMotion pictures
Founded1947 (1947)
FounderKunchacko
HeadquartersPathirappally, Alappuzha, Kerala
Key people
Kunchacko
Navodaya Appachan
Boban Kunchacko
ProductsFilms
DivisionsExcel Productions

Udaya Studios was one of the oldest film studios in the 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.[1] The studio influenced the gradual shift of Malayalam film industry from its original base of Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Trivandrum, now considered a milestone in the history of Malayalam film industry.[2][3] The first film of the studio was Vellinakshatram (1949).[4]

The films made at the studio were produced under the banner of K & K Productions, and later under Excel Productions (also spelt X. L. Productions). Udaya's professional rivalry with P. Subramaniam's Maryland Studio was quite famous.[5]

  1. ^ Chelangad, Saju (20 April 2014). "How Udaya Productions came to be". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Renaissance for Udaya Studio". The Hindu. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011.
  3. ^ Asha Kasbekar (2006). Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 234. ISBN 1-85109-636-1.
  4. ^ Ommen. p. 50.
  5. ^ Lekshmy Gopalakrishnan (2 January 2009). "Visionary and entrepreneur". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.