Company type | Film production |
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Industry | Motion pictures |
Founded | 1947 |
Founder | Kunchacko |
Headquarters | Pathirappally, Alappuzha, Kerala |
Key people | Kunchacko Navodaya Appachan Boban Kunchacko |
Products | Films |
Divisions | Excel Productions |
Udaya Studios is 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 Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Kerala.[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]