Kunchacko Biography 
Kunchacko was an Indian film director and producer who concentrated in Malayalam film industry. He had contributed a lot to the Malayalam cinema and he started Udaya Studios which transferred the center of Malayalam film industry from Madras to Kerala. He had given many hit films in sixties and seventies.
He was born in 1912 in Pulinkunnu in Alleppey in Travancore district. His parents are Mani Chacko Maliampurackal and Eliyamma. To indulge in cinema industry was the dream of his childhood days. He completed his intermediate certificate and wanted to establish a studio after that. As per his dreams he started the Udaya Studio in Pathirappally in Alappuzha in the year 1947. His son is Boban Kunchacko and has acted in few films.
He collaborated with K. V. Koshi and produced films under the banner K & K Productions. Totally they produced four films namely Vellinakshatram, Nalla Thanka, Visappinte Vili and Jeevithanauka. Among them the film Jeevithanauka was a huge success and was the first ever blockbuster in Malayalam film industry. Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair has acted in that film.
Due to the loss in the film Kidapppadam, he had to close his studio. Later with the help of his friend T. V. Thomas he reopened it. He has directed many films apart from producing them. He could gain a firm place in film direction after directing the films Neela Saari and Seetha. He has directed 40 films in his career.
Some of the films that he has directed include Kannappanunni, Chennai Valarthiya Kutty, Mailanum Mathevanum, Cheenavala, Dharmakshetre Kurukshetre, Manishada, Durga, Neela Ponman, Kasavuthattam, Anarkali, Jail, Tilottama, Shakuntala, Ayesha, Pazhassi Raja, Kadalamma, Rebecca, Bharya, Mainatharuvi Kola Case, Seeta, Umma, Unniyarcha, Dattuputhran, Panchavan Kadu, Postmane Kananilla, etc.
His last film was Kannappanunni. He married Annamma Chacko and had four children. He died of cardiac arrest during the song recording of the film Mallanum Mathevanum on 15th July 1976 in Madras in Tamil Nadu. His career has spanned nearly three decades.
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Updated: March 21, 2014
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