Navodaya Appachan

{{Short description|Indian film producer and entrepreneur}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Navodaya Appachan

| birth_name = Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1924|02|06}}{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/producer-navodaya-appachan-passes-away/article3347704.ece | title= Producer Navodaya Appachan passes away | date=24 April 2012 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=7 September 2019 }}

| birth_place = Pulinkunnoo, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|04|23|1924|02|06}}

| death_place = Kochi, India

| occupation = Film producer, film director

| relatives = Kunchacko (brother)

| awards = J. C. Daniel Award (2010)

}}

{{Indian name|Punnoose|Maliampurackal Chacko}}Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose, known as Navodaya Appachan (6 February 1924 – 23 April 2012) was an Indian film producer, director and entrepreneur. He was best known for his work in Malayalam cinema, especially as the founder of Navodaya Studio.

Appachan was born to M. M. Chacko son of Mani of the Maliampurackal family at Pulinkunnoo and was an alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai.

Movies he produced include Manjil Virinja Pookkal and My Dear Kuttichathan. The latter was the first 3D movie made in India and released as Chota Chetan in Hindi. He is the founder of Navodaya Studio. He created Bible Ki Kahaniyan on Doordarshan. He first became involved in the film industry with his brother Kunchacko, at Udaya Studio. The first Cinemascope film in Malayalam was directed by him, and the Malayalam Padayottam, which was the first indigenously shot 70mm movie in South India, was produced by him. He founded Kishkinta, India's first theme park, in Chennai. He was given the 2011 J. C. Daniel Award for contributions to Malayalam cinema.{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-28/thiruvananthapuram/28641313_1_film-tv-chandran-b-unnikrishnan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235806/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-28/thiruvananthapuram/28641313_1_film-tv-chandran-b-unnikrishnan|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2012|title=JC Daniel award for Navodaya Appachan|date=28 February 2011|author=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|work=The Times of India|location=Thiruvananthapuram|accessdate=4 March 2011}}