Navodaya Studio
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Navodaya Studio
| logo =
| caption =
| type = Private
| industry = Entertainment industry
| foundation = {{Start date|1976||}}
| founder = Navodaya Appachan
| hq_location_city = Kakkanad, Kochi, Kerala
| hq_location_country = India
| divisions = {{Unbulleted list|Navodaya Movietone|Navodaya Release}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Jijo Punnoose
Jose Punnoose
| products = Motion pictures
| website = {{URL|navodayastudio.com}}
}}
Navodaya Studio is an Indian film studio headquartered at Kochi, Kerala. It is one of the earliest film studios in Kerala, established in 1976 by Navodaya Appachan. Navodaya is known for producing some of the landmark films in Indian cinema.
History
The studio was founded by Apachan in 1976, after he parted ways with his brother Kunchacko's Udaya Studio.
Works
The first film Kadathanattu Makkam produced by Navodaya studio was directed by Appachan himself. The second film Thacholi Ambu was the first cinemascope film in Malayalam.{{cite web |url=http://archives.chennaionline.com/interviews/appachan.asp |title=An interview with Navodaya Appachan |publisher=Chennaionline.com |access-date=14 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326065737/http://archives.chennaionline.com/interviews/appachan.asp |archive-date=26 March 2009 }} It was followed by Padayottam, which was the first 70 mm film in India.{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/1998/sep/01hari1.htm |title=Team of 48 |work=Rediff.com |date=1 September 1998 |author=Rajitha | access-date=7 August 2019}} The post production work of Sholay, the first 70 mm production in India was done in the United Kingdom. But for Padayottam, the works were done at Prasad Labs, Trivandrum.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/03/04/stories/2011030450900100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629060033/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/03/04/stories/2011030450900100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|title=Still raring to go|date=4 March 2011|access-date=14 March 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India}} In 1982, India's first 3D film, My Dear Kuttichathan was released.{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/15/stories/2003051500260100.htm |title=Casting a magic spell |newspaper=The Hindu |date=15 May 2003 |access-date=14 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110090204/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/15/stories/2003051500260100.htm |archive-date=10 January 2009 |url-status=usurped }} Apart from these landmark films, Navodaya also produced numerous hit films in Malayalam including Thacholi Ambu, My Dear Kuttichathan, Manjil Virinja Pookkal, Padayottam and Chanakyan.
The studio was later renovated in 2000's welcoming the needs of the television industry. Appachan's sons Jijo Punnoose and Jose Punnoose has taken over the functioning.
Appachan, along with the Navodaya Studios, was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award in 2011.{{cite news
|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
|access-date=14 March 2011
}}