Udaya Banner is coming back ! Kunchacko Boban announced the project !
It has been long years since we are anticipating the coming back of one of the most popular film production banner in Mollywood, The Udaya Studios. The current owner of it, actor Kunchacko Boban had already said to the media about his plans to relaunch the Udaya Studio years back. And now the wish is coming to reality as he had announced the first production venture of his under the banner of Udaya Studio. The actor had announced about the film in a press meet. The film will be directed by National award winning director Sidharth Siva and will be titled as Kochauvva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho. Kunchacko Boban himself will play the lead in it.
Kunchacko Boban will play the title character named Kochauvva and the shoot of the film will start on March 14th, this year. The screenplay of this film also written by the director Sidharth Siva and Kunchacko Boban said that they are looking forward to make a good film and there will no compromise on time and money to make the wish true. They want a good film to present before the audience while they relaunches the most popular banner again.
The Udaya Banner was launched in 1942 by Kunchacko and KT Koshi. After that Kunchacko’s son Kunchacko had took it from his father and made films under it. Now, Kunchacko’s son Kunchacko Boban is doing the same by reviving the banner. It was behind the super successful films in the 1960’s and 1970’s like Unniyarcha, Palattu Koman, Othenante Makan, Aromalunni, Ponnapuram Kotta, Thacholi Marumakan Chanthu, Thumbolarcha, Kannappanunni, Thacholi Ambu, Kadahathanattu Makkam, Palattu Kunjikkannan etc. The first film from the studio was Vellinakshatram which released in the year 1949.
Udaya Studios had made more films based on the Vadakkan Pattu in Malayalam literature and they had made it all successful at that time. There were plans by Kunchacko Boban years back to relaunch the banner with a big film starring Mohanlal and Mammootty. Later there were reports that he may launch it with a Prithvi Raj film as well.
