Balyambra Pottattu Moideen (25 November 1937 – 15 July 1982) was an Indian politician, film producer, and publisher from

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. He was

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's youth wing president for Kerala, and was elected member of

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Panchayat in 1979. Moideen published ''Sports Herald'', a Malayalam sports magazine. His debut production was a

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film ''Nizhale Nee Sakshi'' in 1977, which also debuted Seema as a lead actress, and focused on the 1976 death of college student P. Rajan following torture in police custody. However, the film was never released. Moideen later produced the films '' Abhinayam'' (1981) starring

Jayan Krishnan Madhavan Nair (25 July 1939 – 16 November 1980), better known by his stage name Jayan, born as the son of Madhavan Pillai (Kerala title), Pillai and Bharathiyamma in Kollam district, Kollam, was an Indian actor, Officer (armed forc ...

, and ''India Nee Sundari''. He was awarded the national civilian gallantry honour Jeevan Raksha Padak, Class I posthumously by the

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in 1983, for saving lives in a ferry boat accident in Iruvanji River in

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in 1982, in which he drowned himself.

In popular culture

B. P. Moideen's romance with Kanchanamala was the subject of the 2015

biographical film ''

Ennu Ninte Moideen ''Ennu Ninte Moideen'' () is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language biographical romantic drama film written and directed by R. S. Vimal, based on the real-life story of Kanchanamala and B. P. Moideen, which took place in the 1960s in Mukkam, Kozhi ...

'', in which

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (Help:IPA/Malayalam, /pr̩t̪ʰʋiɾaːd͡ʒ/; born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, producer, director, and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, in addition to Tamil cinema, Tamil, Bollywood, Hin ...

portrayed Moideen.

Memorial

''B. P. Moideen Sevamandir'', the charity foundation named after Moideen, is led by Moideen's spouse Kanchanamala."Stone laying for BP Moideen Seva Mandir building on Nov 15"
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moideen, B.P. 1937 births 1982 deaths Malayalam film producers Boating accident deaths Recipients of the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak