Babu Narayanan (1959 29 June 2019) was an Indian film director who worked in

Malayalam film industry Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry a ...

. He directed more than 25 Malayalam movies. He was a popular Malayalam movie director during the 1990s. Together with P. Anil, he directed popular movies like '' Manthrikacheppu'', ''

Sthreedhanam ''Sthreedhanam'' () is a 1993 Malayalam family drama film directed by the duo Anil-Babu and starring Jagadeesh, Urvashi and Meena in major roles. A television soap opera, sharing the same title and adapting the movie's story, aired on Asiane ...

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Kudumba Vishesham ''Kudumba Vishesham'' is a 1994 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. Anil, Babu Narayanan, starring Thilakan and Kaviyoor Ponnamma in the lead roles. This movie is the remake of Tamil movie '' Veedu Manaivi Makkal'' (1988). Cast * Thilakan a ...

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Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum ''Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum'' is a 1996 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Anil-Babu. The film stars Jayaram, Shobhana, Harishree Ashokan and Jagathy Sreekumar in lead roles. The film had musical score by Rajamani and B. A. Chidambaranath. ...

'', '' Kaliyoonjal'' and ''Pattabhishekam''. Last movie they did together was ''Parayam'' in 2004. Later he took a break from movies. He made a comeback in 2013 with the Malayalam movie '' To Noora with Love''. He was Associate Director of Director Hariharan and Co director of Keralavarama Pazhassiraja.

Personal life

Babu was born to Narayana Pisharody and Devaki Pisharasiar at

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

. He was married to Jyothi. The couple had two children, Darsh Pisharody and Sravana T. N. His daughter debuted as an actress through the film '' Thattumpurath Achuthan'' in 2018.His son is an Ad film maker and Associate Director in film industry.

Death

Babu Narayanan died on 29 June 2019 at the age of 60. He was a cancer patient.

Filmography

As a solo director

Anil-Babu

Story

* ''Om Gurubhyo Nama'' (2002)

Dialogue

* ''

Ponnaranjanam ''Ponnaranjanam'' is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Babu Narayanan and produced by Hameed. The film stars Usha, Jahnvi, Mahesh, Innocent and Adoor Bhavani. The film's score was composed by Kozhikode Yesudas. Lesbian is the ...

'' (1990)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narayanan, Babu Malayalam film directors 1959 births 2019 deaths Artists from Kozhikode Film directors from Kozhikode 21st-century Indian people 20th-century Indian people