Raju Mathew ( – 12 November 2019) was an Indian film producer from

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. He produced 45 films. He was the owner of Century Films.

Biography

Mathew worked in an insurance company before coming to the film arena. Later he gave up the job and established Century Films in 1979. Then he began to produce films. He produced mainly

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. Besides

he also produced a

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titled '' Anokha Rishta''. '' Athiran'' was the last film which was produced by him. He was the president of the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce. Mathew was married to Lily Mathew. Anjana Jacob and Ranjana Mathew are their daughters. Mathew died on 12 November 2019 at the age of 82.

Selected filmography

Malayalam

* '' Kelkkaatha Sabdham'' (1982) * '' Karyam Nissaram'' (1983) * '' Pinnilavu'' (1983) * '' Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu'' (1983) * '' Athirathram'' (1984) * '' Adiyozhukkukal'' (1984) * '' Aalkkoottathil Thaniye'' (1984) * '' Ariyatha Veethikal'' (1984) * ''Sreekrishna Parunthu'' (1984) * '' Avidathe Pole Ivideyum'' (1985) * '' Karimpinpoovinakkare'' (1985) * '' Anubandham'' (1985) * ''Namukku Paarkan Munthiri Thoppukal'' (1986) * ''

Adimakal Udamakal ''Adimakal Udamakal'' () is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language social problem film directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran, and produced by Raju Mathew. The film stars Mohanlal, Mammootty, Nalini and Seema, with Ratheesh, Mukesh, Ur ...

'' (1987) * ''

Vrutham ''Vrutham'' is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and produced by Raju Mathew for Central Pictures, starring Kamal Haasan, Suresh Gopi, Geetha, Captain Raju, Thilakan and Shobana. The film marked the return of Kama ...

'' (1987) * '' Mukthi'' (1988) * ''Aryan'' (1988) * ''

Shubhayathra ''Shubhayathra'' () is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Kamal and written by P. R. Nathan. Starring Jayaram and Parvathy in the lead roles, and Innocent, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Mamukkoya and Jagadeesh in oth ...

'' (1990) * '' Aanaval Mothiram'' (1991) * '' Samooham'' (1993) * ''Puthran'' (1994) * ''

Thanmathra ''Thanmathra'' () is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Blessy and starring Mohanlal, Meera Vasudevan and Arjun Lal. Based on Padmarajan's short story "Orma", it portrays the effects of Alzheimer's disease on ...

'' (2005) * '' Money Ratnam'' (2014) * '' Athiran'' (2019)

Hindi

* '' Anokha Rishta'' (1986)

Awards

* 2005 -

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam The National Film Award for Best Malayalam Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat ...

(producer) -

* 2005 -

Kerala State Film Award for Best Film The Kerala State Film Award for Best Film is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best film in Malayalam cinema. The awards are managed directly by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy under the Department ...

(producer) - Thanmathra * 2005 -

Amrita TV Amrita TV is an Indian Malayalam-language free-to-air Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal an ...

Film Award for Best Film (producer) - Thanmathra * 1985 - Filmfare Award for Best Film – Malayalam for Aalkkoottathil Thaniye

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathew, Raju Malayalam film producers Hindi film producers 1930s births 2019 deaths Film producers from Kerala