Kunchacko Boban

Kunchacko Boban

Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian film actor, producer and businessman. He works in Malayalam film industry and has acted in nearly 100 films over the period of more than two decades and received several awards including the Kerala State Film Awards. He is the son of actor-director-producer Boban Kunchacko and grandson of director-producer Kunchacko, who established the first film production house in Kerala named Udaya Pictures in 1947 which is a milestone in the history of Malayalam film industry post-independence. Kunchacko's debut was as a child artist in the film Dhanya (1981) produced by his father Boban Kunchacko and directod by Fazil with Mohanlal in a major role. At the 50th anniversary of his home production house Udaya Pictures, he debuted as a hero in another Fazil film, the 1997 romantic drama Aniyathipraavu. The film broke all existing box-office collection records in Malayalam film industry to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film and a trendsetter. Following the success of his debut movie as hero, he starred in hugely successful films in the late 1990s. He acted in another Fazil film Harikrishnans along with Mammootty and Mohanlal and it became the highest-grossing film of the year 1998. The romantic comedy film Niram in which he had a leading role was 1999's the highest-grossing Malayalam film. He continued to do films and established himself as a leading actor in the following years with filmmakers like Sathyan Anthikad, Sibi Malayil, Lohithadas, Hariharan, P. G. Viswambaran, Joshiy, Lal Jose, Vysakh, Roshan Andrews, Rajesh Pillai etc. Kunchacko won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for his performance in the 2004 film Ee Snehatheerathu. His career took a setback after few box office failures during the mid-2000s. He took a short break from films in 2006 and occupied with business and family life.

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