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{{Short description|Indian film director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Babu Narayanan
| image = Babu Narayanan.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth-date|1959}}
| birth_place = [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = [[India]]n
| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2019|06|29|60|df=y}}
| occupation = Film director
| years_active = 1989 – 2019
| children = SRAVANA T N , Darsh Pisharody
| parents = {{ubl|Narayana Pisharody|Devaki Pisharasyar}}
| spouse = Jyothi Babu
}}

'''Babu Narayanan''' (1959 {{endash}} 29 June 2019) was an Indian film director who worked in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film industry]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/ReadMore/6481/babu-narayanan-goes-independent |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 September 2014 |archive-date=30 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630084257/http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/ReadMore/6481/babu-narayanan-goes-independent |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metromatinee.com/news-articles/director-babu-is-back-with-with-love-noora-fathima-4562 |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911003631/http://www.metromatinee.com/news-articles/director-babu-is-back-with-with-love-noora-fathima-4562 |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/all-about-noora/article5809735.ece|title=On location: To Noora with Love - All about Noora|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 March 2014|last1=Kumar|first1=P. K. Ajith}}</ref> He directed more than 25 Malayalam movies. He was a popular Malayalam movie director during the 1990s. Together with [[Anil (director)|P. Anil]], he directed popular movies like ''[[Manthrikacheppu]]'', ''[[Sthreedhanam]]'', ''[[Kudumba Vishesham]]'', ''[[Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum]]'', ''[[Kaliyoonjal]]'' and ''Pattabhishekam''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=director&artist=Anil%20Babu|title=Profile of Malayalam Director Anil%20Babu}}</ref> Last movie they did together was ''Parayam'' in 2004. Later he took a break from movies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=2295|title = Babu Narayanan}}</ref> He made a comeback in 2013 with the Malayalam movie ''[[To Noora with Love]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/When-Noora-Fell-in-Love/2014/05/01/article2198770.ece|title = When Noora Fell in Love}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Babu was born to Narayana Pisharody and Devaki Pisharasiar at [[Calicut]]. 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.

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

==Filmography==
===As a solo director===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film
|-
|1989||''[[Anagha (film)|Anagha]]''
|-
|1990||''[[Ponnaranjaanam]]''
|-
|2013|| ''[[To Noora with Love]]''
|-
|}

===Anil-Babu===

{{main article|Anil Babu}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film
|-
|rowspan=3|1992|| ''[[Ponnaramthottathe Raajaavu]]''
|-
|''[[Manthrikacheppu]]''
|-
|''[[Welcome to Kodaikanal]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|1993|| ''[[Injakkadan Mathai & Sons]]''
|-
|''[[Sakshal Sreeman Chathunni]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|1994||''Sthreedhanam''
|-
|''[[Kudumba Vishesham]]''
|-
|rowspan=3|1995 ||''[[Achan Kombathu Amma Varampathu]]''
|-
|''[[Radholsavam]]''
|-
|''Street''
|-
|rowspan=2|1996|| ''[[Harbour (film)|Harbour]]''
|-
|''[[Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|1997|| ''Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan''
|-
|''[[Kaliyoonjal]]''
|-
|1998|| ''[[Mayilpeelikkavu]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|1999|| ''Pattabhishekam''
|-
|''Ingane Oru Nilapakshi''
|-
|rowspan=2|2001|| ''[[Uthaman (2001 film)|Uthaman]]''
|-
| ''Kumarasambhavam''
|-
|rowspan=2|2002|| ''[[Pakalppooram]]''
|-
|''[[Valkannadi]]''
|-
|2003||''[[Njan Salperu Ramankutty]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|2004|| ''[[Kusruthi]]''
|-
|''Parayam''
|-
|}

===Story===
* ''Om Gurubhyo Nama'' (2002)

===Dialogue===
* ''[[Ponnaranjanam]]'' (1990)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1551293}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Narayanan, Babu}}
[[Category:Malayalam film directors]]
[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Artists from Kozhikode]]
[[Category:Film directors from Kerala]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]

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