Udaya Studios

Udaya Studios
Company typeFilm production
IndustryMotion pictures
Founded1947 (1947)
FounderKunchacko
HeadquartersPathirappally, Alappuzha, Kerala
Key people
Kunchacko
Navodaya Appachan
Boban Kunchacko
ProductsFilms
DivisionsExcel Productions

Udaya Studios is one of the oldest film studios in the Malayalam film industry of India. It was established in 1947 by director-producer Kunchacko (1912–1976) and film distributor K. V. Koshy in Pathirappally, Alappuzha in Kerala. The studio influenced the gradual shift of Malayalam film industry from Chennai, Tamil Nadu to Kerala. The first film of the studio was Vellinakshatram (1949).

The films made at the studio were produced under the banner of K & K Productions, and later under Excel Productions (also spelt X. L. Productions). Udaya's professional rivalry with P. Subramaniam's Maryland Studio was quite famous.