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  "description": "Babu Narayanan (1959 – 29 June 2019) was an Indian film director who worked in Malayalam film industry. 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, Kudumba Vishesham, Aramana Veedum Anjoorekkarum, 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.",
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