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A. V. Anoop
Born	(1962-04-30) 30 April 1962 (age 62) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Known for	AVA Group AVA Productions
Spouse	Priya Anoop
Children	2
Website	avanoop.com

Arayamparambil Vasavan Anoop, better known as A V Anoop (born 30 April 1962), is an Indian entrepreneur, social worker, actor, author and film producer. He is the Managing Director of AVA Group of Companies, a consortium of ayurvedic, herbal and food products. The group is the manufacturer of the World’s largest selling Ayurvedic Bath Soap "Medimix". The group also owns the most popular household Kerala brands in spices and condiments "Melam" ,Kaytra in personal care and a multi-speciality most modern ayurvedic hospital under the name "Sanjeevanam" in Kochi, Kerala.

In December 2023, he was appointed as the Chairman of India Eurasia Trade Council by the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to India.

In 2007, he started producing movies under the banner of AVA Productions that includes feature films, documentaries & short films. The banner has bagged various awards regionally, nationally, and internationally.

In 2007, he won the Kerala State Film Award under the category of ‘Best Documentary Film’ for producing the documentary titled ‘Before the Brush Dropped’. In 2008, he won the 56th National Film Award for the Best Film on Family Values- Non-feature section for the short film ‘Appuvin Nayagan-Spotty (My Hero).

’The movies Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha, won the 2009 Kerala State Film Award for Best Film and Vishwaguru, a film that was made and released in 51 hours and 2 minutes following a "script to screen" rule, created a new Guinness World Record in the year 2017.

The banner has also produced the first-ever Science Sanskrit documentary titled "YAANAM" which was officially selected for screening at the Indian Panorama 2022.

Currently, the banner has produced over 35 projects, with the latest being Sookshmadarshini. Mr. Anoop won Kerala Film critics award 2023, under the category of special jury award for his character role as Sachidanandan in the feature film Achan Oru Vazha Vechu.

In the year 2023, he penned a book named "You Turn", a memoir which was published by DC Books. The book was officially released at the Sharjah International Book Festival on 5 November 2023.The Tamil version of the memoir published by 6th Sense Publications was released at the Sharjah International Book Festival on 7 November 2024.

Film Production

Filmography

Personal life

A. V. Anoop is the son of A. G. Vasavan and Lilly Bai. He had his schooling with St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram and graduated in commerce from Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram. He stays at Chennai with his family.

References

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3. "Best Masala Brand in India | Top Spices Brand in India". Melam. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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9. "Vishwaguru, the fastest film made, ever". The Times of India. 30 March 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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18. "Mammootty, Shwetha Menon win best actor awards". The Hindu. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
19. "A Long Journey to Enter the Tinsel World". The New Indian Express. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
20. Suresh, Meera (3 November 2012). "He reflects the images". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
21. Sudhakaran, P (10 September 2017). "47th Kerala State film awards to be presented today". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
22. James, Anu (18 August 2017). "E4 Entertainment makes big announcement; 10 projects lined up, Tovino Thomas on a roll". International Business Times. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
23. "Fastest film produced (script to screen)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
24. "സംവിധായകൻ വിജീഷ് മണിക്കും നിർമാതാവ് എ.വി അനൂപിനും ഗിന്നസ് റെക്കോർഡ്". Manorama Online. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
25. വി.എസ്, രാജേഷ് (22 November 2018). "നിർമ്മാതാവിൽ നിന്ന് നടനായി മാറി അനൂപ്". Kerala Kaumudi. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
26. "നടൻ, നിർമാതാവ്, വ്യവസായി, സാമൂഹ്യപ്രവർത്തകൻ; വ്യത്യസ്ത റോളുകളിൽ ഡോ.എ.വി.അനൂപ്". Manorama Online. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

External links

• A. V. Anoop at IMDb

• Businesspeople from Thrissur
• Living people
• 1962 births
• Tamil entrepreneurs
• Tamil film producers
• Malayalam film producers
• Kerala State Film Award winners