Baby (director)

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A. G. Baby
Born
Swamynathan Pillai

Nationality Indian
OccupationFilm director
Years active1973 – 1991

Baby, also known as A. G. Baby is an Indian film director, producer, actor and scriptwriter who works in the Malayalam film industry. [1] [2] [3] He has directed more than 50 Malayalam movies. [4] [5] Among the popular movies he directed are Lisa (1978), Pappu(1980), Abhinayam(1981) and Veendum Lisa(1987). [6]

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Filmography

Direction

Screenplay

Production

Acting

Story

Editing

Camera

Dialogue

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References

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