Alleppey Vincent

Alleppey Vincent
Born	Ambalappuzha, Alappuzha district
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1938–1984
Parent(s)	Pollayil Vincent, Margarita

Alleppey Vincent is an Indian film actorin Malayalam cinema. He acted in Balan (1938), the first talkie made in Malayalam. He is the brother of Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar.

Vincent was born to Pollayil Vincent and Margarita as the eldest child, in Ambalappuzha taluk of Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. He is the elder brother of Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar. Both of them had associated with the initial stages of Malayalam cinema. He acted in the first talkie ever made in Malayalam Balan in 1938, as character Shanku. When the proposed heroine, Kunjamma, of the movie Balan eloped with Sundaram Pillai the assistant director of the movie, he brought the new heroine M. K. Kamalam who was then working as a drama artist at Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar drama troupe and introduced her to director of Balan. Vincent was the first speaking person of Malayalam cinema. His words were first recorded words. He uttered the word 'Hello Master' and it gained him name as first speaking person of Malayalam cinema. In the second Malayalam talkie 'Jnanambika' both Alleppey Vincent and Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar acted. Vincent acted in the film 'Oral Koody Kallanayi' in 1964 with Prem Nazir, S. P. Pillai, T. S. Muthaiah etc. and in 1974 for the film 'Kamini' with Raghavan, Rani Chandra, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Bahadoor etc. Alleppey Vincent was lucky to act with M. G. R. in the Malayalam film 'Genova' in the year 1953. It is the only Malayalam film M. G. R. ever acted.

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