Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Babu Thiruvalla


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) sst  ✈  01:13, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Babu Thiruvalla

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Notability, Style of Writing; Has directed only 1 movie till date. Ninney (talk) 02:23, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  sst ✈  05:44, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  sst ✈  05:44, 6 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment: I'm doing a search for the awards, but I can't see where they actually won some of the awards listed in the article and I'm getting the impression that the films were nominated in the respective listed categories but didn't actually win in those categories. The news stories I am finding are a bit vague as to who won what. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  09:11, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete for now perhaps at best and draft and userfy until a better article is available if that ever happens. SwisterTwister   talk  06:37, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to see what coverage his other film has received. Producing credits are always iffy since there are different levels of producing. If he was an executive producer for a notable film then I'd argue that this could give notability, but this is difficult to establish for Indian films since they're not often in places that would have this information and can be easily verified. Now what he does have going for him is that the award that I can verify for his second film (Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration) appears to be a fairly major one, enough to where it'd gain coverage and would give at least partial notability. I'm leaning towards a weak keep so far, but it'd be a shaky one. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  09:55, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Yup, it should be usable. A look at the film awards article (National Film Awards (India)) says that it's "the most prominent film award ceremonies in India". One of the supporting actresses also won an award. She shared it with another person, but it looks like it'd be about the equivalent of sharing an Oscar? It's frustrating that I can't find any reviews of the film, though. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  09:59, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. I was initially leaning towards a delete, but I managed to find enough coverage to justify an article for Thanichalla Njan. It's surprising that there are no film reviews out there, but it did win two awards from a very major film awards outlet. There was also some coverage during filming, which makes the lack of reviews that much more puzzling, but they might exist in a different language. He has two films that would pass NFILM and while the overall sourcing is weak, it's enough for him to pass GNG now. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  10:32, 8 January 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  16:14, 13 January 2016 (UTC)


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