P. Balachandran
{{Short description|Indian actor and director (1952–2021)}}
{{for|the politician|P. Balachandran (politician)}}
{{Indian name|Balachandran|Padmanabhan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name = Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair
| name = P. Balachandran
| image = P. Balachandran.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1952|02|02}}
| birth_place = Sasthamkotta, Kollam, Kerala, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|04|05|1952|02|02}}
| death_place = Vaikom, Kerala, India
| parents = {{Plainlist|
- Padmanabha Pillai
- Saraswati Bhai
}}
| spouse = Sreelatha
| alma_mater = Devaswom Board College, Sasthamkotta
School of Drama and Fine Arts, Thrissur
| children = 2
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Playwright
- screenwriter
- actor
- director
- professor
}}
| awards = Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
}}
Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair (2 February 1952 – 5 April 2021){{cite news |title=Malayalam actor P Balachandran dies at 62 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/malayalam-actor-p-balachandran-dead-7259197 |access-date=5 April 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 April 2021 |language=en}} was an Indian writer, playwright, scenarist, director, and actor. He was known for his work in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema.{{cite web |url=http://filmiparadise.com/profile/actor/p-balachandran |title=P Balachandran Profile |publisher=filmiparadise.com |date=13 May 2012 |accessdate=12 August 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Career
Balachandran is best known for the play Paavam Usman for which he won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Professional Nataka Award in the year 1989.[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/ml_aw4.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (Drama)"] (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 10 June 2013. He has scripted many films including Ulladakkam (1991), Pavithram (1994), Agnidevan (1995), Punaradhivasam (2000), and Kammatti Paadam (2016). His directorial debut is Ivan Megharoopan (2012).{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/P-Balachandran.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213212936/http://ibnlive.in.com/newstopics/P-Balachandran.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2013|title=P.Ramachandran|publisher=IBN Live |date=13 May 2012 |accessdate=11 August 2012}} He has also acted in a few films, the most notable being Trivandrum Lodge (2012).
Personal life
He was born to Padmanabha Pillai and Saraswati Bhai on 2 February 1952, in Sasthamkotta, Kerala.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mangalam.com/cinema/interviews/201123 |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 July 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708145359/http://www.mangalam.com/cinema/interviews/201123 |url-status=dead }} He was married to Sreelatha and the couple had two children, Sreekanth and Parvathy.{{cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/194764/ |title='പി'യുടെ ഓര്മയ്ക്കായി മേഘരൂപന്, Interview - Mathrubhumi Movies |accessdate=2013-12-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219044904/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/194764/ |archivedate=19 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}
=Death=
Balachandran died at the age of 69 on 5 April 2021 at his house in Vaikom.{{Cite web|title=നടനും തിരക്കഥാകൃത്തുമായ പി.ബാലചന്ദ്രന് അന്തരിച്ചു|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/actor-and-script-writer-p-balachandran-dies-1.5571588|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Mathrubhumi|date=5 April 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=തിരക്കഥാകൃത്തും നടനുമായ പി.ബാലചന്ദ്രൻ അന്തരിച്ചു|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2021/04/05/p-balachandran-passed-away.html|access-date=2021-04-05|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml}} He had suffered from brain fever for a long time and was hospitalized many times, the last time being in July 2020. His body was cremated with full state honours.
Awards
- 1989: Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Drama – Paavam Usman[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516212809/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Play.htm |date=16 May 2018 }} (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- 2008: Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award for Drama{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/drama-a-ksna/465 |title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Drama |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala|access-date=26 February 2023}}
Filmography
=As actor=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Title !! Role | ||
| 2023 | Kolaambi{{Cite web |title=Nithya Menen-starrer Kolaambi's trailer is here |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2023/mar/24/nithya-menen-starrer-kolaambis-trailer-is-here-41494.html |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Cinema Express |date=24 March 2023 |language=en}} | Kamal Pasha |
| rowspan="5" |2021 | ||
| Minnal Murali | Varghese | |
| Kurup | Gopalakrishna Pillai | |
| One | Attingal Madhusoodanan, MLA Opposition | |
| Operation Java | Balachandran | |
| 2020 | Raju | |
| rowspan="5" |2019
|Priest | ||
| Edakkad Battalion 06
|Mohammed Kutty | ||
| Varthakal Ithuvare
|Divakaran Nair | ||
| Kolaambi
|Kamal Pasha | ||
| Athiran
|Keshava Kaimal | ||
| rowspan="2" |2018
|Eeda | Sriram Bhatt | |
| Oru Kaatil Oru Paykappal | ||
| rowspan="7" |2017 | Sakhavu | Namboorichan |
| Vimaanam | Priest | |
| Hadiyya | ||
| Melle | ||
| C/O Saira Banu | Adv. Pappan | |
| Puthan Panam | Adv. M.K. Pillai | |
| Samarppanam | Balachandran | |
| rowspan="7" |2016 | Kismath | Appu Nair |
| All of Us | ||
| Pa Va | Father Micheal Kallayi (Kallayi Achan) | |
| Appuram Bengal Ippuram Thiruvithamkoor | Nambeeshan | |
| Kammatti Paadam | Krishnan's father | |
| Hello Namasthe | Kuriachan Achayan | |
| Maanasaandarapetta Yezdi | Chethanappi | |
| rowspan="4" |2015 | Charlie | Usman Ikka |
| Acha Dhin | Sir | |
| Life of Josutty | Jessy's Father Thomachan | |
| 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam | Doctor Noah | |
| rowspan="7" |2014 | Pattanam Balan (Balettan) | |
| Actually | Gopalakrishnan | |
| John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu | Paul Zacharia | |
| Manglish | Krishna Swami | |
| Angry Babies in Love | Madhavan | |
| Law Point | Charlie | |
| Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal | Raviettan | |
| rowspan="13"|2013 | Ginger | Balakrishnan |
| Kaanchi | Narayanan Nair | |
| Silence | Judge | |
| Nadan | Vikraman Pilla | |
| Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus | Raphael Vadakkumthala | |
| Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty | Kochunni | |
| Hotel California | Sasi Pillai | |
| Thank You | Balettan | |
| Immanuel | Gopinathan Nair | |
| David & Goliath | Father Gerald | |
| Ithu Pathiramanal | Priest | |
| Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla | Dronar | |
| Annayum Rasoolum | Rasheed | |
| rowspan="2"|2012 | Poppins | Gabriyel Methalakuzhi |
| Trivandrum Lodge | Korah | |
| rowspan="1"|2011 | Beautiful | Advocate |
| rowspan="1"|2009 | Neelathamara | Balan |
| rowspan="1"|2006 | Mahasamudram | Marakkar |
| rowspan="1"|2003 | Ivar | Minnal Thankan |
| rowspan="3"|2002 | Shesham | |
| Shivam | Padmanabhan | |
| Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam | Easwaran Pillai | |
| rowspan="1"|2001 | Vakkalathu Narayanankutty | Jayaram's father |
| rowspan="1"|2000 | Punaradhivasam | Manoj K Jayan's father |
| rowspan="1"|1999 | Jalamarmaram | |
| rowspan="1"|1995 | Agnidevan | Edakka |
| rowspan="1"|1991 | Aparahnam | |
| rowspan="1"|1982 | Gandhi | Muslim in the crowd |
=As director=
| class=wikitable
! Year!! width=150|Title | |
| 2012 | Ivan Megharoopan |
=As script writer=
| class=wikitable
! Year!! width=150|Title !! Director | ||
| 2019 | Edakkad Battalion 06 | Swapnesh K. Nair |
| 2016 | Kammatipaadam | Rajeev Ravi |
| 2012 | Ivan Megharoopan | Himself |
| 2005 | Police | rowspan=2|V.K. Prakash |
| 2000 | Punaradhivasam | |
| 1997 | Manasam | C.S. Sudheesh |
| rowspan=2|1995 | Thacholi Varghese Chekavar | T. K. Rajeev Kumar |
| Agnidevan | Venu Nagavalli | |
| 1994 | Pavithram | T. K. Rajeev Kumar |
| rowspan=3|1991 | Ulladakkam | Kamal |
| Uncle Bun | Bhadran | |
| Aparahanam | MP Sukumaran Nair |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1548005|name=P. Balachandran}}
- [http://en.msidb.org/displayProfile.php?category=actors&artist=P%20Balachandran&limit=13 P Balachandran at MSI]
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