POPULAR MALAYALAM ACTOR AND SCREENWRITER PASSES AWAY; MOHANLAL LEADS INDUSTRY IN PAYING CONDOLENCES!
Home > Tamil Movies > Tamil Cinema NewsP Balachandran, Malayalam actor, playwright, and author has passed away at the age of 62. He is well remembered for his contribution to Malayalam cinema and literature. He was reportedly ill for several months and passed away early morning on Monday.
Born on February 2, 1952 to Padmanabha Pillai and Saraswati Bhai at the Sasthamkotta village in Kollam, Kerala, Balachandran has worked in the industry as both an actor and a screenwriter.
His career started with Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi which released in 1982. He played an extra in the film. His film credits include Trivandrum Lodge, Thank You, Silence, among others.
He has penned the scripts of Uncle Bun, Kallu Kondoru Pennu, Police and so on. He directed Ivan Megharoopan in 2012, which was based on the life of poet P. Kunhiraman Nair. It happened to be the only directorial of his career.
He was last seen in the Mammootty starrer One. He is survived by wife Sreelatha and two children, Sreekanth and Parvathy. Among those who paid rich tributes to the legend were Superstar Mohanlal.
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