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Balachandra Menon is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Editor and Sound Indian born on 11 january 1954
Balachandra Menon is an Indian film actor, director, script writer, distributor, editor, composer, singer and producer who works in Malayalam cinema. He made a number of popular films in the 1980s and 1990s. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role as Ismail in the 1998 film Samaantharangal, which was also directed by him.
Along with Fazil and Padmarajan, Menon has introduced new actors into the Malayalam film industry. Actors who made their debut in his films include Shobhana in April 18, Parvathy in Vivahithare Ithile Ithile, Maniyan Pillai Raju in Maniyan Pillai Athava Maniyan Pillai, Karthika in Manicheppu Thurannappol, Annie in Ammayane Sathyam, and Nandini in April 19.
Many of his films explore the theme of uncommon relationships between common people. His box office hits in the early 1980s included Chiriyo Chiri, Kaaryam Nissaram and Prasnam Gurutharam.
During his early days in Madras, he worked in Nana film weekly as a correspondent. He has completed a diploma in journalism from Trivandrum Press Club
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Balachandra Menon
Along with Fazil and Padmarajan, Menon has introduced new actors into the Malayalam film industry. Actors who made their debut in his films include Shobhana in April 18, Parvathy in Vivahithare Ithile Ithile, Maniyan Pillai Raju in Maniyan Pillai Athava Maniyan Pillai, Karthika in Manicheppu Thurannappol, Annie in Ammayane Sathyam, and Nandini in April 19.
Many of his films explore the theme of uncommon relationships between common people. His box office hits in the early 1980s included Chiriyo Chiri, Kaaryam Nissaram and Prasnam Gurutharam.
Biography
Balachandra Menon was born in Ambalappuzha in 1954 to Shivashankara Pillai and Lalitha Devi. By virtue of his father being a railway station master, he served at Edava railway station and Menon had his formative years of childhood and adolescence life in this village. He studied at Edava Muslim High School and has narrated nostalgically about his memories about his life in this village in his autobiography Ammayaane Sathyam. He is an alumnus of University College Trivandrum and Fatima Mata National College. Sisters: Sushma and Prema. Wife: Varada Menon. Children: Akhil Menon and Bhavana Menon. Menon enrolled as a lawyer on 30 July 2012, 22 years after completing his degree.During his early days in Madras, he worked in Nana film weekly as a correspondent. He has completed a diploma in journalism from Trivandrum Press Club
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, 2h12Directed by Ranjith
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mammootty, Sekhar Menon, Meera Jasmine, Meera Nandan, Nedumudi Venu, Nandalal Krishnamurthy
Roles Shamsu
Rating52%
Kunjananthante Kada (2013)
Directed by Salim Ahamed
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Nyla Usha, Salim Kumar, Balachandra Menon, Esther Anil, Siddique
Rating57%
The story of Kunjananthante Kada is set in a village around the Mattannur-Iritty area of Kannur, Kerala. Kunjananthan (Mammootty) manages a provision store the village. Resigned to an unhappy marriage, it is this shop that is at the centre of his existence. The owner of the building pleads with him to vacate the shop so he may settle his debts, but Kunjananthan does not relent. Eviction, however, seems unavoidable when the government tries to acquire land for a road development project. Kunjanthan's travails to retain the shop form the second-half of the film.
Buddy (2013)
Genres Comedy
Actors Anoop Menon, Srikanth, Bhumika Chawla, Balachandra Menon, Asha Sarath, Babu Antony
Roles Shankaran Namboothiri/Shanku Bhai
Rating49%
The original story line (The Kids Are All Right is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Lisa Cholodenko) was based on a lesbian couple and the sperm donor guy. And story features the friendship between a father and son. Maanikunju was living his dream when the 17-year-old Vishnu walks in to their life. With some hidden intentions, Vishnu befriends Maanikunju and his friends. But the nature of his father leaves him surprised. Another person Shankaran Nampoothirippad acts as a tool between the two. What follows next forms the rest of the story.
Nammal Thammil (2009)
Directed by Viji Thampi
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indrajith Sukumaran, Geetu Mohandas, Balachandra Menon, Jagathy Sreekumar, Siddique
Roles Ramachandran IAS, Father of Vicky and Johny
Rating32%
Vicky (Prithviraj Sukumaran) is the student's union chairman of an engineering college. He is in love with a fellow student, Anu (Geetu Mohandas). Due to some misunderstandings regarding a campus bet, she starts to dislike Vicky and moves away from him.
Utharaswayamvaram (2009)
Actors Jayasurya, Roma Asrani, Lalu Alex, Balachandra Menon, Sukumari, Bijukuttan
Roles Sreedhara Kurup
Rating38%
The story is about Prakash (Jayasurya) whose father, Sreedhara Menon, runs a supermarket. Prakash’s father wants him to become an officer but Prakash’s interests lie elsewhere. After graduation, he is more interested in the activities of the village Arts club, than in looking for a job. He falls for a village girl, Uthara (Roma). But her rich father, Mahadevan fixes her marriage with another rich boy. The story builds up from here on.
College Kumaran (2008)
Genres Drama
Actors Mohanlal, Jayaram, Vimala Raman, Balachandra Menon, Harisree Ashok, Narain
Rating25%
Kumaaran, or as students call him, Captain (Mohanlal), was the star of Mahatma college before he joined the army. Now an ex-military officer, Kumaaran is running the canteen of Mahatma College after a tragic incident that took his father and sister's life.
Dae! Ingottu Nokkiye... (2008)
Directed by Balachandra Menon
Genres Drama
Actors Jayasurya, Jagathy Sreekumar, Thilakan, Indrans, Bharath Gopi, Lena
Roles Joji
Rating31%
The film is about Vettikadu Sivan (Jayasurya), a young, intelligent man who sets out on a mission to settle a score and give a peace of mind to his uncle Vettikadu Sadasivan (Jagathy Sreekumar) who is the chief minister of the state.
Classmates (2008)
, 2h30Directed by Lal Jose
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prithviraj Sukumaran, Narain, Mirei Kiritani, Indrajith Sukumaran, Nanami Sakuraba, Jayasurya
Rating80%
The film centres on a group of classmates who attendeded the same Chemistry class in their final year of college. Among them, Murali (Narain) is a singer and P. Sukumaran (Prithviraj) is a firebrand leader of the left-winged students union. Sukumaran's rival, Satheesan (Jayasurya), leads the opposite faction of student politics and is aided by his sidekick, Vasu (Vijeesh). Pius (Indrajith), a rich and spoiled brat of parents settled in the Gulf, is the campus Romeo and Sukumaran's best friend. Thara Kurup (Kavya Madhavan) is the daughter of the Member of the state Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Muvattupuzha; she is a danseuse who regularly wins awards for the college with her performances.
Pranayakalam (2007)
Directed by Uday Ananthan
Themes Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ajmal Ameer, Vimala Raman, Murali, Seema, Balachandra Menon, Baburaj
Rating54%
Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006)
Directed by Balachandra Menon
Genres Comedy
Actors Balachandra Menon, Mohanlal, Shanthi Krishna, Sukumari, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya
Rating41%
Rappakal (2005)
Directed by Kamal
Genres Drama
Actors Mammootty, Nayantara, Sharada, Balachandra Menon, Geetu Mohandas, Vijayaraghavan
Roles Deva Narayanan
Rating70%
Its a heartfelt story of a male help/valet and his motherly affection to the elderly women, whom he looks after. It explores the keralite soul of family and the seamier aspects of it and finishes it with an evocation of the need to keep intrinsic humane values, in any period of change. Mammootty plays the role of the help who is also a vigilant caretaker of the Tharavad Veedu and is referred as the "Tree of Goodness" which protects sanctity of the household. Sharada plays the role of the affectionate mother and Nayanthara as the house help.
Album (2002)
Directed by Vasanthabalan
Actors Aryan Rajesh, Shrutika, S. Manivannan, Saritha, Prakash Raj, Vijayakumar