Filmmaker P. Balachandran | Photo Credit:
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In a creative life spanning several decades, he experimented and reinvented himself, shifting seamlessly between the stage and the screen, and writing scripts that were both critically-acclaimed and popular.
P. Balachandran, screenwriter, filmmaker, dramatist and actor, passed away at his home in Vaikom early on Monday. He was 69.
In a creative life spanning several decades, he experimented and reinvented himself, shifting seamlessly between the stage and the screen, and writing scripts that were both critically-acclaimed and popular.
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Malayalam author, actor and screenwriter, P Balachandran, died in Kerala on April 5 after his battle with brain fever.
He was 69 and was last seen on the big screen with actor Mammootty in the political drama ‘One’ as a political leader.
According to report in India Today, the actor was bedridden for the last eight months and was undergoing treatment for meningitis. He died around 5am today.
The final rites will be held at his home in Vaikom in Kerala this evening.
Born as Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair in 1952, he began career as an extra in Richard Attenborough’s landmark 1982 film ‘Gandhi’ and has appeared in films including ‘Silence’ and ‘Trivandrum Lodge’.