Balachandra Menon



Padmashri Balachandra Menon is a Malayalam film director, actor, script writer, lyricist, and producer.

He made some very popular films in the 1980s and 1990s. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role of Ismail in the film Samantharangal in 1998.

Along with Fazil and Padmarajan, Menon has introduced the most newcomers into the Malayalam film industry. Many of his films work on the theme of uncommon relationships of common people