Balachandran Chullikkad
Balachandran Chullikkad (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in Malayalam-language media.
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| Children | 1 |
Balachandran Chullikkad (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in Malayalam-language media.
Early life
[edit]Balachandran was born in Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He completed his graduation in English literature from the Union Christian College, Aluva (first two years) and Maharajas College, Ernakulam.[1][2]
Career
[edit]His collection of poems published includes Pathinettu Kavithakal, Amaavaasi, Ghazal, Maanasaantharam, Dracula etc.[3] Another collection of his previously published poems, Balachandran Chullikkadinte Kavithakal (The Poems of Balachandran Chullikkad), was published in 2000.[3] He has also published a book of his memoirs, Chidambarasmarana (2001).[4]
He has participated in many national literary seminars organised by the Central Academy of Letters, India. He was one among the ten members of a cultural delegation of India to Sweden in 1997 invited by Nobel Academy and Swedish Writers Union.[5] He represented Indian poetry in the international bookfair in Gothenburg, Sweden in November 1997.[6]
Chullikkad is also an actor in Malayalam films and serials.[7][8] As an actor, he is best known for G. Aravindan's Pokkuveyil (1981) in which he played a young artist who lives with his father, a radical friend and a music-loving young woman. The film is about how his world collapses when his father dies, the radical friend leaves him and her family takes the woman away to another city.[9]
In 2018, he criticised the state education department for their incompetency in teaching Malayalam language. He urged it to remove his poems from curricula in schools, colleges and universities. Chullikkadu alleged that marks were being given in abundance for papers containing mistakes without proper evaluation, and the appointment of Malayalam teachers are not on the basis of qualifications, but caste, religion, political influence and nepotism. He said research work on Malayalam literature lack quality and that doctoral degrees were conferred on even those works which contain mistakes.[10][11]
Personal life
[edit]Chullikkad is married to Vijayalakshmi, a known Malayalam poet and they have a son named Appu.[12][3]
In 2000, he took Buddhism as his religion.[13] He says that this cannot be called a conversion from Hinduism because he was never a follower of that religion. "I have not converted because I have not been a believer though I was a Hindu. I have now embraced Buddhism, not converted to Buddhism. The problem with Hinduism is that it is a religion of social status and set-ups. Your value in Hinduism depends on the family in which you were born," he says.[14]
Political views
[edit]In a 2000 interview, Chullikkad revealed that he was a sympathiser of the Naxalite movement during his teenage years. He then continued as a Marxist for some years. But after the fall of the Soviet Union and "the Eastern European experience", he rethought his conviction about Marxism and reorganised his intellectual life on a different path. "I found that Marxism is outdated and irrelevant. Now I am not a Marxist, but a social and political democrat. Soviet experience proved that individual freedom without the base of socialism and socialism without sanctioning individual freedom is a failure. Communism practised all over the world is some kind of socialism without sanctioning individual freedom. Communism without approving individual freedom is social fascism", he said.[15]
Awards
[edit]In 1990, he refused the Sanskriti Award for the best young writer in India and declared that he would not accept any award for his literary works.[16] In 2001, his work Balachandran Chullikkadinte Kavithakal was selected for the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry,[17] but Chullikkad did not accept the award.[16] In 2003, he received the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Narration / Voice Over (Non Feature Film Category) for The 18 Elephants – 3 Monologues.[18]
Bibliography
[edit]Poetry
[edit]- Pathinettu Kavithakal (Trichur: Rasana, 1980)
- Amavasi (Kottayam: S.P.C.S., 1982)
- Ghazal (Kottayam: DC Books, 1987)
- Ente Sachidanandan Kavithakal (Calicut: Bodhi, 1993)
- Manasantharam (Trichur: Current, 1994)
- Dracula (Kottayam: DC Books, 1998)
- Balachandran Chullikkadinte Kavithakal (Kottayam: DC Books, 2000)
- Prathinayakan (Kottayam: DC Books, 2013)
- Balachandran Chullikkadinte Kavitha Paribhashakal (Kottayam: DC Books, 2013)[note 1]
- Rakthakinnaram (Kottayam: DC Books, 2017)
- Alakal (Calicut: Mathrubhumi, 2021)[19]
- Ulkkakal (Kozhikode: Mathrubhumi, 2024)[20]
- Marakkamo (DC Books, 2024)
Others
[edit]- Chidambarasmarana (Alwaye: Pen, 1998, memoirs)
- Hiranyam (Kottayam: DC Books, 2019, short novel)[note 2]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]Actor
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Pokkuveyil | ||
| 1987 | Ezhuthapurangal | Balan | |
| Theertham | Shivan | ||
| 1988 | Marikkunnilla Njaan | ||
| 1994 | Pradakshinam | ||
| Sraadham | |||
| 2005 | Rappakal | Deva Narayanan | |
| Maanikyan | Himself | Cameo | |
| The Tiger | Dr. Bharathan Kumar | ||
| Nerariyan CBI | Thirumeni | ||
| Bharathchandran I.P.S. | Mudoor Sidhan | ||
| 2006 | Chinthamani Kolacase | Sathyan Master | |
| Aanachandam | Vishwanathan | ||
| Vaasthavam | |||
| 2007 | Ali Bhai | Collector Sukumaran Nair | |
| Abraham & Lincoln | |||
| Nasrani | Adv. Mathews | ||
| 2008 | One Way Ticket | Balan Master | |
| Parunthu | Abraham | ||
| Oridathoru Puzhayundu | Comrade Dasettan | ||
| Minnaminnikoottam | Appukuttan Maashu | ||
| Pakal Nakshatrangal | |||
| Roudram | Doctor Surendran | ||
| 2009 | Kali | ||
| Evidam Swargamanu | Elias | ||
| Vellathooval | |||
| Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded | |||
| Samastha Keralam PO | Balagangadharan | ||
| Patham Nilayile Theevandi | Board member | ||
| Chattambinadu | Kattappilly Cheriya Kuruppu | ||
| Madhya Venal | |||
| Vairam: Fight for Justice | |||
| Ivar Vivahitharayal | |||
| 2010 | Drona 2010 | Nelloor Karanavar | |
| Pokkiri Raja | |||
| Amma Nilaavu | |||
| Sadgamaya | |||
| Body Guard | |||
| Elsamma Enna Aankutty | Dr. Stephen Tharakan | ||
| Sakudumbam Shyamala | |||
| Pranchiyettan & the Saint | Ajay Nambiar | ||
| 2011 | Ithu Nammude Katha | Advocate | |
| Three Kings | Shankaran Unni Raja's father | ||
| August 15 | Vasudevan | ||
| Collector | |||
| Bombay March 12 | |||
| 2012 | Orkut Oru Ormakoot | ||
| Naughty Professor | |||
| Ayalum Njanum Thammil | Murali | ||
| Mayamohini | Shankaradi Melpathoor | ||
| Thattathin Marayathu | |||
| Last Bench | Vinyan | ||
| 916 | Narayanan | ||
| 2013 | Sound Thoma | Dr. George Joseph | |
| Bharya Athra Pora | Rajendran | ||
| August Club | |||
| White Paper | |||
| Lokpal | Ashraf | ||
| Immanuel | Madhavettan | ||
| Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath | Sathyaneshan | ||
| Namboothiri Yuvavu @ 43 | |||
| Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty | Shamsu | ||
| Nadodimannan | KRP | ||
| Omega.exe | |||
| Silence | |||
| Pigman | |||
| Kaattum Mazhayum | Unreleased | ||
| 2014 | Cousins | Varkey Master | |
| The Dolphins | |||
| Pranayakadha | |||
| Kootathil Oral | |||
| Manja | Abhayaraj's friend | ||
| Mr. Fraud | Adv. Idiculla | ||
| On The Way | |||
| Thomson Villa | |||
| Parayan Baaki Vechathu | |||
| Ringmaster | |||
| Onnum Mindathe | |||
| 2015 | Kumbasaram | ||
| Mashithandu | |||
| Oru New Generation Pani | |||
| Onnam Loka Mahayudham | |||
| Tharakangale Sakshi | |||
| Ellam Chettante Ishtam Pole | |||
| 32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam | Noaha | ||
| Two Countries | Kanaran Master | ||
| 2016 | Action Hero Biju | Paulachan | |
| Kolamass | |||
| Pachakallam | |||
| King Liar | Paraparambil Narayanan Nair | ||
| Welcome to Central Jail | Khader | ||
| 2017 | Hello Dubaikkaran | ||
| Sathya | |||
| Aakashamittayee | Himself | ||
| Role Models | College Principal | ||
| Vishwa Vikhyatharaya Payyanmar | Govindan Master | ||
| 2018 | Marubhoomiyile Mazhathullikal | ||
| Aami | Himself | ||
| Ottakoru Kaamukan | Older Dominic | ||
| Neeli | |||
| Mohanlal | Hari | ||
| Ira | Judge | ||
| Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha | Rohith Shetty | ||
| Thanaha | |||
| 2019 | Janaadhipan | Swamy | |
| Madhura Raja | Adv. Mohandas | ||
| Children's Park | Rishi's father | ||
| Thrissur Pooram | Adv. Jayamohan | ||
| 2021 | Ice Orathi | ||
| Bheeshma Parvam | Girija Achari | ||
| 2022 | Naradan | Vijayan | [21] |
| 2023 | Sesham Mike-il Fathima | Himself | |
| 2025 | L Jagadamma Ezham Class B | [22] | |
| Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali | Sahadevan's father | [23] | |
| Flask | [24] |
- Composer
- "Amme Pinvili Vilikkaathe" ... Pokkuveyil 1982
- "Oru Ormmathan" ... Pokkuveyil 1982
- "Paampu Kadicha" ... Ezhuthaappurangal 1987
- Lyricist
- Amme Pinvili Vilikkaathe ... Pokkuveyil 1982
- Oru Ormmathan ... Pokkuveyil 1982
- Nimishamaam ... Sruthi 1987
- Leelaaravindam ... Sruthi 1987
- Cheekithirukiya ... Sruthi 1987
- Onam Vannu (Bit) ... Sruthi 1987
- Ganapathiye Nin Achan ... Theertham 1987
- Aathintho ... Theertham 1987
- Bas More Nainan ... Theertham 1987
- Paampu Kadicha ... Ezhuthaappurangal 1987
- Kaanaamarayathu ... Pradakshinam 1994
- Kaavalam Kiliye ... Saamoohya Paadam 1996
- Kaavalam Kiliye ... Saamoohya Paadam 1996
- Indrasabha ... Abraham & Lincoln 2007
- Thakkida Tharikida ... Abraham & Lincoln 2007
- Swapnamaraalike ... Abraham & Lincoln 2007
- Kezhamaankannaale ... Abraham & Lincoln 2007
- uduraajamukhi ... Abraham & Lincoln 2007
- Raagam Shokam ... Thaniye 2007 G Venugopal
- Playback singer
- Poothappaattu ... Chillu 1982
- Amme Pinvili Vilikkaathe ... Pokkuveyil 1982
- Oru Ormmathan ... Pokkuveyil 1982
- Paampu Kadicha ... Ezhuthaappurangal 1987
- Idavamaasa perumazha ... Makalkku 2005
- Story
- Dialogue
- Jaalakam (1987)
- Idanaazhiyil Oru Kaalocha (1987)
- Screenplay
- Jaalakam (1987)
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-Present | Snehapoorvam Shyama | Zee Keralam | |
| 2023–2024 | Anuraga Ganam Pole | Zee Keralam | |
| 2022–2023 | Amma Makal | Zee Keralam | |
| Thoovalsparsham (TV series) | Asianet | ||
| 2020–2023 | Thinkalkalamaan | Surya TV | |
| 2019–2020 | Chackoyum Maryyum | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2019–2021 | Sumangali Bhava | Zee Keralam | |
| 2018–2020 | Bhagyajathakam | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2018 | Gauri | Surya TV | |
| 2017 | Seetha | Flowers TV | |
| 2017–2018 | Ammuvinte Amma | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2016–2017 | Pokkuveyil | Flowers TV | |
| 2016 | Mayamohini | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2015 | Karuthamuthu | Asianet | |
| 2015 | Ganga | Doordarshan | |
| 2014 | Balamani | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2013 | Eran Nilav | Doordarshan | |
| 2011 | Chila Nerangalil Chila Manushyar | Amrita TV | |
| 2011–2012 | Kathayile Rajakumari | Mazhavil Manorama | |
| 2010 | Indhraneelam | Surya TV | |
| Devimahathmyam | Asianet | ||
| 2009–2010 | Vadakaikkoru Hridayam | Amrita TV | |
| 2009 | Pookalam | Surya TV | title song lyrics |
| 2008–2009 | Priyamanasi | Surya TV | |
| 2008 | Thulabharam | Surya TV | |
| Meera | Asianet | ||
| 2007 | Makalude Amma | Surya TV | |
| Mizhi Thurakkumbol | Surya TV | ||
| Venalmazha | Surya TV | ||
| Parvanendu | |||
| Swapnagale Kaaval | Kairali TV | ||
| Mizhi Thurakkumo | Doordarshan |
Web series
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jai Mahendran | Rtd Tahasildar Shibu | [25] |
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ Ashitha (26 July 2018). "എന്റെ കവയിത്രി". Indian Express (in Malayalam). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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- ^ "127 കുഞ്ഞുകവിതകളില് വാക്കുകളുടെ വിരുന്നൊരുക്കി വീണ്ടും ചുള്ളിക്കാട് | അലകള് |കിതാബ്". Mathrubhumi. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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- ^ "Naradhan review: Tovino Thomas is terrific in one of Aashiq Abu's weakest films". News9live. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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- ^ Features, Express (12 February 2025). "Saiju Kurup & Suresh Krishna starrer Flask completes shooting". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "Saiju Kurup's Sony LIV series Jai Mahendran gets a release date". Cinema Express. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
External links
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- Kavithakal (1 October 2015). "Balachandran Chullikkad - Poems - Yathramozhi". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- Manorama News (10 March 2017). "Balachandran Chullikkad in Nere Chowe - Part1". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
