T. V. Chandran

Quick Facts

Full Name	T. V. Chandran
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Nov 23, 1950(1950-11-23)
Age	74
Birthplace	Kerala
Country	India
Horoscope	Sagittarius

T. V. Chandran Biography

T. V. Chandran is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on November 23, 1950 in Kerala, India.

T. V. Chandran has had no formal training in film-making. He began his film career as an actor in P. A. Backer’s Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol (1975). This leftist political cinema that came out during the Emergency period was adjudged Second Best Film in the Kerala State Film Awards. P. A. Backer was awarded Best Director that year for his directorial debut. The cast includes T. V. Chandran, Raveendran, J. Siddiqui and Shalini.

Chandran’s son Yadavan Chandran and brother Soman are also filmmakers. Yadavan has directed docu-films and has assisted Chandran in many of his films. Soman is working an assistant with Chandran right from his first film. Chandran’s attachment with his other brother, who died in Nigeria in the 1980s, later inspired the film Sankaranum Mohananum.

T. V. Chandran Net Worth

T. V. Chandran is one of the richest Film Director from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, T. V. Chandran 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

T. V. Chandran (born 23 November 1950) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor, predominantly working in Malayalam cinema. Born in a Malayali family in Telicherry, Chandran worked as a Reserve Bank of India employee before entering into the film industry. He started his film career as an assistant director to P. A. Backer. He also acted the lead role in Backer’s highly acclaimed political drama Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol (1975). He made his directorial debut with the unreleased feature Krishnan Kutty (1981), and followed this with the Tamil film Hemavin Kadhalargal (1985). Chandran came into prominence after Alicinte Anveshanam (1989), which was nominated for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. This was followed with Ponthan Mada (1993), his most famous film to-date. Chandran is most known for his art-house films which have references to history and undertones of politics and feminism. He is also known for his trilogy on 2002 Gujarat riots, consisting of Kathavasheshan (2004), Vilapangalkappuram (2008) and Bhoomiyude Avakashikal (2012). Other highly acclaimed films include Mangamma (1997), Dany (2001) and Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam (2003).

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Who is T. V. Chandran Dating?

According to our records, T. V. Chandran married to Revathi Chandran. As of December 1, 2023, T. V. Chandran’s is not dating anyone.

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Chandran concluded his trilogy on 2002 Gujarat riots with the film Bhoomiyude Avakashikal (2012), a drama featuring Kailash and Sreenivasan in the lead roles. The film started production in June 2012 and had its title adapted from the famous short story “Bhoomiyude Avakashikal” by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.. The film’s protagonist is driven away from Ahmedabad following the riots and eventually lands up in a secluded house in Kerala, in the company of insects and animals with whom he shares his thoughts, concerns, doubts and frustrations. The film was an official selection at at least three film festivals.

Facts & Trivia

Tyrus Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. T. V. Chandran celebrates birthday on November 23 of every year.

In 2008, Chandran returned as an actor after his debut in Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol, in M. G. Sasi’s Atayalangal. He played the supporting role of Bhaskara Kurup in the film that won five state film awards. With Boomi Malayalam (2009), another film focusing on themes of feminism, he associated with Suresh Gopi for the first time. The film was structurally different from Chandran’s earlier attempts at mapping female life as the film depicted the plight of seven different women who represent different periods of time with all of them sharing a common feeling—–fear.