Souravroyjournalist at 19:51, 3 May 2026

2026-05-03T19:51:37Z

New page

{{Short description|Malayalam poet, actor}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Balachandran Chullikkad
| image = Balachandran chullikad 2012.jpg
| caption = Balachandran Chullikkad
| birth_name = S. Balachandran
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1957|7|30}}
| birth_place = [[North Paravur|Paravoor]], Kerala, India
| occupation = {{hlist|Poet|actor|lyricist|screenwriter}}
| spouse = [[Vijayalakshmi (poet)|Vijayalakshmi]]
| children = 1
}}

'''Balachandran Chullikkad''' (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in [[Malayalam]]-language media.

==Early life==
Balachandran was born in [[Paravur taluk|Paravur]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India. He completed his graduation in English literature from the [[Union Christian College, Aluva]] (first two years) and [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharajas College]], [[Ernakulam]].<ref name="ബാലചന്ദ്രന് അറുപത്">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/balachandran-chullikkadu-60/balachandranchullikkadu-60-1.2127355 |title=ബാലചന്ദ്രന് അറുപത് |date=July 30, 2017 |website=Mathrubhumi |access-date=2017-11-19 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041414/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/special/balachandran-chullikkadu-60/balachandranchullikkadu-60-1.2127355 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= ഇനി വായന, എഴുത്ത്, അഭിനയം|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=14615995&programId=1073752204&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3|newspaper=[[Malayala Manorama]]|access-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319014926/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=14615995&programId=1073752204&channelId=-1073750705&BV_ID=@@@&tabId=3|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
His collection of poems published includes ''Pathinettu Kavithakal, Amaavaasi, Ghazal, Maanasaantharam, Dracula'' etc.<ref name="Madhyamam1" /> Another collection of his previously published poems, ''Balachandran Chullikkadinte Kavithakal'' (The Poems of Balachandran Chullikkad), was published in 2000.<ref name="Madhyamam1" /> He has also published a book of his memoirs, ''Chidambarasmarana'' (2001).<ref>{{Cite journal |title=ചിദംബരസ്മരണ—ഒരു പഠനം |journal=Chengazhi |publisher=[[Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit]] |author=Litty Pious |url=http://ax.sayahna.org/chengazhi/chengazhi-1-1-19.html |date=2019 |access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref>

He has participated in many national literary seminars organised by the [[Sahitya Akademi|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.<ref>[http://sahitya-akademi.org.in/?page_id=6829 "Cultural Exchange Programmes and Festivals of India Abroad"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125183157/http://sahitya-akademi.org.in/?page_id=6829 |date=25 January 2022 }}. [[Sahitya Akademi]]. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref> He represented Indian poetry in the international bookfair in Gothenburg, Sweden in November 1997.<ref>[https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/kerala-news/balachandran-chullikkad-meditates-at-a-buddhist-monastery-on-his-60th-birthday/ "ജന്മദിന ആഘോഷങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നകന്ന് ബുദ്ധവിഹാരത്തിൽ ബാലചന്ദ്രൻ ചുളളിക്കാട്"]. ''Indian Express'' (in Malayalam). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref>

Chullikkad is also an actor in [[Malayalam film]]s and serials.<ref>{{cite web|title=Balachandran Chullikkad|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/profiles.php?i=257|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com|access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu |title=Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / TV Serials : Talkies |url=http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/fr/2008/03/28/stories/2008032850220400.htm |date=28 March 2008 |access-date=8 March 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523114546/http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/fr/2008/03/28/stories/2008032850220400.htm |archive-date=23 May 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite magazine
| url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2701/stories/19890610160.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101020084908/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2701/stories/19890610160.htm
| url-status = usurped
| archive-date = 20 October 2010
| title = Aravindan's art
| access-date = 10 June 2013
| author = Sashi Kumar
| date = 2–15 January 2010
| magazine = [[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]
}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/poet-requests-that-his-poems-not-be-made-part-of-curricula/articleshow/63375521.cms|title = Poet requests that his poems not be made part of curricula - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]| date=20 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/mar/19/malayalam-poet-balachandran-chullikkadu-wants-to-withdraw-his-poems-from-school-universities-syllab-1789415.html|title=Malayalam poet Balachandran Chullikkadu wants to withdraw his poems from school, universities syllabus|access-date=5 November 2020|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023025759/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/mar/19/malayalam-poet-balachandran-chullikkadu-wants-to-withdraw-his-poems-from-school-universities-syllab-1789415.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Chullikkad is married to [[Vijayalakshmi (poet)|Vijayalakshmi]], a known Malayalam poet and they have a son named Appu.<ref name="എന്റെ കവയിത്രി">{{Cite news |author=[[Ashitha (writer)|Ashitha]] |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/marakkanavathavar-ashita-vijayalakshmi/ |title=എന്റെ കവയിത്രി |date=26 July 2018 |newspaper=Indian Express |language=ml |access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Madhyamam1">[https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/literature-news/2013/jul/31/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81-%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D-%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF?infinitescroll=1 "ചുള്ളിക്കാടിന് ഒരു പിറന്നാള്‍ കൂടി.."]. ''Madhyamam'' (in Malayalam). 31 July 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2023.</ref>

In 2000, he took [[Buddhism]] as his religion.<ref>[http://movies.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/24hindu.htm Malayalam poet embraces Buddhism] Rediff – 24 January 2000</ref> 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.<ref>George Iype (4 April 2000). [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/apr/04faith1.htm "Hindu gods never forgive. They only punish"]. [[Rediff.com]]. Retrieved 10 June 2013.</ref>

===Political views===
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 [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|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.<ref name=R>{{cite web |last1=Iype |first1=George |title=George Iype investigates the sudden craze for conversions in Kerala |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2000/apr/06faith.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref>

==Awards==
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.<ref name="Daily Indian Herald">[https://dailyindianherald.com/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D-%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE/ "ബാലചന്ദ്രന്‍ ചുള്ളിക്കാട് തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത ചങ്ങമ്പുഴക്കവിതകള്‍"]. ''Daily Indian Herald'' (in Malayalam). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2023.</ref> In 2001, his work ''Balachandran Chullikkadinte Kavithakal'' was selected for the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry]],<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry |date=6 April 2019 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626195512/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/poetry.htm |archive-date=26 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but Chullikkad did not accept the award.<ref name="Daily Indian Herald"/> 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''.<ref name="51stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 March 2012|page=130|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185311/http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Bibliography==
===Poetry===
* ''Pathinettu Kavithakal'' ([[Trichur]]: Rasana, 1980)
* ''Amavasi'' ([[Kottayam]]: [[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society|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){{Efn|Translation of poems by Pablo Neruda, Charles Baudelaire, Rabindranath Tagore, Tennyson etc.|group=note}}
* ''Rakthakinnaram'' (Kottayam: DC Books, 2017)
* ''Alakal'' (Calicut: [[Mathrubhumi]], 2021)<ref>[https://www.mathrubhumi.com/videos/specials/alakal-by-balachandran-chullikkad-1.6201466 "127 കുഞ്ഞുകവിതകളില്‍ വാക്കുകളുടെ വിരുന്നൊരുക്കി വീണ്ടും ചുള്ളിക്കാട് | അലകള്‍ |കിതാബ്"]. ''Mathrubhumi''. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.</ref>
* ''Ulkkakal'' (Kozhikode: [[Mathrubhumi]], 2024)<ref>[https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/news/balachandran-chullikkad-new-book-mathrubhumi-books-1.9608617 ബാലചന്ദ്രന്‍ ചുള്ളിക്കാടിന്റെ പുതിയ കവിതാസമാഹാരം പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചു]. ''Mathrubhumi''. 3 June 2024 Retrieved 10 October 2024.</ref>
* ''Marakkamo'' (DC Books, 2024)

===Others===
* ''Chidambarasmarana'' ([[Alwaye]]: Pen, 1998, memoirs)
* ''Hiranyam'' ([[Kottayam]]: [[DC Books]], 2019, short novel){{Efn|First published in 1977 in Veekshanam Varshikapathippu|group=note}}

==Filmography==
===Films===
====As Actor====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Pokkuveyil]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1987 || ''[[Ezhuthapurangal]]'' || Balan ||
|-
| ''[[Theertham (film)|Theertham]]'' || Shivan ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Marikkunnilla Njaan'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1994 || ''Pradakshinam'' || ||
|-
| ''Sraadham'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=5 | 2005 || ''[[Rappakal]]'' || Deva Narayanan ||
|-
| ''[[Maanikyan]]'' || Himself || Cameo
|-
| ''[[The Tiger (2005 film)|The Tiger]]'' || Dr. Bharathan Kumar ||
|-
| ''[[Nerariyan CBI]]'' || Thirumeni ||
|-
| ''[[Bharathchandran I.P.S.]]'' || Mudoor Sidhan ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2006 || ''[[Chinthamani Kolacase]]'' || Sathyan Master ||
|-
| ''[[Aanachandam]]'' || Vishwanathan ||
|-
| ''[[Vaasthavam]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2007 || ''[[Ali Bhai]]'' || Collector Sukumaran Nair ||
|-
| ''[[Abraham & Lincoln]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Nasrani (film)|Nasrani]]'' || [[Advocate|Adv.]] Mathews ||
|-
| rowspan=6 | 2008 || ''[[One Way Ticket (2008 film)|One Way Ticket]]'' || Balan Master ||
|-
| ''[[Parunthu]]'' || Abraham ||
|-
| ''[[Oridathoru Puzhayundu]]'' || Comrade Dasettan ||
|-
| ''[[Minnaminnikoottam]]'' || Appukuttan Maashu ||
|-
| ''[[Pakal Nakshatrangal]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Roudram]]'' || Doctor Surendran ||
|-
| rowspan=10 | 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]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=8 | 2010 || ''[[Drona 2010]]'' || Nelloor Karanavar ||
|-
| ''[[Pokkiri Raja (2010 film)|Pokkiri Raja]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Amma Nilaavu'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sadgamaya]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Body Guard (2010 film)|Body Guard]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Elsamma Enna Aankutty]]'' || Dr. Stephen Tharakan ||
|-
| ''[[Sakudumbam Shyamala]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Pranchiyettan & the Saint]]'' || Ajay Nambiar ||
|-
| rowspan=5 | 2011 || ''[[Ithu Nammude Katha]]'' || Advocate ||
|-
| ''[[Three Kings (2011 film)|Three Kings]]'' || Shankaran Unni Raja's father ||
|-
| ''[[August 15 (2011 film)|August 15]]'' || Vasudevan ||
|-
| ''[[Collector (2011 film)|Collector]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Bombay March 12]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=7 | 2012 || ''[[Orkut Oru Ormakoot]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Naughty Professor]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ayalum Njanum Thammil]]'' || Murali ||
|-
| ''[[Mayamohini]]'' || Shankaradi Melpathoor ||
|-
| ''[[Thattathin Marayathu]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Last Bench]]'' || Vinyan ||
|-
| ''[[916 (film)|916]]'' || Narayanan ||
|-
| rowspan=14 | 2013 || ''[[Sound Thoma]]'' || Dr. George Joseph ||
|-
| ''[[Bharya Athra Pora]]'' || Rajendran ||
|-
| ''[[August Club]]'' || ||
|-
| ''White Paper'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Lokpal (film)|Lokpal]]'' || Ashraf ||
|-
| ''[[Immanuel (film)|Immanuel]]'' || Madhavettan ||
|-
| ''[[Proprietors: Kammath & Kammath]]'' || Sathyaneshan ||
|-
| ''Namboothiri Yuvavu @ 43'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty]]'' || Shamsu ||
|-
| ''[[Nadodimannan]]'' || KRP ||
|-
| ''Omega.exe'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Silence (2013 film)|Silence]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Pigman (film)|Pigman]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Kaattum Mazhayum]]'' || || Unreleased
|-
| rowspan=11 | 2014 || ''[[Cousins (2014 film)|Cousins]]'' || Varkey Master ||
|-
| ''[[The Dolphins (film)|The Dolphins]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Pranayakadha]]'' || ||
|-
| ''Kootathil Oral'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Manja (film)|Manja]]'' || Abhayaraj's friend ||
|-
| ''[[Mr. Fraud]]'' || [[Advocate|Adv.]] Idiculla ||
|-
| ''On The Way'' || ||
|-
| ''Thomson Villa'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Parayan Baaki Vechathu]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Ring Master (2015 film)|Ringmaster]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Onnum Mindathe]]'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=8 | 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 ||
|-
| rowspan=5 | 2016 || ''[[Action Hero Biju]]'' || Paulachan ||
|-
| ''Kolamass'' || ||
|-
| ''Pachakallam'' || ||
|-
| ''[[King Liar]]'' || Paraparambil Narayanan Nair ||
|-
| ''[[Welcome to Central Jail]]'' || Khader ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2017 || ''Hello Dubaikkaran'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Sathya (2017 Malayalam film)|Sathya]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Aakashamittayee]]'' || Himself ||
|-
| ''[[Role Models (2017 film)|Role Models]]'' || College Principal ||
|-
| ''[[Vishwa Vikhyatharaya Payyanmar]]'' || Govindan Master ||
|-
| rowspan=8 | 2018 || ''Marubhoomiyile Mazhathullikal'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Aami]]'' || Himself ||
|-
| ''[[Ottakoru Kaamukan]]'' || Older Dominic ||
|-
| ''[[Neeli (film)|Neeli]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Mohanlal (film)|Mohanlal]]'' || Hari ||
|-
| ''[[Ira (film)|Ira]]'' || Judge ||
|-
| ''[[Oru Pazhaya Bomb Kadha]]'' || Rohith Shetty ||
|-
| ''Thanaha'' || ||
|-
| rowspan=4 | 2019 || ''[[Janaadhipan]]'' || Swamy ||
|-
| ''[[Madhura Raja]]'' || [[Advocate|Adv.]] Mohandas ||
|-
| ''[[Children's Park (film)|Children's Park]]'' || Rishi's father ||
|-
| ''[[Thrissur Pooram (film)|Thrissur Pooram]]'' || [[Advocate|Adv.]] Jayamohan ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2021 || ''Ice Orathi'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Bheeshma Parvam]]'' || Girija Achari ||
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Naradan]]'' || Vijayan ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-05 |title=Naradhan review: Tovino Thomas is terrific in one of Aashiq Abu's weakest films |url=http://www.news9live.com/entertainment/movie-review/naradhan-review-one-of-the-weakest-films-to-come-from-aashiq-abu-none-of-his-artistry-is-on-display-157248 |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=News9live |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Sesham Mike-il Fathima]]'' || Himself ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2025 || ''L Jagadamma Ezham Class B'' || ||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Features |first=C. E. |date=2025-03-31 |title=Urvashi's L Jagadamma Ezham Class B gets a release date |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2025/Mar/31/urvashis-l-jagadamma-ezham-class-b-gets-a-release-date |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Aabhyanthara Kuttavaali]]'' || Sahadevan's father ||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santhosh |first=Vivek |date=2025-02-28 |title=Asif Ali's Abhyanthara Kuttavali confirms release date, teaser out |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2025/Feb/28/asif-alis-abhyanthara-kuttavali-confirms-release-date-teaser-out |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''Flask'' || ||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Features |first=Express |date=2025-02-12 |title=Saiju Kurup & Suresh Krishna starrer Flask completes shooting |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2025/Feb/12/saiju-kurup-suresh-krishna-starrer-flask-completes-shooting |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

====Screenwriter====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Jaalakam]]'' || Story, screenplay and dialogues
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Idanazhiyil Oru Kaalocha]]'' || Story and dialogues
|-
| 1988 || ''Oozham'' || Story and screenplay
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Orukkam]]'' || Story
|-
| 1994 || ''Pradakshinam'' || Story
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2024-Present||Snehapoorvam Shyama||Zee Keralam||
|-
|2023–2024||[[Anuraga Ganam Pole]]||Zee Keralam||
|-
|Rowspan=2|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 (TV series)|Bhagyajathakam]] ||Mazhavil Manorama||
|-
|2018||Gauri ||Surya TV||
|-
|2017||[[Chinthavishtayaya Seetha|Seetha]] ||Flowers TV||
|-
|2017–2018||[[Ammuvinte Amma]] ||Mazhavil Manorama||
|-
|2016–2017||[[Pokkuveyil (TV series)|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||
|-
|Rowspan=2|2010||Indhraneelam ||Surya TV||
|-
|Devimahathmyam ||Asianet||
|-
|2009–2010||Vadakaikkoru Hridayam ||Amrita TV||
|-
|2009||Pookalam ||Surya TV|| title song lyrics
|-
|2008–2009||Priyamanasi ||Surya TV||
|-
|Rowspan=2|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===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2024 || [[Jai Mahendran]] || Rtd Tahasildar Shibu ||<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saiju Kurup's Sony LIV series Jai Mahendran gets a release date |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2024/jan/07/saiju-kurups-sony-liv-series-jai-mahendran-gets-a-release-date-51039.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=[[Cinema Express]] |date=7 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Discography==
===Lyricist===
{| class="wikitable"
! Song / Poem !! Film !! Year !! Singer / Notes
|-
| "Amme Pinvili Vilikkaathe" || ''Pokkuveyil'' || 1982 ||
|-
| "Oru Ormmathan" || ''Pokkuveyil'' || 1982 ||
|-
| "Nimishamaam" || ''Sruthi'' || 1987 || S. Janaki
|-
| "Leelaaravindam" || ''Sruthi'' || 1987 || K. J. Yesudas
|-
| "Cheekithirukiya" || ''Sruthi'' || 1987 || K. J. Yesudas
|-
| "Onam Vannu" (Bit) || ''Sruthi'' || 1987 ||
|-
| "Ganapathiye Nin Achan" || ''Theertham'' || 1987 ||
|-
| "Aathintho" || ''Theertham'' || 1987 ||
|-
| "Bas More Nainan" || [[Theertham (film)|''Theertham'']] || 1987 ||
|-
| "Paampu Kadicha" || ''Ezhuthaappurangal'' || 1987 ||
|-
| "Kaanaamarayathu" || ''Pradakshinam'' || 1994 ||
|-
| "Indrasabha" || ''Abraham & Lincoln'' || 2007 ||
|-
| "Thakkida Tharikida" || ''Abraham & Lincoln'' || 2007 ||
|-
| "Swapnamaraalike" || ''Abraham & Lincoln'' || 2007 ||
|-
| "Kezhamaan Kannaale" || ''Abraham & Lincoln'' || 2007 ||
|-
| "Uduraajamukhi" || ''Abraham & Lincoln'' || 2007 ||
|-
| "Raagam Shokam" || ''Thaniye'' || 2007 ||
|-
| "Choodathe Poyi Nee" || 1983 || 2014 ||
|-
| "Arikilundu Njaanengilum" || ''Poomaram'' || 2018 ||
|-
| "Ore Sooryanalle" || ''Poomaram'' || 2018 ||
|-
| "Choodathe Poyi Nee" || Etham || 2022 ||
|-
| "Janmanaattil Chennu Vandiyirangave" || ''Zha'' || 2024 ||
|}

===Playback singer===
{| class="wikitable"
! Song !! Film !! Year !! Notes
|-
| "Poothappaattu" || ''Chillu'' || 1982 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/columns/mb-sreenivasan-lenin-rajendran-musical-legacy-ooun5iff|title='ആ ഗാനങ്ങളെ ഒഴിച്ചുനിർത്തി ആ സിനിമകളെക്കുറിച്ച് ഓർക്കാൻ പോലുമാവില്ല'|work=Mathrubhumi}}</ref>
|-
| "Amme Pinvili Vilikkaathe" || ''Pokkuveyil'' || 1982 || Also composer
|-
| "Joseph, Oru Ormmathan" || ''Pokkuveyil'' || 1982 || Also composer
|-
| "Paampu Kadicha" || ''Ezhuthaappurangal'' || 1987 || Also composer
|-
| "Idavamaasa Perumazha" || ''Makalkku'' || 2005 ||
|-
| "Ottakkirikkunnu"|| ''Mashithandu'' || 2015 ||
|-
| "Enikku Nere" || ''Oppam'' || 2016 ||
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Balachandran Chullikkadu}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1N_mwgosy8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/x1N_mwgosy8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Balachandran Chullikkad - Poems - Yathramozhi |last=Kavithakal |date=October 1, 2015 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-01-22}}{{cbignore}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WrNKt692gs&t=2s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/3WrNKt692gs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Balachandran Chullikkad in Nere Chowe - Part1 |last=Manorama News |date=March 10, 2017 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-01-22}}{{cbignore}}

{{Malayalam Literature |state=collapsed}}
{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chullikkad, Balachandran}}
[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Ernakulam district]]
[[Category:Poets from Kerala]]
[[Category:Male actors from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayalam poets]]
[[Category:Indian Buddhists]]
[[Category:Converts to Buddhism from Hinduism]]
[[Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Male actors in Malayalam television]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian composers]]
[[Category:Indian male playback singers]]
[[Category:Indian male composers]]
[[Category:Indian male screenwriters]]
[[Category:Malayalam screenwriters]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Film musicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Kerala]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male singers]]

Balachandran Chullikkad - Revision history

Souravroyjournalist at 19:51, 3 May 2026