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{{Infobox person
| name = Karakulam Chandran
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|04|19}}
| birth_place = [[Karakulam]], [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] [[Kerala]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|12|07|1950|04|19}}
| death_place =[[Thiruvananthapuram district]] [[Kerala]]
| known_for =
| nationality = {{IND}}
| other_names =
| occupation = drama director, drama-television serial-movie actor
| alt =
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| domestic_partner = Soosan Chandran
| children = Nitheesh Chandran (son)<br />Nithin Chandran (son)
| parents = {{ubl|Narayana Pillai|Vishalakshi Amma}}
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}}
'''Karakulam Chandran''' is a [[Malayalam language]] drama, television serial, film actor and drama director from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He has directed 118 plays and acted in over fifty plays. He has also acted in 88 television serials and five movies. He has won more than eighty state level awards, including the state award for best drama director (in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 years), Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award for Best Drama Director (2008), the State Government's special jury award for best serial actor (2015) and the Ramu Karyat Award for outstanding contribution (2008).<ref name="Manorama">{{cite web |title=കരകുളം ചന്ദ്രൻ അന്തരിച്ചു {{!}} Karakulam Chandran {{!}} Manorama News |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219040134/https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2018/12/08/karakulam-chandran-passed-away.html |website=www.manoramaonline.com |date=19 December 2020}}</ref>
== Biography ==
He was born on April 19, 1950, to Narayana Pillai and Vishalakshi Amma at Nellivila House, Karakulam, near [[Nedumangad]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram district]].

At the age of four, he began his acting career as a child actor in a play in a rural library. After joining as a student in Prof. G. Sankara Pillai's drama school, he became active in the field of professional drama in 1968.<ref name="m3db">{{cite web |title=കരകുളം ചന്ദ്രൻ - Karakulam Chandran {{!}} M3DB.COM |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219041535/https://m3db.com/karakulam-chandran |website=m3db.com |date=19 December 2020}}</ref> Vayala Vasudevan Pillai's ''Theerthadanam'' was his first professional play.<ref name="m3db"/>

He excelled in the field of theater under [[Thoppil Bhasi]] for more than a decade.<ref name="des">{{cite web |title=വിടവാങ്ങിയത‌് അരങ്ങിലെ ശബ്ദഗാംഭീര്യം {{!}} Special {{!}} Deshabhimani {{!}} Saturday Dec 8, 2018 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219043548/https://www.deshabhimani.com/special/karakulam-chandran-passed-away/768715 |website=www.deshabhimani.com |date=19 December 2020}}</ref> He worked for [[Kerala People's Arts Club|KPAC]] from 1970 to 1981 and formed the Ajanta drama troupe from [[Kollam]] in 1985.<ref name="m3db"/> Ajantha performed about twenty plays. He has directed 118 plays and acted in over fifty plays. He has also acted in 88 television serials and five malayalam movies. The last play he acted in was Ajantha's ''Aakashavilakku''.<ref name="des"/>

He died on December 7, 2018, due to a heart attack.

== Awards ==
* Kerala State Drama Award - in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000<ref name="Manorama"/>
* Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award for Best Drama Director (2008)<ref name="Manorama"/>
* State Government Special Jury Award for Best Serial Actor (2015)<ref name="Manorama"/>
* Ramu Kariyat Award for Outstanding Contribution (2008)<ref name="Manorama"/>
* He received more than eighty state-level awards,<ref name="Manorama"/> and more than 800 awards including local awards.<ref name="des"/>
==References==
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[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Malayalam cinema]]
[[Category:Indian male stage actors]]
[[Category:Indian theatre directors]]
[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:2018 deaths]]

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