T. V. Chandran

Directing

T. V. Chandran

Born

1950-11-23 (75)

Place of birth

Thalassery, Kerala, India

Known for

Directing

Credits

31 titles

T. V. Chandran is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and actor, predominantly working in Malayalam cinema. Born in a Malayali Hindu family in Thalassery, Chandran worked as a Reserve Bank of India employee before entering into the film industry

Known for

Ponthan Mada poster
8.0

Set in 1940s,Ponthan Mada movie is about the irrational bonding of the low-caste Ponthan Mada with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army. Crossing the class boundaries, the two communicate through Thampuran's window, with Mada hanging from a palm tree.

Ponthan Mada

1994

Shankaranum Mohananum poster
4.0

A photographer is haunted by the ghost of his dead brother who always craved love. Mohan is a photographer who has separated from his wife, an aspiring actress. His brother, Sankaran is married to a much younger Rajalakshmi, whom he deeply loves. Sankaran dies due to a snakebite, but returns as a ghost. He then begins haunting his own brother!

Shankaranum Mohananum

2011

Dany poster
7.5

Daniel Thompson, a lonesome saxophone player who is a mute witness to many of the historical happenings, finds solace in the most unexpected place at the end of his life.

Dany

2002

Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam poster
7.0

The family of Shahina, a tenth standard student, gets her married to Rasaq, a man who is already married. After Rasaq receives the dowry from Shahina's parents, he divorces her.

Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam

2003

Mohavalayam poster
5.5

Envisaging a luxurious life, Prameela, a theatre artist, marries a director. But all her dreams are shattered when fate makes her the sole breadwinner of her family.

Mohavalayam

2016

No artwork available
NR

Set in the backdrop of a Valluvanadan hamlet in Kerala, the film depicts the three different types of hunger of human life: that of body, spirit, and mind.

The Imprints

2008

Film credits

Behind the camera

Ponthan Mada poster
8.0

Set in 1940s,Ponthan Mada movie is about the irrational bonding of the low-caste Ponthan Mada with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army. Crossing the class boundaries, the two communicate through Thampuran's window, with Mada hanging from a palm tree.

Ponthan Mada

1994

Ponthan Mada poster
8.0

Set in 1940s,Ponthan Mada movie is about the irrational bonding of the low-caste Ponthan Mada with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army. Crossing the class boundaries, the two communicate through Thampuran's window, with Mada hanging from a palm tree.

Ponthan Mada

1994

Shankaranum Mohananum poster
4.0

A photographer is haunted by the ghost of his dead brother who always craved love. Mohan is a photographer who has separated from his wife, an aspiring actress. His brother, Sankaran is married to a much younger Rajalakshmi, whom he deeply loves. Sankaran dies due to a snakebite, but returns as a ghost. He then begins haunting his own brother!

Shankaranum Mohananum

2011

Shankaranum Mohananum poster
4.0

A photographer is haunted by the ghost of his dead brother who always craved love. Mohan is a photographer who has separated from his wife, an aspiring actress. His brother, Sankaran is married to a much younger Rajalakshmi, whom he deeply loves. Sankaran dies due to a snakebite, but returns as a ghost. He then begins haunting his own brother!

Shankaranum Mohananum

2011

Dany poster
7.5

Daniel Thompson, a lonesome saxophone player who is a mute witness to many of the historical happenings, finds solace in the most unexpected place at the end of his life.

Dany

2002

Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam poster
7.0

The family of Shahina, a tenth standard student, gets her married to Rasaq, a man who is already married. After Rasaq receives the dowry from Shahina's parents, he divorces her.

Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam

2003

Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam poster
7.0

The family of Shahina, a tenth standard student, gets her married to Rasaq, a man who is already married. After Rasaq receives the dowry from Shahina's parents, he divorces her.

Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam

2003

Mohavalayam poster
5.5

Envisaging a luxurious life, Prameela, a theatre artist, marries a director. But all her dreams are shattered when fate makes her the sole breadwinner of her family.

Mohavalayam

2016

Kadhavaseshan poster
7.7

Gopi, an engineer, is found in his apartment, dead by hanging. Renuka, his fiancée, wants to uncover the reasons behind his suicide and decides to investigate.

Kadhavaseshan

2004

Kadhavaseshan poster
7.7

Gopi, an engineer, is found in his apartment, dead by hanging. Renuka, his fiancée, wants to uncover the reasons behind his suicide and decides to investigate.

Kadhavaseshan

2004

Ormakalundayirikkanam poster
7.0

Jayan, a schoolboy and son of a Congress MP, strikes up a relationship with Bhasi, a tailor and staunch supporter of the Communist Party. He soon begins to understand why Bhasi lives in constant fear.

Ormakalundayirikkanam

1995

Ormakalundayirikkanam poster
7.0

Jayan, a schoolboy and son of a Congress MP, strikes up a relationship with Bhasi, a tailor and staunch supporter of the Communist Party. He soon begins to understand why Bhasi lives in constant fear.

Ormakalundayirikkanam

1995

Sisterleaf poster
5.0

An unusual bond grows between 60-year-old Dalit worker Azhagan and eight-year-old middle class girl Radha. However, Azhagan's proximity to Radha and her mother doesn't go down well with Radha's father.

Sisterleaf

2019

Sisterleaf poster
5.0

An unusual bond grows between 60-year-old Dalit worker Azhagan and eight-year-old middle class girl Radha. However, Azhagan's proximity to Radha and her mother doesn't go down well with Radha's father.

Sisterleaf

2019

No artwork available
NR

After getting gang-raped by a group of communalists, Zahira realises that most people categorize themselves on the basis of religions and castes.

Vilapangalkkappuram

2008

No artwork available
NR

After getting gang-raped by a group of communalists, Zahira realises that most people categorize themselves on the basis of religions and castes.

Vilapangalkkappuram

2008

Bhoomiyude Avakashikal poster
NR

Mohanachandran Nair faces the wrath of a group of Hindus as he tries to save a Muslim woman during a communal incident in Gujarat. Disillusioned, he escapes to Kerala and restarts his life.

Bhoomiyude Avakashikal

2012

Bhoomiyude Avakashikal poster
NR

Mohanachandran Nair faces the wrath of a group of Hindus as he tries to save a Muslim woman during a communal incident in Gujarat. Disillusioned, he escapes to Kerala and restarts his life.

Bhoomiyude Avakashikal

2012

Bhoomi Malayalam poster
NR

Bhoomi malayalam movie tells an incident that took place in Thillenkeri in Kannur district in 1948 April 15. Communist party was struggling against the rule of Jawaharlal Nehru at that period. In Thillenkeri, comrade

Bhoomi Malayalam

2009

Bhoomi Malayalam poster
NR

Bhoomi malayalam movie tells an incident that took place in Thillenkeri in Kannur district in 1948 April 15. Communist party was struggling against the rule of Jawaharlal Nehru at that period. In Thillenkeri, comrade

Bhoomi Malayalam

2009

No artwork available
NR

Manimekhala, a village girl, can see what others do not and her predictions always come true. However, she sets out to investigate the illusions, which leads her to disturbing truths.

Aadum Koothu

2006

No artwork available
9.0

Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly discovers disturbing aspects of her husband, including his descent from his earlier radicalism into bourgeois degeneracy.

Alicinte Anweshanam

1989

No artwork available
9.0

Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly discovers disturbing aspects of her husband, including his descent from his earlier radicalism into bourgeois degeneracy.

Alicinte Anweshanam

1989

No artwork available
9.0

Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly discovers disturbing aspects of her husband, including his descent from his earlier radicalism into bourgeois degeneracy.

Alicinte Anweshanam

1989

Susanna poster
8.0

Susanna, a sex worker, earns money by being with five different men at the same time. Fortunately, the people around her do not judge her actions and find solace in her presence.

Susanna

2000

No artwork available
9.0

In the 1960s, Mangamma flees her small village during the Presidential rule and marries Nair. Years later, her life is thrown into further disarray when the Emergency is imposed.

Mangamma

1997

No artwork available
9.0

In the 1960s, Mangamma flees her small village during the Presidential rule and marries Nair. Years later, her life is thrown into further disarray when the Emergency is imposed.

Mangamma

1997