Mobile Menu Toggle

  • Kerala Travel Ideas
    • Adventure
    • Family
    • Friends & Group
    • Heritage
  • Resorts & Staycations
    • Mountain
    • Nature
    • Seaside & Beach
    • Budget
  • Tourist Places In kerala
    • Alappuzha
    • Ernakulam
    • Idukki
    • Kozhikode
  • About kerala
  • Travel Blogs
    • Travel
    • Food & Drinks
    • Kerala

 

 

 

Forgot password?
  • Kerala Travel Ideas
    • Adventure
    • Family
    • Friends & Group
    • Heritage
  • Resorts & Staycations
    • Mountain
    • Nature
    • Seaside & Beach
    • Budget
  • Tourist Places In kerala
    • Alappuzha
    • Ernakulam
    • Idukki
    • Kozhikode
  • About kerala
  • Travel Blogs
    • Travel
    • Food & Drinks
    • Kerala

  • HOME
  • Blog
  • Travel Posts
  • Autos
  • Food & Drinks
  • Health & Fitness
  • Gadgets

Malayalam film actor NL Balakrishnan passes away

Noted film actor and still photographer N L Balakrishnan, who had won the hearts of moviegoers with his versatility on screen, is no more. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment for cancer at the medical college hospital, on Thursday. He was 72. Cremation will take place at his house in Poudikkonam later.

Narayanan Lakshmi Balakrishnan commonly known as N L Balakrishnan was born in 1943.

He obtained a diploma in painting from College of Fine Arts Trivandrum and got training in photography from various studios in Trivandrum such as Metro Studio, Sivan Studio and Rupalekha Studio. He worked as a still photographer in about 170 films and has associated with great directors including G Aravindan, John Abraham Adoor Gopalakrishnan, P Padmarajan, Bharathan and K G George. He is an actor, with 180 credits to his name. He had worked as a photojournalist in Kerala Kaumudi for eleven years from 1968–1979.

As an actor, Balakrishnan has around 180 films to his credit. His first film was Rajiv Anchal’s Ammanam Kili. He is known for his work on films such as Orkkapurathu, Joker (2000), Kakkothikkavile Appooppan Thaadikal (1988) and Pattanapravesham (1988). He last acted in Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus in 2013.

He has obtained Kerala Film Critics Association’s Chalachitra Prathiba Puraskaram and a special award by Kerala Lalithakala Akademy. Balakrishnan has published a book titled Black and White in 2011.

He leaves behind his wife Nalini, children Kunjumol, Jayabalan and Jayakrishnan and son-in-laws Madhusoodanan and Sabu Kumar.

More From Blog

Top 10 Tourist Places in Kerala You Will Never Miss to Visit in 2023
Onam 2022: All you need to know about Onam Festival in Kerala
What’s so special about Kerala?
Top 10 Malayalam books to read before you die
Kerala to Have India’s First Elephant Hospital in in Mannuthy
The southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala on 30th May

Best Tourist Places in Kerala

  • Munnar
  • Nelliampathi
  • Thenmala
  • Vagamon
  • Ambukuthi Mala
  • Vembanad Lake
  • Kumbalangi
  • Kozhikode Beach
  • Kumbalangi
  • Mattancherry

Kerala Information

  • kerala Districts
  • Travel Posts
  • Kerala Arts
  • Blog Posts
  • kerala Festivals
  • Kerala Cuisines
  • Handicrafts
  • Kerala Tourism
  • Contact Us
  • Policies

Trending Locations

  • Pookode Lake
  • Silent Valley
  • Vythiri
  • Vazhachal
  • Kanthalloor
  • Wayanad
  • Athirapally
  • Poovar Beach
  • Kozhikode Beach
  • Malampuzha

Are you a Travel partner or want to list your property on our website? It is free!

REGISTER NOW