Kollam:
Actor-director
Balachandra
Menon's
mother
Kandanad
R
Lalitha
Devi
(80)
died
at
Kollam
on
Sunday.
Lalitha
Devi
is
survived
by
son
director
Balachandra
Menon
and
two
daughters,
Prema
Kumari
and
Sushama
Kumari.
Her
body
was
cremated
at
Kollam
on
Monday
afternoon.
Balachandra
Menon's
fathers
name
is
late
Shri
Shiva
Shankara
Pillai.
While
the
actor-director's
father
hails
from
Aluva,
his
mother's
native
town
is
in
Ambalappuzha
in
Alappuzha
(Alleppey)
district.
Balachandra
Menon
is
married
to
Varada.
He
has
one
son
named
Akhil
Vinayak
and
daughter
Bhavana.
He
now
resides
with
his
family
in
Thiruvananthapuram
(Trivandrum).
Along
with
Fazil
and
Padmarajan,
Menon
has
introduced
the
most
newcomers
into
the
Malayalam
film
industry.
The
notable
ones
being
Shobhana
in
April
18,
Parvathy
Jayaram
in
Vivahithare
Ithile
Ithile,
Maniyan
Pillai
Raju
in
Maniyan
Pillai
Athava
Maniyan
Pillai,
Karthika
in
Manicheppu
Thurannappol,
Annie
in
Ammayane
Sathyam
and
Nandini
(Kausalya)
in
April
19.