Balachandra Menon Quotes

Balachandra Menon

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 11, 1954

As I am a film personality, I feel it would be best to be an independent candidate. Thus if I decide to contest it won't be under the symbol of any political party.

Balachandra Menon

I never plan my speech. Very often the audience triggers me into the mood.

Balachandra Menon

Of all my movies, I feel that 'Krishna Gopalakrishna' remains one of my best works though it could not be called a box office success. I maintain that it was far ahead of its time.

Balachandra Menon

I may have crossed three-fourths of my life and I felt it would be worth jotting down my life in movies spanning decades.

Balachandra Menon

My first love was always direction; I had worked hard as a film-maker but not as an actor.

Balachandra Menon

There is a strong social premise in our country and I feel today freedom is being misused and not used.

Balachandra Menon

The movie 'Prema Geethangal' brought out the campus life in the 1980s whereas 'Ennalum Sharat' speaks from the 2017 perspective.

Balachandra Menon

Over the years I have always said what I wanted to say through my films. I have ensured that I will not allow anyone to question what I tell through my films.

Balachandra Menon

I recently found out that the print of my first film 'Utrada Rathri,' released in 1978, is damaged beyond repair. So the only way to relive earlier films is through books based on the screenplay.

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Certain personal issues forced me stay away from movies for a while but that does not mean I was idle and cut away from cinema. It was during that break that I wrote two books and found the time to dream about new scripts and plots.

Balachandra Menon

Years ago, I tried my hand at business and incurred huge loss, and my only way out was to do a movie with Mammootty.

Balachandra Menon

One thing that I have noticed is that whatever be the function, however poignant or serious, the audience always prefers a speech laced with a bit of humor.

Balachandra Menon

Though direction remains my first love, I will certainly be a bit more serious about acting.

Balachandra Menon