# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balachandra-menon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:59:30.462Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balachandra-menon"
name: "Balachandra Menon"
slug: "balachandra-menon"
description: "Balachandra Menon is an Indian actor, director and script writer. He made a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s. He has directed 40 films and has acted in over 100."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Balachandra_Menon.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-01-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.34
  momentum:             3.047945205479451
  historical:           8.298969333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0579755"
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    title: "بالاشاندرا مينون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ബാലചന്ദ്രമേനോൻ"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump