Indrans

Indrans came to cinema through the costume department. Born Kochuvelu Surendran in Thiruvananthapuram in 1956, the Malayalam actor trained in tailoring and worked in amateur drama, and his first television role was in the Doordarshan serial Kaliveedu. When he entered films in 1981 with Choothattam, he did two jobs on it, handling costumes and playing a part, and for several years he kept designing costumes alongside small roles. His credits now run past 550 films. CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed. (1994) changed things, opening a long stretch of comic parts through the 1990s and 2000s, Uthaman in Punjabi House (1998) among them. Kathavasheshan (2004) revealed another side, and from Mundrothuruth (2016) he settled into serious character roles. His awards include a Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for Apothecary, the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Aalorukkam, Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival for Veyilmarangal and a National Film Award Special Mention for Home. He played Bhasi in 2018 (2023), and his recent films also take in Rekhachithram (2025), Khalifa, Aadu 3, Ananthan Kaadu, where he is Krishnankutty, and Titans, where he plays G. Padayaatra and the Tamil film OM – Chapter 1: Udhiram – The Blood Wood are still to come.