Krishnachandran

T. N. Krishnachandran (born 16 June 1960) is an Indian actor, playback singer, and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema and television.

Krishnachandran was born as the elder of two children of P. Narayana Raja and Nalini Raja of Nilambur Kovilakam Nilambur, Malappuram district (Then in Kozhikode district) on 16 June 1960.

He has a younger sister named Meera.

He had his primary education from GMHS, Nilambur.

He pursued a bachelor's degree in Music with first rank from Calicut University from Government College Chittur, Palakkad.

He holds an M.A. in Music at Madras University.

His debut movie was Rathinirvedam in 1978.

He was the voice for actor Vineeth and Rahman and also for Kunchacko Boban in Aniyathi Pravu.

He won best dubbing artiste Kerala State Award for Kabuliwala (Vineeth) and Aniyathi Pravu (Kunchacko Boban).

He acted in approximately 30 Malayalam movies and sang almost 1000 songs in Malayalam and Tamil movies, including many songs for Ilaiyaraaja in Tamil movies.

Music director Ilaiyaraaja introduced him to the Tamil film industry in Kozhi Koovuthu.

He married South Indian actress Vanitha Krishnachandran on 11 May 1986 at Mookambika Temple, Kollur, after a brief spell of dating.

They lived at Chennai from 1986 till 2005.

They are currently settled at Thiruvananthapuram.

They have a daughter named Amritavarshini, born in 1990.

His daughter was married in 2016 to Navneet and is currently settled in Canada.