{{short description|Indian script writer}} {{hatnote|In this Indian name, the name ''Chandran'' is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, ''Bipin''.}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Bipin Chandran | image = Bipinchandran.jpg | birth_name = | other_names = Bindran{{citation needed|date=October 2025}} | education = St. Berchmans College Changanacherry, Maharajas College, Eranakulam | birth_date = | birth_place = Ponkunnam, Kottayam, Kerala, India | occupation = Writer, Screenwriter, Actor | notable_works = 1983 and Paavada | years_active = 2009-present | parents = | spouse = | children = | awards = Kerala State Film Award for Best Article on Cinema }} '''Bipin Chandran''' is and Indian writer, screenwriter, and actor. His first movie as a screenwriter was ''Daddy Cool''.
==Personal life== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=October 2025}} Chandran was born in Ponkunnam, Kerala.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} He attended St. Berchmans College in Changanacherry,{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} where he met Martin Prakkat.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} He later pursued higher studies at Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, where he participated in cultural activities and served as the College Arts Club Secretary during the 1990s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
==Career== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=October 2025}} As an author, Chandran has written books including ''"Mammootty: Kazhchayum Vayanayum"'', an anthology of memoirs, interviews, and essays about the cinematic journey of the actor Mammootty.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}} His other books includes ''"Kriyaathmaka Jeevithathilekku Pathu Chuvadukal",'' (translation of Windy Dryden's "10 Steps to Creative Living"), ''"Best Actor Screenplay"'', ''"Maayude Kathukal''", ''"Ormayundo ee mukham",'' ''"Kappithante Barya''", "''Irattachanku", "Chithrajivithangal", "Mahanadan", "Armadachandran"'' and ''"Chandrahasam."''{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
Bipin Chandran also penned the columns in online magazines.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
He has acted in minor roles in few Malayalam films. In 2019, he received Kerala State Film Award for Best Article on Cinema for his articles ''"Komali Melkkai Nedunna Kaalam"'' and ''"Madambilliyile Manorogi".''{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}
==As screenwriter== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=October 2025}} {| class="wikitable" !Year!! Film !! Director !! Notes |- |2009||''Daddy Cool'' || Aashiq Abu || Dialogues only |- |2010||''Best Actor '' || Martin Prakkat || Debut film as writer |- |2013||''Buddy'' || Raj Prabavathy Menon|| Dialogues |- |2013||''ABCD'' ||Martin Prakkat || Creative contribution |- |2014||''1983'' || Abrid Shine || Screenplay |- |2014||''Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram''|| Balaji Mohan || Dialogues |- |2016|| ''Paavada'' || G. Marthandan || Story & Screenplay |- |2016||''King Liar''|| Lal || Dialogues only |- |2017||''C/O Saira Banu''|| Antony Sony|| Screenplay |- |2020||''Cobra'' ||R. Ajay Gnanamuthu||Malayalam Dialogues |}
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== Further reading == * {{Cite web |title=പ്രിയപ്പെട്ടവരുടെ ഉയിരിന്റെ കനൽ കെട്ടു കുമിഞ്ഞു കിടക്കുന്ന 2020 |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/entertainment/script-writer-bipin-chandran-remembering-anil-nedumangadu-446859/ |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml-IN}} * {{Cite web |title=Father's Day: അർമ്മാദചന്ദ്രൻ |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/bipin-chandran-chandrapaksham-armmadachandran-401401/ |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml-IN}} * {{Cite web |title=അലകുസാർ |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/bipin-chandran-chandrapaksham-memories-alakusir-398966/ |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml-IN}} * {{Cite web |title=കലാപക്കാതലൻ |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/news/features/popular-appeal-of-tamil-movie-songs-bipin-chandran-column-chandrapaksham-396830/ |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml-IN}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|3350549}} * {{Cite web |title=ഈ പുസ്തകവീട്ടിലേക്കാണ് 2019ലെ ഒരു സംസ്ഥാന ചലച്ചിത്ര പുരസ്കാരമെത്തിയത് - Bipin Chandran - Interview |website = YouTube| date=2 November 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D1p2m-TNtE |access-date=2021-08-20 |language=en}} * {{Cite web |title=All you want to know about BipinChandran |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/bipin-chandran.html |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=FilmiBeat |language=en}}
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