THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Writer, playwright, scenarist, director and actor P Balachandran is in a serious condition. He has been admitted a private hospital in Vaikkom following brain fever. He was shifted to the ventilator after his condition worsened. His wife Sreelatha Balachandran, children and close relatives are in the hospital. Some from the film industry also visited him in the hospital.

He was last seen in Kolambi, directed by T K Rajeev Kumar and the film chosen in Indian Panorma section at India’s international film fest the last time. He is a native of Sasthamcota in Kollam.