sentences:  He made his directorial debut with the unreleased feature "Krishnan Kutty" (1981), and followed this with the Tamil film "Hemavin Kadhalargal" (1985).Chandran came into prominence after "Alicinte Anveshanam" (1989), which was nominated for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival.This was followed with "Ponthan Mada" (1993), his most famous film to-date.