sentences:  After graduating with a degree from Christ College, Irinjalakuda, and a post graduation from Farook College, University of Calicut, he embarked on a career as a Reserve Bank of India employee before starting his film career.In his college days, Chandran was sympathetic to naxalite ideology and was closely associated with the Communist Party.Chandran's son Yadavan Chandran and brother Soman are also filmmakers.