He also directed 18 Tamil movie including four films starring M. G. Ramachandran and two Telugu movies, one each with superstars N. T. Rama Rao and Krishna.
[3] Eminent filmmakers including Hariharan, K. Madhu, S. P. Muthuraman, Bharathiraja and Joshiy apprenticed under him as assistant directors.
His eldest son K. Jayakumar is a poet, lyricist and a former bureaucrat who currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of Malayalam University.
His second son is Harikumar, while his youngest son Sreekumar Krishnan Nair is a film director best known for directing O' Faby (1993), India's first live-action/animation hybrid feature film.
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