Kalasala Babu is an Indian actor who has performed on stage, and in television serials and films.Babu was born to Kathakali maestro Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair and Mohiniyattam exponent Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma. He is married and has a son andBabu made his way back into cinema with Kasthooriman in 2003, since then acting in character and villain roles in many movies, and has achieved recognition for his performances, comfortably filling the acting space left vacant by late character actors such as N. F. Varghese and Narendra Prasad. He became more popular in the film Lion as father of Dileep. Babu had acted in a popular Malayalam serial AMMA as a retired judge Poomankalathe Gopinatha Menon which is daily telecast on Asianet channel from 2012 to 2015. He was paired with Kanya Bharathi and later replaced by Mammootty brother. Currently he is doing a Malayalam serial named SOORYAKALADI which is telecasting on Amrita.