 His father, Palai C. K. Ramachandran is an accomplished senior Carnatic musician and also the primary disciple of Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.During his post-college days he was called by Vineeth Sreenivasan to play a guest role in his directorial debut "Malarvadi Arts Club" and later in "Thattathin Marayathu".His brother Jayaram Ramachandran is a graphics designer and animator in the film industry.