Sindhu Menon

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Sindhu Menon
Born (1985-06-17) 17 June 1985 (age 36)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian (By Birth)
CitizenshipBritish (Currently)
OccupationActress, TV anchor
Years active1994–2012
Spouse(s)Prabhu
(m.2010-Present)
Children3

Sindhu Menon is an Indian film actress, who has starred in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films.

Early life[]

Sindhu Menon was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India into a Malayali family.[1] She has an elder brother, Karthik, who worked as a Kannada music channel VJ and turned actor, recently.[2] And also two elder sisters. Sindhu Menon is able to communicate fluently in several languages, including Malayalam, her mother tongue, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English.[3][4] She was also brought up in her birthplace, Bangalore.[5]

Career[]

Sindhu Menon, a trained Bharatanatyam dancer from her childhood, got her entry into the film industry when Bhasker Hegde, one of the judges of a Bharatanatyam competition in which Menon participated and emerged as the winner, introduced her to Kannada film director K. V. Jayaram, who cast her in his film Rashmi in 1994.[1][5] Subsequently, she got several offers to act and became a full-time actress, by enacting the female lead role character in the 1999 film Prema Prema Prema, when she was merely 13 years old.[1]

Later, at the age of 15, she entered the Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil film industries as well, by acting in the films Bhadrachalam, Uthaman and Samuthiram, respectively. She went on to act alongside Kannada Star Sudeep in Nandi (2002), Bharathiraja's Kadal Pookkal (2002), Trinetram (2002), Khushi (2003) and got the female lead role in the 2006 Malayalam film Pulijanmam, which was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2007.[6]

Menon then moved to the "small screen", hosting TV shows and acting in serials, which include "Sriman Srimathi" and "Stree Hrudayam",[7][8] before accepting film offers again. In 2009, she appeared in the Malayalam films, Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu, and Rahasya Police. She also acted in the Tamil film Eeram, produced by popular Tamil director S. Shankar. She hosted a popular family reality show in Malayalam named,"Sriman Srimathi".

Personal life[]

Sindhu Menon married Prabhu, a UK-based Tamil information technology professional on 25 April 2010.[9] The couple have a daughter and two sons.

Filmography[]

Year Title Language Role Notes
1994 Rashmi Kannada Young Rashmipriya As a child artist
1996 Huliya Kannada Puttagowri As a child artist
1998 Mari Kannu Hori Myage Kannada Vedavati
1999 Maha Edabidangi Kannada Choodamani
1999 Prema Prema Prema Kannada Savithri
2001 Bhadrachalam Telugu Mahalakshmi
Uthaman Malayalam Gowri Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
Samuthiram Tamil Durga
Akashathile Paravakal Malayalam Sreedevi
Ee Nadu Innalevare Malayalam Sreeja
Aaraam Jaalakam Malayalam Swayamprabha
Kadal Pookkal Tamil Mariyam
Noopuram Malayalam -
2002 Youth Tamil Aruna
Trinetram Telugu Aruna
Nandhi Kannada Divya
2003 Srirama Chandrulu Telugu Pallavi
Inspector Telugu Sivani
Aadanthe Ado Type Telugu Deepthi
Vikram Kannada Divya
Khushi Kannada Chaya
Mr. Brahmachari Malayalam Sevvanthy
2004 Dharma Kannada Kavya
Vesham Malayalam Veni
Jyeshta Kannada Gouri Guest appearance
2005 Thommanum Makkalum Malayalam Sheela
Rajamanikyam Malayalam Rani Rathnam
2006 Pulijanmam Malayalam Shahnaz / Vellachi
Pathaaka Malayalam Namitha Chawdhari
Anuvaadamillaathe Malayalam Neena
Vaasthavam Malayalam Vimala
2007 Detective Malayalam Reshmi
Sketch Malayalam Lekshmi
Ayur Rekha Malayalam
Chandamama Telugu Maha Rani Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2008 Rainbow Telugu Kamala
Pakal Nakshatrangal Malayalam
Yaare Nee Hudugi Kannada -
Aandavan Malayalam Sreelekha
Thavalam Malayalam Kanakam
Twenty:20 Malayalam Padmini Mahindran
2009 Sidham Telugu Gauri
Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu Malayalam Rajmohan's wife
Rahasya Police Malayalam Rajan's wife
Eeram Tamil Ramya Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Actress
2012 Prema Pilusthondi Telugu Pooja
Manjadikuru Malayalam Sudha Mema
Subhadra Telugu Subhadra

TV Serial[]

  • Vamsam - Malayalam
  • Karthika - Malayalam

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Interview with Sindhu Menon". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Kangana foraying into Kannada!". Oneindia. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Sindhu Menon's focus is on Telugu and Tamil". telugudreams.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Sindhu Menon's asset". andhrastudio.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Sindhu hopes to produce films". indiainfo.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  6. ^ "'Pulijanman' is the best". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  7. ^ "The real Sindhu". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  8. ^ "Sindhu Menon back in Kannada". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  9. ^ "Sindhu Menon got married secretly!". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 16 November 2010.

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