Sindhu Menon

Sindhu Menon
Born
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actress, TV anchor
Years active1994–2012
Spouse
Prabhu
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(m. 2010)​
Children3

Sindhu Menon is an Indian former 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.[citation needed] 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.[2][3] She was also brought up in her birthplace, Bangalore.[citation needed]

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 first place winner, introduced her to Kannada film director K. V. Jayaram, who cast her in his film Rashmi in 1994.[1] 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.[4]

Menon then moved to the "small screen", hosting TV shows and acting in serials, which include "Sriman Srimathi" and "Stree Hrudayam",[5][6] 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 Tamil Nadu information technology professional on 25 April 2010.[citation needed] The couple have a daughter and two sons.

Filmography

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

TV Serial

  • Vamsam - Malayalam
  • Karthika - Malayalam

References

  1. ^ a b c "Interview with Sindhu Menon". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Sindhu Menon's focus is on Telugu and Tamil". telugudreams.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Sindhu Menon's asset". andhrastudio.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  4. ^ "'Pulijanman' is the best". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  5. ^ "The real Sindhu". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 May 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  6. ^ "Sindhu Menon back in Kannada". indiaglitz.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2009.