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

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

Children3

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

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1994RashmiYoung RashmipriyaKannadaAs a child artist
1996HuliyaPuttagowriKannadaAs a child artist
1998Kanasalu Neene Manasalu NeeneSoumyaKannada
1998Mari Kannu Hori MyageVedavatiKannada
1999Maha EdabidangiChoodamaniKannada
1999Prema Prema PremaSavithriKannada
2001BhadrachalamMahalakshmiTelugu
UthamanGowriMalayalamNominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
SamuthiramDurgaTamil
Akashathile ParavakalSreedeviMalayalam
Ee Nadu InnalevareSreejaMalayalam
Aaraam JaalakamSwayamprabhaMalayalam
Kadal PookkalMariyamTamil
Noopuram–Malayalam
2002YouthArunaTamil
TrinetramArunaTelugu
NandhiDivyaKannada
2003Srirama ChandruluPallaviTelugu
InspectorSivaniTelugu
Aadanthe Ado TypeDeepthiTelugu
VikramDivyaKannada
KhushiChayaKannada
Mr. BrahmachariSevvanthyMalayalam
2004DharmaKavyaKannada
VeshamVeniMalayalam
JyeshtaGouriKannadaGuest appearance
2005Thommanum MakkalumSheelaMalayalam
RajamanikyamRani RathnamMalayalam
2006PulijanmamShahnaz / VellachiMalayalam
PathaakaNamitha ChawdhariMalayalam
AnuvaadamillaatheNeenaMalayalam
VaasthavamVimalaMalayalam
2007DetectiveReshmiMalayalam
SketchLekshmiMalayalam
Ayur RekhaMalayalam
ChandamamaMaha RaniTeluguNominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2008RainbowKamalaTelugu
Pakal NakshatrangalMalayalam
Yaare Nee Hudugi–Kannada
AandavanSreelekhaMalayalam
ThavalamKanakamMalayalam
Twenty:20Padmini MahindranMalayalam
2009SidhamGauriTelugu
Bharya Onnu Makkal MoonnuRajmohan’s wifeMalayalam
Rahasya PoliceRajan’s wifeMalayalam
EeramRamyaTamilNominated, Vijay Award for Best Actress
2012ManjadikuruSudha MemaMalayalam

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.