Sindhu Menon
| Sindhu Menon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sindhu Menon Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Residence | London |
| Occupation | Actress, TV anchor |
| Years active | 1994–2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Prabhu |
| Children | 1 |
Sindhu Menon is an Indian film actress, who has mainly starred in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted as a child artist in the 1994 Kannada film Rashmi.
Early life
Sindhu Menon was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India into a Malayali family.[1] She has one younger brother, Karthik, who worked as a Kannada music channel VJ and turned actor, recently.[2] 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 in 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.
Personal life
Menon married Dominic Prabhu, a UK-based Telugu Christian information technology professional in April 2010.[9] The couple has a daughter, Svetlana.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Language | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Rashmi | Kannada | As a child artist | |
| 1999 | Prema Prema Prema | Kannada | ||
| 2001 | Bhadrachalam | Telugu | Mahalakshmi | |
| Uthaman | Malayalam | Gowri | Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam | |
| Samuthiram | Tamil | Dhurga | ||
| Aakasthile Paravakal | Malayalam | Sreedevi | ||
| Ee Nadu Innalevare | Malayalam | Sreeja | ||
| 2002 | Kadal Pookkal | Tamil | ||
| Youth | Tamil | Aruna | ||
| Nandhi | Kannada | Divya | ||
| Trinetram | Telugu | |||
| 2003 | Srirama Chandrulu | Telugu | ||
| Inspector | Telugu | Sivani | ||
| Aadanthe Ado Type | Telugu | |||
| Vikram | Kannada | |||
| Khushi | Kannada | |||
| Mr. Brahmachari | Malayalam | Sevvanthy | ||
| 2004 | Dharma | Kannada | ||
| Vesham | Malayalam | Veni | ||
| Jyeshta | Kannada | 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 2011 | Vaishali | Telugu | Vaishali | |
| 2012 | Prema Pilusthondi | Telugu | Pooja | |
| Manjadikuru | Malayalam | Sudha Mema | ||
| Subhadra | Telugu | Subhadra | ||
References
- 1 2 3 "Interview with Sindhu Menon". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ "Kangana foraying into Kannada!". Oneindia. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ "Sindhu Menon's focus is on Telugu and Tamil". telugudreams.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ "Sindhu Menon's asset". andhrastudio.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- 1 2 "Sindhu hopes to produce films". indiainfo.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ "'Pulijanman' is the best". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ "The real Sindhu". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ "Sindhu Menon back in Kannada". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ "Sindhu Menon got married secretly!". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 2010-11-16.