Sindhu Menon

Sindhu Menon
Born
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationsActress, 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. And also two elder sisters. Sindhu Menon is fluent in several languages: Malayalam, her mother tongue; Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English.[2][3] She was brought up in her birthplace, Bangalore.

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. The couple have a daughter(Svetlana) and two sons(Sathvik & Suvaan).

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1994RashmiYoung RashmipriyaKannadaAs a child artist
1996HuliyaPuttagowri
1998Kanasalu Neene Manasalu NeeneSowmiya
Mari Kannu Hori MyageVedhavathi
1999Maha EdabidangiSoodamani
Prema Prema PremaSavithri
2001BhadrachalamMahalakshmiTelugu
UthamanGowriMalayalam
SamuthiramDurgaTamil
Akashathile ParavakalSrideviMalayalam
Ee Nadu Innale VareSrija
Aaraam JaalakamSwayamprabha
Kadal PookkalMariyamTamil
Noopuram-Malayalam
2002YouthArunaTamil
TrinetramArunaTelugu
NandhiDivyaKannada
2003Srirama ChandruluPallaviTelugu
InspectorShivani
Aadanthe Ado TypeDeepthi
VikramDivyaKannada
KhushiChaya
Mr. BrahmachariSevanthiMalayalam
2004DharmaKavyaKannada
VeshamVeniMalayalam
JyeshtaGowriKannadaGuest appearance
2005Thommanum MakkalumSheelaMalayalam
AandavanSI Srirekha
RajamanikyamRani Rathnam
2006PulijanmamShahnaz / Vellachi
PathaakaNamitha Chawdhari
AnuvaadamillaatheNeena
VaasthavamVimala
2007DetectiveReshmi
SketchLakshmi
Ayur Rekha
ChandamamaMaharaniTelugu
2008RainbowKamala
Yaare Nee Hudugi-Kannada
ThavalamKanakamMalayalam
Twenty:20Padmini Mahendran
2009SidhamGowriTelugu
Bharya Onnu Makkal MoonnuRajmohan's wifeMalayalam
Rahasya PoliceRajan's wife
EeramRamya/VaishnaviTamil
2012ManjadikuruSudha MemaMalayalam

TV Serial

  • Vamsam - Malayalam
  • Karthika - Malayalam

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
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