Vijay Menon

Vijay Menon
Born
London, England, United Kingdom
Occupations
Years active1981–present
Children2

Vijay Menon is an Indian actor, editor, director and dubbing artist in Malayalam cinema.[1] He has acted in more than 100 films in South Indian languages. He mainly handles in character roles and supporting roles. He has won Kerala State Film Awards thrice.[2][3]

Biography

Vijay Menon made his debut in Malayalam cinema with Bharathan’s Nidra (1981) and has since appeared in over 100 films,[4] mostly in supporting roles.[5] In 1983, he appeared in the Tamil film Kan Sivanthal Man Sivakkum and the Malayalam film Rachana.[5]

Menon is a graduate in filmmaking from a film institute in Pune.[4] In 1986, he made his directorial debut with Nilavinte Nattil, for which he also served as writer and editor.[5] In 2017, he returned to filmmaking as the writer and director of Vilakkumaram.[5]

He writes articles in The Indian Express about international politics.[6] He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing artist in 2011 and 2017 for the movies Melvilasom and Oppam respectively.[7]

Personal life

He is married to Kala Menon,[5] and he has a daughter Leela Malavika Menon and a son Nikhil Menon.[8] His son Nikhil Menon is a screenwriter who wrote the screenplay for the Vilakkumaram.[9][10]

Awards and honours

Year Award Award category Work
2011Kerala state film awardsKerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing ArtistMelvilasom
2017Kerala state film awardsKerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing ArtistOppam
2018Kerala state film awardsKerala State Film Award – Special MentionHey Jude
2017Kerala State Television AwardsSecond Best ActorNilavum Nakshathrangalum
2018Kerala State Television AwardsSpecial jury mentionKshnaprabhachanchalam

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981NidraRaju
1983Kann Sivanthaal Mann SivakkumGautamTamil
Prem Nazirine KanmanillaKidnapper
RachanaRajan
AsthiDileep
1984Nilaavinte Naattil
Anbulla Malare
1985Choodatha PookalSuresh
1986Meenamasathile SooryanChirukandan
1988Isabella
1989Varusham 16MoorthyTamil
1990Iyer the Great
Anantha VruthanthamFranky
MukhamVijay
Prosecution
1991Utharakaandam
Kadhanayika
1993AirportVijay MenonTamil
1994SainyamTerrorist Salim
1995The KingDr. Vijay
Boxer
1997Ezhu Nilaappanthal
1998Meenathil ThalikettuRozario
1999PathramPhotographer Vipin
2001 Agrahaaram
Pranayaaksharangal
2004VajramDr. Nissar
Masanagudi Mannadiyar Speaking
2005RajamanikyamAdv. Lal Cheriyan
2007Soorya KireedamDr. Venu
Thaniye
Nadiya Kollappetta RathriKalpathi Seetharaman
2008Pachamarathanalil
2009Bhaarya Swantham Suhruthu
BanarasProf. Ananthakrishnan
Vairam: Fight for Justice
Keralotsavam 2009
2010Ring Tone
NayakanAdv. Sreenivasan
2011Violin
2012The King & the CommissionerDr. Kishore Balakrishnan
Father's DayNoble Mathew
NidraDr. Roy Peter
CobraReferee
Karppooradeepam
Spirit
Banking Hours 10 to 4Dr. John
2013CareebeyansVijayan
Police Maamman
Zachariayude GarbhinikalDr. Chandykunju
2014Mithram
2015Jamna Pyari
Lailaa O LailaaChristy
King LiarMinister Thomas Chennikkadan
Salt Mango TreeVice Principal
2016KattumakkanRahul
2017Pokkiri SimonMariner Somashekahran
2018Hey JudeDr. Sebastian Chakkaraparambil[11]
Antagonist[12]
2019AthiranProf. P. Subrahmanya Iyer
2020Pixelia
2021Grahanam
2022MahaveeryarVeerasimhan
1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha VareAamu
2023DhoomamAjay Varma
Sesham Mike-il FathimaVijay John
2025RekhachithramAdv. Jacob[13]
Lokah Chapter 1: ChandraCameo[14]
2026Spa[15]

Dubbing artist

YearFilmCharacterDubbed for
1989The NewsVictor GeorgeBabu Antony
1990Randam VaravuDeputy inspector general of police
1995AksharamRamjiTej Sapru
1996YuvathurkiCBI Director JaypalKitty
The PrinceJaffer Bhai
1997Adukkala Rahasyam Angaadi PaattuAdv.Babu ThomasBaburaj
MasmaramDarshandasKitty
1999F. I. R.Narendra ShettyRajeev
NiramPrakash MathewBoban Alummoodan
Olympiyan Anthony AdamDGP Krishnan Nair
2009CalendarCleetusPratap K. Pothen
2016OppamVasudevanSamuthirakani
2017Adam JoanNathenMadhusudhan Rao
2021NayattuDGPAjith Koshy
Michael's Coffee HouseUncle SamMohan Sharma
2022Sita Ramam (Malayalam Version)Brid.Abu ThariqSachin Khedekar
2023GarudanCol.PhilipThalaivasal Vijay

Direction

Story

Dialogue

Screenplay

Editing

Television career

YearSerialRoleChannelNotes
2003Sthree JanmamSurya TV
2003-2004Sthree Oru SaanthwanamAsianet
2003AalippazhamSurya TV
2007NombarappoovuAsianet
2009ThulabharamSurya TV
2007-2009Ente ManasaputhriDYSPAsianet
2010-2011RandamathoralAsianet
2011Chila Nerangalil Chila ManushyarAmrita TV
2011AvakashikalKaranSurya TV
2013MakalSurya TV
2013-2014Pattu SareeMazhavil Manorama
2016-2017Nilavum NakshtrangalumDr Mahendran
2018PoliceACV
2018KshanaprabhachanchalamSivashankarAmrita TV
2024- PresentMeenu's KitchenMohanachandranMazhavil Manorama

References

  1. ↑ "Malayalam movie photos, Malayalam cinema gallery, Malayalam cinema actress, Malayalam cinema photos, New Malayalam cinema". www.malayalamcinema.com. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kerala State Film Awards-2017-Declaration -Reg" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Parvathy, Indrans and Lijo Jose win big at Kerala State Film Awards 2017". 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 George, Anjana (9 April 2016). "Vijay Menon ropes in Bhavana for his film". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vijay Menon". BookMyShow. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "ജീവന്‍ തിരിച്ചുകിട്ടിയ കഥ | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "'Rupee' value goes up, 'Beautiful' dumped at State film awards". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Vijay Menon". Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Arya, UR (15 June 2017). "Bhavana's Vilakkumaram gets a release date". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Nikhil Vijay Menon". BookMyShow. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Hey Jude". The Times of India. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "'Antagonist': A short thriller that delivers a whole cinema". Onmanorama. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Madhu, Vignesh (24 December 2024). "Rekhachithram trailer has Asif Ali as a cop trying to unravel past mysteries". Cinema Express. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  14. ↑ "'Lokah isn't coming to OTT anytime soon...': Dulquer Salmaan addresses rumours". Mathrubhumi News. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "Abrid Shine's Spa release deferred by a day". Cinema Express. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "Vilakkumaram". The Times of India. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
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