Anup_Menon

Anoop Menon

Anoop Menon

Indian actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist (born 1976)


Anoop Menon (born 3 August 1976) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter and lyricist. He worked in television before acting in Malayalam films and has acted in more than 75 films.

Quick Facts Born, Alma mater ...

Menon won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and also the Filmfare Award for his performance as the fictional movie star Ajayachandran in Thirakkatha. He wrote the screenplay and dialogue for films such as Pakal Nakshatrangal (2008), Cocktail (2010), Beautiful (2011), Trivandrum Lodge (2012), and Hotel California (2013).[3] He turned as a director with his debut King fish malaylam movie in 2021. he directed film named Padma released in 2022.

Personal life

He was born on 3 August 1976 to P. Gangadharan Nair and Indira Menon in Kozhikode.[4] He grew up in Thiruvananthapuram.[citation needed]

Menon was educated at Christ Nagar School, Thiruvananthapuram.[5] He is a law graduate from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram (1994 99) and was the first-rank holder from Kerala University.[6] During this period, he used to do compèring for Kairali TV and Surya TV.[7] He met fellow filmmaker and screenplay writer Shankar Ramakrishnan during this time. Both of them were under the tutelage of renowned Malayalam director Ranjith. Anoop married Shema Alexander on 27 December 2014. This is Shema's second marriage. Her first husband died of heart attack in 2006. She has a daughter born in 2002.[2][8][9] Actress Shwetha Menon is his cousin.[10]

Career

He began his acting career in Malayalam television serials. He was in two series on Asianet called Swapnam and Megham, the former one directed by K. K. Rajeev. Anoop made his debut as a screenwriter in Pakal Nakshatrangal with Mohanlal playing father and Anoop playing his son.[11]

He also played main character in Thirakkatha by Ranjith, portraying different stages in the life of film star Ajay Chandran, loosely based on the personal life of Kamal Haasan. His co-stars were Priyamani and Prithviraj Sukumaran.[12]

Filmography

Actor

  • All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.
More information Year, Title ...
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Director

  • King Fish (2022)
  • Padma (2022)
  • Nalpathukaarante Irupathonnukaari (2023)

Screenwriter

Lyricist

Television career

More information Year, Title ...

Awards

Asianet Film Awards[20]
Kerala State Film Awards
Filmfare Awards South
South Indian International Movie Awards
  • 2011 - Best Lyricist for "Mazhaneerthullikal" - Beautiful
Vanitha Film Awards
Asiavision Awards
  • 2011 - Best Supporting actor - Traffic
  • 2012 - Trendsetter - Beautiful
Asianet Family award
  • 2005 - Best Son in law - Swapnam

References

  1. "Mangalam - Varika 25-Jan-2016". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Malayalam Actor Anoop Menon Gets Married to Shema; Shares Photo on Twitter". International Business Times. 27 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. "Kerala State Film Awards 2008". oneIndia. 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  4. Sathyendran, Nita (2 December 2011). "Keeping it real". The Hindu.
  5. Nayar, Parvathy S (16 May 2012). "Cocktail, a dream run at the box office". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. "Anoop Menon, Trivandrum". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  7. "Shwetha Menon is the cousin of Anoop Menon - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  8. Ranjith's best so far Archived 3 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine - Rediff review
  9. "Anoop Menon's 'Ohh...Cinderella' set to enchant audiences on November 3". The Times of India. 13 October 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

Tamil Cinema News - Anoop Menon Images - Maalaimalar.com Maalaimalar [1]


Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Anup_Menon, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.