Anoop Menon

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.

Anoop Menon
Born (1976-08-03) 3 August 1976 [1]
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Alma materGovernment Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • lyricist
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Shema Alexander
​
(m. 2014)​
[2]
RelativesShwetha Menon (cousin)

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.

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
  • All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.
YearTitleRole
2002KattuchembakamShivan
2003IvarThomas IPS
2005Moksham[13]Radha Madhavan
2007KaiyoppuDoctor
Abraham & LincolnPhilip Mathew
Pranayakalam Doctor
Rock N' RollVivek
2008ThirakkathaAjayachandran
Pakal NakshatrangalAadhi
2009Anubhav (Hindi Film)Aditya / Adi
CurrencyMahesh Kesav
Ivar VivahitharayalAjay Menon
LoudspeakerDoctor
Patham Nilayile TheevandiDr. John Mathai
Kerala CafeCrime Investigator
2010PramaniDistrict Collector
Mummy & MeDoctor
NeelambariThankaraj
CocktailRavi Abraham
2011TrafficAjmal Nazar IPS
Lucky JokersVishnu Sharman
Pranayam Suresh Menon
Ven Shankhu PolRajeevan
BeautifulJohn
Athe Mazha Athe VeyilRaghuraman
2012Ee Adutha KaalathuTom Cherian IPS
Mullassery Madhavan Kutty Nemom P. O.Madhavankutty
Josettante HeroSajan
GrandmasterDr. Jacob Varghese
Namukku ParkkanDr.Rajeev
TrackMukundan
HeroAadithyan
Veendum KannurJayakrishnan
Trivandrum LodgeRavisankar
Banking Hours 10 to 4Sravan Varma
916Dr. Harikrishnan
I Love MeRam Mohan
2013David & GoliathSunny
Hotel CaliforniaPrem Sagar
BuddyAadinarayanan
D CompanyAkbar
Pattam PoleMichael Rossario
SilenceNeil George IPS
20141983Vijay Menon
Angry Babies in LoveJeevan
Vikramadithyan Vasudeva Shenoy
The DolphinNandan
Aamayum MuyalumLottery Ticket Examiner
2015She TaxiJoe/Joe's father
LavenderInterpol officer Raghavan Moorthy
Thinkal Muthal Velli VareVijaya Anand
KanalAnantharaman
Female UnnikrishnanHari
2016Malgudi DaysZephan Solomom
Pavada Pavada Babu
Karinkunnam 6'sAby
Pa VaVarkey
10 KalpanakalDavis George
Kuttikalundu SookshikkukaKeshav
2017Munthirivallikal ThalirkkumbolVenukuttan
Sarvopari Palakkaran Jose Kaithaparambil Mani
Velipadinte Pusthakam Vishwanathan aka Bullet Vishwan
2018AamiAkbar Ali
Chanakya ThanthramRaju Zakaria
B. Tech Adv. Viswanath Iyyer
Ente Mezhuthiri AthazhangalSanjay
NeeliReni
2019 Ganagandharvan Yousaf (Cameo Appearance)
Kamala Agasthy
2020Big BrotherDr. Vishnu
2021#HomeSuperstar Vishal [14]
Vidhi The Verdict Bharath
2022 Twenty One GmsDySP Nanda Kishore
CBI 5: The Brain I.G Unnithan IPS
PadmaPsychologist Ravi Shankar
Pathonpatham NoottanduKing of Travancore
King Fish Bhaskara Varma
Varaal David John
Kooman Psychiatrist
2023 Nalpathukaarante Irupathonnukaari Thampi
Thimingala Vetta Jayaraman
Nigoodam Artist Shankar

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

Screenwriter

Lyricist

Television career
YearTitleChannel
1999Manal Nagaram
(Screen Debut as a guest role)		Asianet
2000December Mist
(Acting Debut in a telefilm)		Kairali TV
2002-2003Sthree Janmam
(Acting Debut in a serial)		Surya TV
2003RadhamadhavamSurya TV
2003-2004SwapnamAsianet
2004AshtapadhiSurya TV
2004MeghamAsianet
2004MuhoorthamAsianet
2005-2006SwaramAmrita TV
2006ThadangalpaalayamAsianet
2007MadhavamSurya TV
2019Mounaragam
(Promo Voice over)		Asianet

Awards
Asianet Film Awards[16]
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
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  3. "Kerala State Film Awards 2008". oneIndia. 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  4. "അച്ഛനെയാണെനിക്കിഷ്ടം: അനൂപ് മേനോന്‍ | mangalam.com". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  5. Sathyendran, Nita (2 December 2011). "Keeping it real". The Hindu.
  6. 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.
  7. "Anoop Menon, Trivandrum". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  8. "Anoop Menon Wedding Exclusive Stills - Malayalam Talkies - the Malayalam Movie World". Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  9. "അനൂപ്‌ മേനോന്‍ വിവാഹിതനാകുന്നു. - Malayalam Talkies - the Malayalam Movie World". Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  10. "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.
  11. Pakal Nakshatrangal is pretentious Archived 5 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine - Rediff News
  12. Ranjith's best so far Archived 3 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine - Rediff review
  13. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OtVm1QxPWbYJ:https://www.sify.com/movies/zeenath-aman-in-a-malayalam-movie-news-malayalam-kkfvMueehgasi.html+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
  14. "Scriptwriting is the toughest job: Anoop Menon". 23 March 2022.
  15. "Anoop Menon Movies: Latest and Upcoming Films of Anoop Menon | eTimes". The Times of India.
  16. "Anoop Menon Awards: List of awards and nominations received by Anoop Menon | Times of India Entertainment". The Times of India.

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

  1. "Anoop-menon | Tamil actors Wallpapers | Tamil Movie news | Tamil actress Images - Maalaimalar". Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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