Sindhu Menon

Sindhu Menon:

Sindhu Menon (born on June 17, 1984,Bangalore, Karnataka, India) is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted as a child artist in the 1994 Kannada film Rashmi.

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. 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.

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 Film in 2007.

Menon, then moved to "small screen", hosting TV shows and acting in serials, which include "Sriman Srimathi" and "Stree Hrudayam", before accepting film offers again. Currently, she is acting in the Malayalam films, Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu, and Rahasya Police. She acted in the Tamil film Eeram, produced by popular Tamil director S. Shankar.

Filmography:

Year
Title
Language
Role
Notes


1994
Rashmi

Kannada




1999
Prema Prema Prema
Kannada




2001

Bhadrachalam
Telugu
Mahalakshmi



Uthaman
Malayalam
Gowri




Samuthiram
Tamil
Dhurga



Aakasthile Paravakal
Malayalam





Ee Nadu Ennalevare
Malayalam




2002
Kadal Pookkal
Tamil





Youth
Tamil




Nandi
Kannada





Trinetram
Telugu




2003
Srirama Chandrulu
Telugu





Inspector
Telugu
Sivani



Aadanthe Ado Type
Telugu





Khushi
Kannada




Mr. Brahmachari
Malayalam
Sevvanthy




2004
Dharma
Kannada




Vesham
Malayalam
Veni




2005
Thommanum Makkalum
Malayalam
Sheela



Jyeshta
Kannada


Guest appearance


Rajamanikyam
Malayalam
Rani Rathnam



2006
Pulijanmam

Malayalam
Shahina



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



Andamaina Mansulo
Telugu
Sandhya




Pakal Nakshatrangal
Malayalam




Yaare Nee Hudugi
Kannada





Aandavan
Malayalam
Sreelekha



Thavalam
Malayalam
Kanakam




Manjadikuru
Malayalam
Sudha Mema



Twenty:20
Malayalam
Padmini




2009
Siddham
Telugu
Gauri



Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu
Malayalam





Rahasya Police
Malayalam




Eeram
Tamil
Ramya Balakrishnan




Prema Pilusthondi
Telugu

Filming

Dhanya Nair

Dhanya Nair (born 1986) better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is a Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada actress. She has won the honour of Kalathilakam in the Alappuzha District Schools Youth Festival.

Film Career:

The beautiful actress who caught everyone's attention opposite Dileep in Ishtam in 2001, she did it again with him in films like Mazhathullikilukam, Kunjikoonan and Kalyanaraman. She is noted for her portrayal of the typical Malayali girl in various movies. She bagged the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress Award in 2002 for the film Nandanam[1] and again in 2005 for her performance in films Kanne Madanguka and Saira.[2] These films which have opened to a tremendous response has been classified as megahits or superhits. Even while underscoring the fact that Dileep is the reigning star of the beleagured industry, the film has shown Navya Nair has what it takes to be the next Manju Warrier of the industry. Being a good dancer Navya made her no chance to perform on the silver screen. She acted opposite to Dileep on many film and most of these films become hits or super hits. Navya Nair is now well established in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada Movies. There are around fifty good movies to her credit. She stepped to Tamil films through Azhagiya Theeyee. She has acted in films like Amirdham, Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy & Pasakkiligal.