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. 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. 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. 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 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.
Menon then moved to the "small screen", hosting TV shows and acting in serials, which include "Sriman Srimathi" and "Stree Hrudayam", 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 Year Title Role Language Notes 1994 Rashmi Young Rashmipriya Kannada As a child artist 1996 Huliya Puttagowri 1998 Kanasalu Neene Manasalu Neene Sowmiya Mari Kannu Hori Myage Vedhavathi 1999 Maha Edabidangi Soodamani Prema Prema Prema Savithri 2001 Bhadrachalam Mahalakshmi Telugu Uthaman Gowri Malayalam Samuthiram Durga Tamil Akashathile Paravakal Sridevi Malayalam Ee Nadu Innale Vare Srija Aaraam Jaalakam Swayamprabha Kadal Pookkal Mariyam Tamil Noopuram - Malayalam 2002 Youth Aruna Tamil Trinetram Aruna Telugu Nandhi Divya Kannada 2003 Srirama Chandrulu Pallavi Telugu Inspector Shivani Aadanthe Ado Type Deepthi Vikram Divya Kannada Khushi Chaya Mr. Brahmachari Sevanthi Malayalam 2004 Dharma Kavya Kannada Vesham Veni Malayalam Jyeshta Gowri Kannada Guest appearance2005 Thommanum Makkalum Sheela Malayalam Aandavan SI Srirekha Rajamanikyam Rani Rathnam 2006 Pulijanmam Shahnaz / Vellachi Pathaaka Namitha Chawdhari Anuvaadamillaathe Neena Vaasthavam Vimala 2007 Detective Reshmi Sketch Lakshmi Ayur Rekha Chandamama Maharani Telugu 2008 Rainbow Kamala Yaare Nee Hudugi - Kannada Thavalam Kanakam Malayalam Twenty:20 Padmini Mahendran 2009 Sidham Gowri Telugu Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu Rajmohan's wife Malayalam Rahasya Police Rajan's wife Eeram Ramya/Vaishnavi Tamil 2012 Manjadikuru Sudha Mema Malayalam
TV Serial Vamsam - Malayalam Karthika - Malayalam
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