Lakshmi Menon (actress)
Lakshmi Menon | |
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Lakshmi Menon at 60th South Filmfare Awards 2013 | |
Born |
May 19, 1996 Kochi, Kerala, India |
Occupation | Actress, dancer |
Years active | 2011 – present |
Lakshmi Menon is an Indian film actress mainly appears in Tamil films along with few Malayalam films. She made her acting debut in Malayalam with Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya (2011) and debuted in Tamil as female lead with Sundarapandian, which emerged as a commercial success.[1]
Personal life
Lakshmi Menon is the daughter of Dubai-based artist Ramakrishnan and dance teacher Usha Menon .[2]
Career
In 2011 Malayalam director Vinayan who saw her during Bharatanatyam telecast cast her in his film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya. Soon after, she played the lead along with Vineeth in another Malayalam film titled Ideal Couple, directed by Ali Akbar. After she began acting in Malayalam cinema, she was featured on the cover of a magazine and it caught the attention of director Prabu Solomon, who has cast her in Kumki opposite Vikram Prabhu. Watching her performance, director Prabhakaran offered her the lead role in Sundarapandian opposite M. Sasikumar, which got released before than Kumki and made as her Tamil debut.[3] In her next film Pandianadu she acted with Vishal.[4]
Currently, she is working on Sippai with Gautham Karthik,[5] Manja Pye with Vimal, Vasantha Kumaran with Vijay Sethupathi, Jigarthanda with Siddharth and she has signed up to play the heroine in Vishal's new film Naan Sigappu Manithan.[6]
Lakshmi Menon's film with Vishal, directed by Thiru started rolling [7]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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2011 | Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya | Malayalam | ||
2012 | Ideal Couple | Malayalam | ||
2012 | Sundarapandian | Archana | Tamil | Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South Vikatan Award For Best Debut Actress |
2012 | Kumki | Alli | Tamil | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil |
2013 | Kutti Puli | Bharathy | Tamil | |
2013 | Pandianadu | Malarvizhi Chidambaram | Tamil | |
2014 | Manja Pai | Karthika | Tamil | Filming |
2014 | Sippai | Tamil | Filming | |
2014 | Jigarthanda | Tamil | Filming | |
2014 | Vasantha Kumaran | Tamil | Pre-production | |
2014 | Naan Sigappu Manithan | Tamil | Pre-production |
References
- ↑ "The S Man". The Hindu. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "Lakshmi Menon’s huge crush". Deccan Chronicle. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "A balancing act". The Hindu. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ↑ "Lakshmi pairs with Vishal in next". The Times Of India. 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ↑ "Gautham Karthik's pairs with Lakshmi Menon". The Times Of India. TNN. 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/lakshmi-menon-gets-the-cream-of-roles-news-tamil-nfxlAeihfhb.html
- ↑ http://cinemalead.com/news-id-actor-vishal-naan-sigappu-manidhan-29-11-133955.htm