Rejith Menon

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Rejith Menon
Born Rajith Menon[1]
(1988-03-05) 5 March 1988
Trichur, Kerala, India
Other names Rejath, Ranjith, Rajath[2]
Occupation Actor
Years active 2007 – present

Rejith Menon (born in Trichur, Kerala, India), is an Indian film actor. He made his debut in 2007 through the Malayalam film Goal.[3]

Personal life

Rejith Menon did his schooling in Abu Dhabi Model School. He then completed his B.E Mechancial Engg from St. Joseph's College, Chennai and later did his MBA in HR from Sikkim Manipal University, Manipal.[4]

He is a trained dancer and has a black belt in Karate.[5]

Career

Rejith Menon debuted in films, by acting in Malayalam film Goal. Being a passionate movie buff he went onto see the film shooting of Kamal's Karutha Pakshikal, which was shot in Trichur, Rejith's hometown. There amidst the crowd he was handpicked by Sugith (who was an assistant to Kamal) and was later referred by him to play the lead role in Kamal's Goal.[6] He received the "Asianet Best New Face Award" for this film.[7] Even though, he only worked in seven films in a span of five years, he was cast to do the lead role in films directed by I.V. Sasi, Joshiy, Kamal, Rajasenan and T.K. Rajeevkumar. He had shot for a Tamil film, the Ilaiyaraaja musical Kangalum Kavipaaduthey in 2007,[8] which did not get a theatrical release.

In 2013, he was seen in Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu which received good reviews and Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus that had him play a prominent role along with Mammootty.[9] He had played the antagonist role in Rose Guitarinaal [10] and The Hindu stated that he was "one slightly positive element with his negative-shaded character".[11] He made his Tamil film debut in 2014 with Vikraman's Ninaithathu Yaaro in which he played an assistant director.[12]

He has made a six-minute musical short film titled Love Policy with Aju Varghese and Shritha Sivadas in the lead.[13]

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Co-stars Director Notes
2007 Goal Sam Issac Malayalam Aksha, Bhanu, Mukesh, Rahman Kamal Asianet Best New Face Award
Arull Malayalam Cine Award for Best New Face
Sreerag Best Talented Actor
2009 Orkkuka Vallappozhum Teen Sethumadhavan Malayalam Thilakan, Jagadish, Krishnachandran Sohanlal
2009 Vellathooval Manu Malayalam Nithya Menon, Lalu Alex I. V. Sasi
2009 Janakan Ambareesh Malayalam Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi Sanjeev N. R.
2010 Holidays Soumitran Malayalam Vinu Mohan, Muktha, Priya Lal M M Ramachandran
2011 Sevenes Sharath Malayalam Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali Joshiy
2011 Doctor Love Martin Malayalam Kunchacko Boban, Bhavana K.Biju
2011 Innanu Aa Kalyanam Karthik Malayalam Saranya Mohan, Saikumar Rajasenan
2012 Chapters Shyam Malayalam Sreenivasan, Nivin Pauly, Gauthami Nair Sunil Ibrahim Credited as Rejath Menon
2012 Navagatharkku Swagatham Prasanth Malayalam Shafna, Mukesh Jayakrishna Karanavar
2013 Rose Guitarinaal Binoy Malayalam Manu, Richard Joy Thomas, Athmeeya Rajan Ranjan Pramod
2013 Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu Suraj Malayalam Indrajith, Prathap Pothan, Remya Nambeesan, Meghana Raj T. K. Rajeev Kumar
2013 Tourist Home Malayalam Hemanth Menon, Meera Nandan, Sreejith Vijay Shebi
2013 Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus Alex Malayalam Mammootty, Sanam Shetty G. Marthandan
2013 Nadan Malayalam Jayaram, Remya Nambeesan Kamal Special appearance
2013 Abhiyum Njanum Sohan Malayalam Archana Kavi, Lal S. P. Mahesh
2014 Ninaithathu Yaaro Mohan Tamil Nimisha Suresh Vikraman
2014 Golden Chance Telugu

References

  1. ↑ http://kerala9.com/news/interview-with-actor-rajath-menon/
  2. ↑ http://kerala9.com/news/interview-with-actor-rajath-menon/
  3. ↑ "Rejith Menon Movies - Indian actor Rejith Menon Movies". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2012-08-29. 
  4. ↑ http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/218603/
  5. ↑ http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/137572/
  6. ↑ http://kerala9.com/news/interview-with-actor-rajath-menon/
  7. ↑ http://www.fwdlife.in/chapter-of-sevens-goal/
  8. ↑ Read more at: http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/news/2007/chandernath-three-new-heroines-201107.html
  9. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-04/news-and-interviews/40370660_1_vikraman-ninaithathu-yaaro-poove-unakkaga
  10. ↑ http://www.fwdlife.in/chapter-of-sevens-goal/
  11. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/a-tiresome-love-triangle/article4471137.ece
  12. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-23/news-and-interviews/36485136_1_rejith-k-town-m-town
  13. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-19/news-and-interviews/45376830_1_sreejith-music-composer-yuvvh

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