Adithya Menon

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Adithya Menon
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Born (1974-04-06) 6 April 1974 (age 50)
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present

Adithya Menon (born 6 April 1974) is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Adithya Menon was born in Mumbai into a Malayali family hailing from Palghat in Kerala. He spent his childhood in Dubai, UAE till the age of 18. He finished his schooling from the Our Own English High School Dubai and then went back to India. He earned his bachelor's degree in engineering from the M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore. [4] [5]

While in college, he auditioned for a slot at being a radio host with Radio Midday. That was his first stint in the media. Soon he started hosting live events like fashion shows and product launches. He worked as a compere and event manager for a few years after getting out of college. During this period he got into amateur theatre in Bangalore and acted in a few plays before being spotted by an actor Prakash Belawadi to star in a Kannada television serial he was to direct for the then launching ETV Kannada. Adithya first faced a camera for this serial, Mussanjeya Kathaprasanga. Subsequently, he was featured as the protagonist for another television serial called Soorya Shikari on the same channel directed by comedian Sihi Kahi Chandru. [6] [7]

He moved to Chennai in 2001 and scouted for work as an actor. He first appeared in a television serial on Sun TV called Thanthira Bhoomi directed by C. Jerrold and produced by Media Dreams. He then won a role in the TV serial Anni directed by K. Balachander. He kept trying to get into cinema and managed to get two movies as a newcomer. He was cast in Anjaneya and Jay Jay at the same time. [8] [9]

In 2014, he garnered attention for playing the lead role in Main Hoon Part-Time Killer , [10] which garnered controversy for its previous title of Main Hoon Rajinikanth. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Filmography

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Denotes films that have not yet been released
Actor
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2003 Anjaneya Siva Tamil
Jay Jay Sivaram
Vamanapuram Bus Route Karipidi Gopi Malayalam
2004 Wanted Guru
Mambazhakkalam Dr. Raghuram
Chatrapathi SivaTamil
Neranja Manasu Inspector Adithya
2005 Ben Johnson Vettukadan VelayuthanMalayalam
Bus Conductor S.I Sajan George
Arinthum Ariyamalum ACP ThiyagarajanTamil
Daas Anwar
2006 Aathi Abdullah
Kedi Aadhi
Vattaram Inspector
Poi Vishnu
Kilukkam Kilukilukkam Shivachandra PanikkerMalayalam
Raashtram Amir Bhai
Pachakuthira Terrorist
Bhargava Charitam Moonam Ghandam Mariappan
Chacko Randaaman Parindhu Gopi
2007 Nanma Paramashivam
Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram DevaTamil
Billa Anil MenonTamil
2008 Inba Adhitya
Thirutham Saravanan
2009 Villu Raaka
Billa Adithya Telugu
Kulir 100° Surya's fatherTamil
TN 07 AL 4777 Advocate Seshadri
2010 Kanagavel Kaaka Karunakaran
Singam Vaikuntam
Pournami NagamJagan
Aattanayagann Chandran
Simha GopiTelugu
RhythmMalayalam
Thanthonni Anwar Ali
Again Kasargod Khader Bhai Ali Khan
2011 Collector John Williams
Manushya Mrugam Kamal Pasha
Raa Raa DhanaTamil
Naan Sivanagiren
Thimiraatam
Sigappu Nizhal
Kshetram Viswanadha RayuluTelugu
Dookudu Sivayya
Adhinayakudu Ramappa's brother
2012 Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum Ramamurthy Naidu
Eega Sudeep's business partner
Naan Ee Tamil
2013Oduthalam
Mirchi BabaiTelugu
Baadshah Ganesh
Jai Sriram Adinarayana
Balupu Nanaji's brother
Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum YuvaTamil
Bhai MunnaTelugu
2014Antha Scene LeduInspector
Power ACP Gautam
Shivajinagara Adithya Kannada
2015 Lion BenerjeeTelugu
Main Hoon Part-Time Killer Rajnikanth Hindi
Eli IG MohanrajTamil
Rudhramadevi MuraridevuduTelugu
Pandaga Chesko Villain
2016 Jaguar Somnath PrasadKannada
Ner Mugam Tamil
2017 Nenorakam Telugu
KolaraInspector ShivakumarKannada
Balakrishnudu Ravinder ReddyTelugu
2018 Agnyaathavaasi Seetharam's henchman
Amar Akbar Anthony Saboo Menon
Bluff Master Pasupathi
Idam Jagath Dr. Sravan
2019 Seetharama Kalyana ViswaKannada
Rajdooth RajannaTelugu
Guna 369 Radha
Venky Mama Major Ajay Ahuja
Market Raja MBBS DasappanTamil
RDX Love Giri PrakashTelugu
2021 Natyam guru of Sitara
2022 James Prathap ArasKannada
Karthikeya 2 SantanuTelugu
Captain General BalaTamil
2024 Lal Salaam Tamil
TBA Hari Hara Veera Mallu TBATeluguAwaiting release
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearWeb SeriesRoleLanguageNotes
2024 Thalaimai Seyalagam Tamil ZEE5
Dubbing artiste
YearFilmActorLanguageNotes
2020 Darbar Sunil Shetty Tamil

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