Adithya Menon

Adithya Menon
Recent photoshoot of Aditya Menon
Born	(1974-04-06) 6 April 1974 (age 51)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

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

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. ^{[3] [4]}

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. ^{[5] [6]}

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 (2003) and Jay Jay (2003) at the same time. ^{[7] [8]}

In 2004, he appeared in Malayalams films starrer Mohanlal in Vamanapuram Bus Route , Wanted and Mambazhakkalam .

He acted in Tamil films directed by Vishnuvardhan's Arinthum Ariyamalum (2005) and Billa (2007). ^{[9] [10]}

Adithya Menon made his Tollywood debut with the Prabhas starrer Billa in 2009. He went on to appear in films like Simha , Dookudu , Adhinayakudu , Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum , Eega , Mirchi , Baadshah , Balupu , Lion and among many others. ^[11]

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

He has also worked in Kannada films like Shivajinagara (2014), Jaguar (2016), Kolara (2017), Seetharama Kalyana (2019) and James (2022). ^[14]

Adithya Menon plays a CBI officer in the series Thalaimai Seyalagam (2024), initially rejected the offer for the role. ^[15]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Anjaneya	Siva	Tamil
	Jay Jay	Sivaram
2004	Vamanapuram Bus Route	Karipidi Gopi	Malayalam
	Wanted	Guru
	Mambazhakkalam	Dr. Raghuram
	Chatrapathi	Siva	Tamil
	Neranja Manasu	Inspector Adithya
2005	Arinthum Ariyamalum	ACP Thiyagarajan	Tamil
	Ben Johnson	Vettukadan Velayuthan	Malayalam
	Daas	Anwar	Tamil
	Bus Conductor	S.I Sajan George	Malayalam
2006	Aathi	Abdullah	Tamil
	Raashtram	Amir Bhai	Malayalam
	Pachakuthira	Terrorist
	Kilukkam Kilukilukkam	Shivachandra Panikker
	Chacko Randaaman	Parindhu Gopi
	Bhargava Charitam Moonam Ghandam	Mariappan
	Kedi	Aadhi	Tamil
	Vattaram	Inspector
	Poi	Vishnu
2007	Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram	Deva	Tamil
	Nanma	Paramashivam	Malayalam
	Billa	Anil Menon	Tamil
2008	Inba	Adhitya
	Thirutham	Saravanan
2009	Villu	Raaka
	TN 07 AL 4777	Advocate Seshadri
	Billa	Adithya	Telugu
	Kulir 100°	Surya's father	Tamil
2010	Thanthonni	Anwar Ali	Malayalam
	Simha	Gopi	Telugu
	Kanagavel Kaaka	Karunakaran	Tamil
	Singam	Vaikuntam
	Rhythm		Malayalam
	Pournami Nagam	Jagan	Tamil
	Again Kasargod Khader Bhai	Ali Khan	Malayalam
	Aattanayagann	Chandran
2011	Collector	John Williams
	Manushya Mrugam	Kamal Pasha
	Dookudu	Sivayya	Telegu
	Raa Raa	Dhana	Tamil
	Naan Sivanagiren
	Kshetram	Viswanadha Rayulu	Telegu
2012	Adhinayakudu	Ramappa's brother
	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum	Ramamurthy Naidu
	Eega	Sudeep's business partner
	Naan Ee		Tamil
2013	Oduthalam
	Mirchi	Babai	Telugu
	Baadshah	Ganesh
	Jai Sriram	Adinarayana
	Balupu	Nanaji's brother
	Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum	Yuva	Tamil
	Bhai	Munna	Telugu
2014	Antha Scene Ledu	Inspector
	Power	ACP Gautam
	Shivajinagara	Adithya	Kannada
2015	Lion	Benerjee	Telugu
	Main Hoon Part-Time Killer	Rajnikanth	Hindi
	Eli	IG Mohanraj	Tamil
	Rudhramadevi	Muraridevudu	Telugu
	Pandaga Chesko	Villain
2016	Jaguar	Somnath Prasad	Kannada
	Ner Mugam		Tamil
2017	Nenorakam		Telugu
	Kolara	Inspector Shivakumar	Kannada
	Balakrishnudu	Ravinder Reddy	Telugu
2018	Agnyaathavaasi	Seetharam's henchman
	Amar Akbar Anthony	Saboo Menon
	Bluff Master	Pasupathi
	Idam Jagath	Dr. Sravan
2019	Seetharama Kalyana	Viswa	Kannada
	Rajdooth	Rajanna	Telugu
	Guna 369	Radha
	Venky Mama	Major Ajay Ahuja
	Market Raja MBBS	Dasappan	Tamil
	RDX Love	Giri Prakash	Telugu
2021	Natyam	Guru of Sitara
2022	James	Prathap Aras	Kannada
	Karthikeya 2	Santanu	Telugu
	Captain	General Bala	Tamil
2024	Lal Salaam	the brother of Shamsuddin's attacker
	Pushpa 2: The Rule	Kogatam Subba Reddy	Telugu
2025	Identity	Raghunath Chinnappa	Malayalam
	Vaamana	Karamlal	Kannada	[16]
	Akkenam	Dada	Tamil
	Hari Hara Veera Mallu	Nawab Commander	Telugu
	Andhela Ravamidhi	Bharadwaj	Telugu

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Web Series	Role	Language	Platform
2023 - Present	Rana Naidu	Srini	Hindi	Netflix
2024	Thalaimai Seyalagam	CBI officer Nawaz Khan	Tamil	ZEE5

Dubbing artiste

Year	Film	Actor	Language	Notes
2020	Darbar	Sunil Shetty	Tamil

References

1. "Bollywood calling for Adithya Menon". 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. "Adithya: Movies, Photos, Videos, News & Biography - eTimes". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
3. Menon, Priya M (15 April 2008). "Far from home, yet in touch with their roots". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
4. "Adithya Menon - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos | BookMyShow". BookMyShow. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
5. "Duniya Vijay and I come from similar backgrounds: Adithya Menon". The Times of India . 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
6. Public TV | ಪಬ್ಲಿಕ್ ಟಿವಿ (4 July 2017), Tollywood Actor Aditya Menon Speaks in Kannada with Public Tv, archived from the original on 11 October 2020, retrieved 26 January 2018
7. RAJTV (18 October 2015), Biography - Actor Adithya Menon, archived from the original on 11 October 2020, retrieved 26 January 2018
8. "Adithya Career & Biography | Age, Height, Movie More". Celebrity Bliss. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
9. "Arindhum Ariyamalum -Review". Behindwoods.
10. "Billa (2007)". Movie Buff.
11. "Actor Adithya Menon gets injured on the sets of Pawan Kalyan's Hari Hara Veera Mallu". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
12. "Main Hoon Rajinikanth a Tribute to Thalaivar, Says Lead Actor". Ndtv. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
13. "'Main Hoon Rajinikanth' a tribute to thalaiva: Adithya Menon". Zee News. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
14. "Anu Prabhakar, Adithya Menon join James cast". Cinema Express. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
15. "Vasanthabalan: Thalaimai Seyalagam will break the stereotypical portrayal of politicians". Cinema Express. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
16. A., Sharadhaa (6 April 2025). "Vamana Movie Review: Dhanveerrah embraces mass heroism in an actioner without commercial trappings". The New Indian Express.

External links

• Adithya Menon at IMDb
• Official Blog - The Big Bang