Anjana Menon

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Anjana Menon
Born
Angamaly, Kerala, India
OccupationFilm actress
Years active2011–present

Anjana Menon is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. [1] She made her debut in the 2011 Malayalam film Traffic . [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Early life

Anjana was born to P. N. Nirmala (mother) and K. P. Achuthan (father). She completed her high school education from Air Force School and went on to pursue her bachelor's degree and master's degree in Human Resources from Christ University, Bangalore. She briefly worked at The Times of India as an HR associate while she got to work on a couple of modelling campaigns.[ citation needed ]

Career

Her film career began when she got a call from director Rajesh Pillai for Traffic (2011) through the reference of a cameraman she was acquainted with. Along with films, she also did advertisement campaigns for several brands, such as Paul Alukkas, MIR Realtors, Dewa Builders, Malayala Manorama among others. Post Traffic, she got paired opposite Biju Menon in Sugeeth's 3 Dots and played the role of an independent widow named Grace.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorLanguageNotes
2011 Traffic Vyga Rajesh Pillai Malayalam
2013 3 Dots Grace Sugeeth Malayalam
2013ChuzhalikkattuMayaGireesh KunnummalMalayalam[ citation needed ]
2013Black TicketAnnmaryUdayachandranMalayalam [7]
2013Police MaamanGirlyB R JacobMalayalam[ citation needed ]
2014Payanangal ThodarkindranaHeroineJaswinTamil/Malayalam
2016Red Alert / High Alert / Chennai NagaramDCP BhuvneshwariChandra Mahesh Telugu Kannada/ Malayalam/ TamilMultilingual Project
2017 1971: Beyond Borders Military NurseMajor RaviMalayalam
2017 Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu ShabnamUllas UnnikrishnanMalayalam
2018 Neeli Spiritual LadyAlthafMalayalam
2021Meezan SulekhaJabbar ChemmadMalayalam

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References

  1. "Anjana Menon is excited about her mom's Hollywood debut". The Times of India. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. "Anjana Menon Profile and Photo Gallery" . Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. George, Vijay (24 January 2013). "On Location: 3 Dots — Connecting the dots". The Hindu.
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