Lakshmi Menon (actress)

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Lakshmi Menon
Lakshmi Menon at 60th South Filmfare Awards 2013.jpg
Lakshmi Menon at the 60th South Filmfare Awards 2013
Born (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28)
Kochi, Kerala, India
Alma mater Reva University, Bangalore
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Choreographer
  • Playback singer
Years active2011–2016
2021–present

Lakshmi Menon (born 19 May 1996 [1] ) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil films. After making her acting debut in a supporting role in the Malayalam film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya (2011). She made her first main female lead with her Tamil debut film Sundara Pandian in 2012. [2] She is a recipient of a Filmfare Award South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and two SIIMA Awards. [3] [4]

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Early life

Lakshmi Menon was born on 19 May 1996 to Malayali parents Ramakrishnan, a Dubai based artist, and Usha Menon, a dance teacher from Kochi. [5]

Career

In 2011, Malayalam director Vinayan, who saw her during Bharatanatyam telecast, cast her in his film Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya . She was in her eight grade when she acted in the film. [6] Soon after, she played the lead along with Vineeth in another Malayalam film titled Idli Couple, directed by Ali Akbar. [7] Director Prabu Solomon cast her in Kumki opposite actor Vikram Prabhu. Watching her performance, director Prabhakaran offered her the lead role in Sundarapandian opposite M. Sasikumar, which released before Kumki and marked her Tamil debut. [8] After acting with Sasikumar again in Kutti Puli , she was seen as a demure school teacher Malar in Suseenthiran's action-drama film Pandianadu , [9] which co-starred Vishal. [10] [11]

In Naan Sigappu Manithan saw her pairing up with Vishal again. [12] She acted in two Tamil films, Manja Pye with Vimal and Jigarthanda with Siddharth in 2014. [13] She completed Sippai with Gautham Karthik, [14] and Komban had hit the screens and got her a good name for her role Palani ammal. On 10 November, her movie Vedalam movie was released in which she portrayed the role of sister for Ajith Kumar and she was well praised by the critics for the performance in that movie. In 2016 she did a movie named Miruthan with Jayam Ravi which was the first Tamil zombie movie.

Her next project was Pulikkuthi Pandi (2021) which is Lakshmi Menon's third film under M. Muthaiah's direction, and the film also marked the actress comeback on big screens after four years. [15] In 2023, she starred in Chandramukhi 2 .

Filmography

†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRole(s)Language(s)NotesRef.
2011 Raghuvinte Swantham Rasiya Priya Malayalam Malayalam Debut
2012

Ideal couple

Shanthi
Sundarapandian Archana Tamil Tamil Debut

Filmfare best actress debut-Tamil (2012)

Kumki Alli
2013 Kutti Puli Bharathi
Pandiya Naadu Malarvizhi
Naa Bangaaru Talli Padma Telugu Bilingual
Ente Malayalam
2014 Naan Sigappu Manithan MeeraTamil
Manjapai Karthika
Jigarthanda Kayalvizhi
Avatharam Mani Meghala (Mani Kutty)Malayalam
2015 Komban PalaniTamil
Vedalam Thamizharasi (Thamizh) [16]
Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga LakshmiVoice Over Only
2016 Miruthan Dr. Renuka [17]
Rekka Bharathi [18]
2021 Pulikkuthi Pandi PechiDirect Television Premiere [19]
2022 AGP Schizophrenia Pooja [20]
2023 Chandramukhi 2 Divya [21]
2025MalaiTBAFilming [22]
Sabdham TBAFilming [23]
Kannappa TBAAnnounced

Discography

YearFilmSongComposerLyricistCo Singer
2014 Oru Oorla Rendu Raja "Kukkuru Kukkuru" D. Imman EknaathSathyan
2015 Saagasam "Desi Girl Desi Girl" S. Thaman Madhan Karky Silambarasan
Kuzhambi"Oh Coffee Penne"Rama Subramanian .RKo Sesha

Awards and nominations

WorkAwardCategoryResultRef
Sundarapandian 7th Vijay Awards Best Debut Actress Nominated [24]
Vikatan AwardsBest Debut ActressWon [25]
The Chennai Times Film AwardPromising Female NewcomerWon [26]
60th Filmfare Awards South Best Female Debut Won [3]
2nd SIIMA Awards Best Female Debut – Tamil Won [27]
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Actress Won [28]
Kumki Won
Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards Best Actress Won [29]
60th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Tamil Nominated [30]
Various films 3rd SIIMA Awards Rising Star of South Indian Cinema (female)Won [31]
Naan Sigappu Manithan 9th Vijay Awards Best Actress Nominated[ citation needed ]
Jigarthanda 4th SIIMA Awards Best ActressNominated [32]
Vedalam 5th SIIMA Awards Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated[ citation needed ]

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