Melissa Raju Thomas

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Melissa Raju Thomas
Born (1992-07-02) 2 July 1992 (age 33)
Deolali, Maharashtra
Education National University of Singapore
Occupations
  • Actress
  • screenwriter
  • model
Years active2019–present
Known for Moothon
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)

Melissa Raju Thomas is an Indian actress, screenwriter and model. She made her feature film debut in Geetu Mohandas' bilingual film Moothon (2019).

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Early life and education

At 13 years old, Melissa was scouted by a talent hunt reality contest in Kerala. At the time, she was only in 8th standard and was cast as a VJ for various shows on the leading Malayalam TV channel, Asianet. She soon became a popular VJ of the Malayalam show, "Valkannadi". She eventually stop VJ-ing to focus on her studies. [1] [2]

After completing her lower secondary education (Class X), Melissa moved to Singapore to study for the GCE 'A' Levels. [2] In 2012, Melissa was crowned the winner of the Navy Queen 2012 beauty pageant. [3] After winning the pageant, she went back to Singapore to complete her undergraduate studies at the National University of Singapore, [2] during the course of which she made it onto the Dean's Honour Roll twice, in Academic Years 2011–12 and 2012–13. [4]

Career

From 2016 to 2018, Melissa starred in various print and television advertisements including Television Commercials for major brands like "Mercedes Benz", "Kalyan Jewellers" and "Malabar Gold and Diamonds".

In January 2019, Melissa wrote and starred in the well-received short film Faded. [5]

In 2019, she made her feature film debut in Geetu Mohandas' bilingual film Moothon (2019), [6] which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019 [7] internationally and at the Mumbai Film Festival 2019 in India. [8] She played the challenging role of the character Amina, a village girl from Lakshadweep who reaches Mumbai and undergoes transformation. [2]

In 2020, she was cast for an interesting special appearance role in Bejoy Nambiar’s film Taish. She has also mentioned that she is currently writing and working on new scripts.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Moothon Amina [2]

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2020TaishSimmi ZEE5 [9]

References

  1. ↑ Simon, Litty (8 November 2019). "Every character of Moothon will leave a mark: Actress Melissa Raju Thomas". OnManorama. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Anand, Shilpa Nair (15 November 2019). "When Melissa became Amina in 'Moothon'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Navy Ball at Kochi | Indian Navy".
  4. ↑ "NUS Dean's List".
  5. ↑ "Faded Review: A Poignant short film exploring modern love". 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Melissa Raju Thomas to debut with Nivin Pauly in Moothon | Malayalam Movie News - Times of India". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (14 August 2019). "Geetu Mohandas' 'Moothon' will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival - The Hindu". The Hindu .
  8. ↑ "Geetu Mohandas' action thriller 'Moothon' to open MAMI Mumbai film festival 2019 - Times of India". The Times of India . 13 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Melissa Raju Thomas plays an important part in Bejoy nambiar's Taish". 7 November 2019.
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