Rajith Menon | |
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Born | Rajith C Ravindranadhan [1] 5 March 1988 |
Other names | Rajith Menon [1] |
Years active | 2007 – present |
Spouse | Sruthi Mohan (m.2018) |
Parent(s) | Ravindranadhan Premalatha |
Rajith CR, better known as Rajith Menon, is an Indian actor and director who works in Malayalam and Tamil films. He made his acting debut in the Malayalam film Goal.
Rajith Menon attended Abu Dhabi Model School, and earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering at St. Joseph's College of Engineering in Chennai. He also has an MBA in Human Resources from Sikkim Manipal University. He is married to Dr. Sruthi Mohan and they have a daughter named Malhara.
He directed the music video "Love Policy" which featured Aju Varghese and Shritha Sivadas, and was recorded by Sony Music. This music video had music composed by Sreejith-Saachin and was vocals by Sooraj Santhosh and Remya Nambeesan. It went on to become one of the most top trending music videos in YouTube. [2]
His second music video was dedicated to motherhood titled "Anbendraale Amma" in Tamil and "With Love Maa" in Hindi. It featured Zarina Wahab and was recorded by Times Music. Renjith Unni composed the music and Shweta Mohan and Saptaparna Chakraborty provided the vocals. The song went on to become viral and was praised for its theme and direction. [3]
Rajith directed a Tamil short film titled My Death Certificate which won many awards and accolades at Indian and International film festivals. Besides filmmaking, he is the managing director of an ad agency called Arvy Productions.
Year | Title | Notes |
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2007 | Goal | |
2009 | Vellathooval | |
2010 | Janakan | |
2011 | Sevenes | |
Doctor Love | ||
Innanu Aa Kalyanam | ||
2012 | Chapters | |
2013 | Rose Guitarinaal | |
Up & Down: Mukalil Oralundu | ||
Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus | ||
2014 | Ninaithathu Yaaro | |
2019 | Embiran | |
2021 | Dhamki | |
2024 | Cicada | [4] |
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