Samyuktha | |
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Born | Samyuktha Menon 11 September 1995 |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2016–present |
Samyuktha (born Samyukhta Menon; 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Malayalam film Popcorn (2016). [1] She has since appeared in commercially successful films such as Kalki (2019), Edakkad Battalion 06 (2019), Bheemla Nayak (2022), Kaduva (2022), Bimbisara (2022), Gaalipata 2 (2022), Vaathi (2023) and Virupaksha (2023). [2]
Samyuktha was born as Samyukhta Menon, on 11 September 1995, [3] [4] at Palakkad, Kerala. [5] Samyuktha did her schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Thathamangalam and she is a graduate in economics. [6]
Samyuktha made her acting debut in 2016 with the Malayalam film Popcorn, where she played the lead opposite Shine Tom Chacko. [7] In 2018, she had two Malayalam film releases: Theevandi opposite Tovino Thomas [8] [9] and Lilli , where she played the titular role of a pregnant woman. [10] Cris of The News Minute stated, "Samyuktha Menon is convincing as a pregnant woman, but her lines are flawed." [11] That year, Samyuktha also made her Tamil film debut with Kalari opposite Krishna. [12]
The year 2019 was a turning point in her career with six film releases. She first appeared in July Kaatril opposite Ananth Nag. [13] She went onto appear in Oru Yamandan Premakadha opposite Dulquer Salmaan, [14] , in Uyare , [15] and in Under World opposite Asif Ali. [16] Samyuktha reunited with Tovino Thomas for her last two releases of the year, Kalki , where she played a doctor and Edakkad Battalion 06 , where she played a teacher. [17] [18] For Kalki, Sify found her to be "decent" in her limited role. [19] In 2021, Samyuktha worked in four films, Vellam opposite Jayasurya, [20] the anthology Aanum Pennum , [21] Wolf opposite Arjun Ashokan. [22] and Erida , where she played the titular role. [23]
Samyuktha had four commercial successes in 2022. Her first release was, Bheemla Nayak , one of the highest grossing Telugu film of the year, opposite Rana Daggubati. [24] [25] She then appeared in one of the highest grossing Malayalam film of the year, Kaduva opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran. [26] In Bimbisara , she played a police officer opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram. [27] Later, she made her Kannada film debut with Gaalipata 2 opposite Diganth. [28] A Sharadhaa of The New Indian Express stated that she justifies her character with her act. [29]
In 2023, she first played a teacher opposite Dhanush in Vaathi , highest-grossing Tamil film of the year. [30] [31] She went onto appeared in Boomerang opposite Shine Tom Chacko, [32] and in Devil: The British Secret Agent opposite Nandamuri Kalyan Ram. [33] Neeshitha Nyayapati of Hindustan Times stated, "Samyuktha delivers a good performances for the most part. " [34] Later, she appeared opposite Sai Durgha Tej in Virupaksha , one of the highest grossing Telugu film of the year. [35] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu noted, "Samyuktha has a good screen presence and makes it count in the later portions that demand something more from her." [36]
Samyuktha is considered among the highest-paid Malayalam actresses.[ citation needed ] In the Kochi Times Most Desirable Women list, Samyuktha was placed 7th both in 2018 and 2019, and 2nd in 2020. [37] [38] [39]
In 2023, Samyuktha dropped her surname Menon from her name and said, "When I want to see equality, humanity and love all around, keeping a surname makes it very contradictory to what I want." [40] [41]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2016 | Popcorn | Anjana | Malayalam | [42] | |
2018 | Theevandi | Devi | [43] | ||
Lilli | Lilli | [44] | |||
Kalari | Thenmozhi | Tamil | [45] | ||
2019 | July Kaatril | Revathi | [46] | ||
Oru Yamandan Premakadha | Jesna Koshy | Malayalam | [47] | ||
Uyare | Tessa | Cameo appearance | [48] | ||
Kalki | Dr. Sangeetha | [49] | |||
Edakkad Battalion 06 | Naina Fathima | [50] [51] | |||
Under World | Aishwarya | [52] | |||
2021 | Vellam | Sunitha Murali | [53] | ||
Aanum Pennum | Kochuparu / Savithri | Segment: "Savithri" | [54] | ||
Wolf | Asha | [55] | |||
Erida | Erida | Malayalam | Bilingual film | [56] | |
Tamil | |||||
2022 | Bheemla Nayak | Kamali | Telugu | [57] [58] | |
Kaduva | Elsa Kurian | Malayalam | [59] | ||
Bimbisara | S.I Vyjayanthi | Telugu | [60] | ||
Gaalipata 2 | Anupama | Kannada | [61] [62] | ||
2023 | Vaathi | Meenakshi | Tamil | Bilingual film | [63] [64] |
Sir | Telugu | ||||
Boomerang | Honey Paul / Anjali | Malayalam | [65] | ||
Virupaksha | Nandini Chalapathy | Telugu | [66] | ||
Devil: The British Secret Agent | Nyshada | [67] | |||
2024 | Love Me | Divyavathi | Cameo appearance | ||
2025 | Maharagni- Queen of Queens † | Mohini | Hindi | Filming | [68] |
Swayambhu† | TBA | Telugu | Post-production | [69] | |
TBA | Ram † | TBA | Malayalam | Post-production | [70] |
Sharwa37† | Dia | Telugu | Filming | [71] | |
BSS12† | Sameera | Filming | [72] | ||
Untitled next† | TBA | Filming | [73] |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Kerala Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Aanum Pennum , Vellam & Wolf | Won | [74] |
2023 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actress – Telugu | Bheemla Nayak | Nominated | [75] |
2024 | Best Actress – Telugu | Virupaksha | Nominated | [76] | |
Santosham Film Awards | Best Actress | Won | [77] |
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